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CITES and CBNRM. Proceedings of an international symposium on “The relevance of CBNRM to the conservation and sustainable use of CITES-listed species in exporting countries”

… across other high priority issues such as climate change, land degradation, hazardous chemicals and wastes and ozone … can detrimentally impact upon biodiversity. Changes in land use and climate, pollution, habitat degradation and … human activities such as inhibiting harvest and changes in land use. However, in developing countries, a significant …
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Wildlife protection and trafficking assessment in Kenya - Drivers and trends of transnational wildlife crime in Kenya and its role as a transit point for trafficked species in East Africa

… South Sudan, Uganda and Ethiopia, fuelling conflict over land, water and livestock. This deep-rooted conflict is as … of incentives for landowners to keep wildlife on their land and procedures for compensation claims following … KWS, KWCA, NGOs, Conservancies 5 Carry out a national land-use survey with the emphasis on examining the trends in …
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Wildlife and Forest Crime Toolkit (Revised Edition)

… protection, in contrast, refers to the protection of human land use, including the sustainable development, … the Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air, and the Protocol against the Illicit … protected forests are illegally occupied and converted to land for agricultural use or cattle ranching. 74 Ibid., p. …
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Strategic Report: Environment, Peace and Security - a Convergence of Threats

… 28 Land …  Environmental quality: crimes adversely affecting air, land, and water typically involve companies and/or organized … illicit activities, which contribute to air pollution and land degradation, and adversely affect water resources. Air … for the environment and human health. Section 5.2. Land further explores the issue of waste. Criminal Activity …
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ASEAN Handbook on legal cooperation to combat wildlife crime

… any forest produce or minerals; e. clear or break up any land for cultivation or any other purpose; f. poison or … forest, in such a manner as to endanger the reserved land. Offences in reserved forest. Subject to the provisions … or erects any building or other structure on or over any land or waters within a marine reserve or marine park; e. …
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The rise of environmental crime - A growing threat to natural resources, peace, development and security

… destroyed, and nearly one million hectares of productive land (pastures and soybean) were embargoed. Correspondingly, … and radiation hazards, with negative impact on arable land, economic crops and trees.13 A broad understanding of … the alleged “plantations” were only fronts with no actual land area. E-waste has been reported estimated to increase …
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Significant Trade in Wildlife: A Review of selected species in CITES Appendix II - Volume 1 Mammals

… beginning of the century. Trees are felled for timber, and land cleared for agriculture (Asibey, 1978). Access roads … and those below 2700 m in, or near, potential agricultural land are the most threatened. The forest on the Mau … pressure. Trees are felled for their timber, and the land cleared for agriculture and cocoa (Asibey, 1978). Roads …
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Significant Trade in Wildlife: A Review of selected species in CITES Appendix II - Volume 2 Reptiles and Invertibrates

… that the distribution covered 29-30X of the continental land area of the country. Bolivia Although no published … and conversion of forest and scrub to agricultural land (Salas, 1985; Gruss and Waller, 1986); local utilisation … (Honegger, 1979). REFERENCES Auffenberg, W. (1969). Land of the Chaco Tortoise Geochelone chllensls. …
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Significant Trade in Wildlife: A Review of selected species in CITES Appendix II - Volume 3 Birds

… and Balanites trees; in the west, heavily cultivated land dotted with baobabs. Usually seen in small flocks, but … central-western Mexico to Pacific lowlands of Guatemala (Land, 1970). Guatemala Confined to the western Pacific lowland and subtropics (Land, 1970). Mexico Recorded in Nayarit, Jalisco, Colima, …
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World Wildlife Crime Report - Trafficking in protected species

… wildlife-rich areas. Habitat loss due to unsustain- able land development often poses a greater threat than illegal … imprisonment, 43% Fine only, 31% 1 25 in regulating use of land and the marketing of wild species products. … - -- was felled prior to the controls; - -- resulted from land clearance for development projects, timber thinning, or …
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