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Briefing Note 2: Wetlands and water storage: current and future trends and issues

… supplies of water for climate change adapta- tion, food security, water security, human and economic development. In … contribution to human devel- opment, but the social and environmental costs have, in too many cases, been … Bank has produced criteria for assessing likely adverse environmental impacts of dams (Ledec & Quintero 2003) and has …
18 Jun 2026 Document

A guide to designing legal and institutional frameworks on alien invasive species

… Species Clare Shine, Nattley Williams and Lothar Gündling Environmental Policy and Law Paper No. 40 IUCN - Environmental Law Centre A Contribution to the Global … LMOs may have the potential to deliver economic and food security benefits. For these reasons, a regulatory framework …
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Ramsar Technical Report 7: Ramsar Wetland Disease Manual

… should be collected at a suspected outbreak, including: � Environmental factors � Estimation of disease onset � Species … abiotic diseases: those that are caused by non- living, environmental agents, such as, toxic chemicals, heavy metals, … die, general unthriftiness can readily affect income, food security and human health. Such effects include reductions in …
18 Jun 2026 Document

Special Issue on Wildlife Trafficking II

… Habitat Modification Cases Elinor Colbourn Assistant Chief Environmental Crimes Section Environment and Natural … specimens may be scavenged or intentionally removed, environmental conditions may change, and substances may … FUND FOR ANIMAL WELFARE, CRIMINAL NATURE: THE GLOBAL SECURITY IMPLICATIONS OF THE ILLEGAL WILDLIFE TRADE 8 (2013). …
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European Union overseas coastal and marine protected areas - overview of coastal and marine conservation efforts in the European Union's overseas countries and territories and outermost regions

… in 1948, IUCN is now the world’s largest and most diverse environmental network, harnessing the knowledge, resources … can work together to forge and implement solutions to environmental challenges and achieve sustainable development. … the High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and the European Commission on ‘Internation- …
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Guidelines on Biofuels and Invasive Species

… practice. IUCN is the world’s oldest and largest global environmental organization, with more than 1,000 government … such as agricultural development, increased energy security and independence, improved balance of trade and … for sustainable biofuel production, which addresses environmental, social and economic issues related to biofuel …
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Invasive Alien Species - a threat to biodiversity

… as being a signi" cant component of human-induced global environmental change. While there is no doubt that the … D.; R. Zuniga and D., Morrison (2005). “Update on the environmental and economic costs associated with … become invasive, their negative impacts on food security, plant, animal and human health and economic …
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