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

… of this type can usually be addressed through conventional land-use and environmental management regulations or … or unintentionally. Factors contributing directly to such degradation in- clude land clearance, intensive exploitation and pol- lution. Many …
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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

… coastal State comprises the submerged prolongation of the land territory of the coastal State - the seabed and subsoil … State, and are open to all States, whether coast- al or land-locked Freedom of the High Seas shall be exercised by … (2005) and Census of Marine Life (2011) identified degradation of marine living resources as a critical issue …
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Briefing Note 2: Wetlands and water storage: current and future trends and issues

… failure, thirst, power cuts, loss of transport links, and degradation of ecosystem services. Water is stored in many … Some countries such as Kuwait and Saudi Arabia are buying land for food production in other countries (e.g., Su- dan, … areas, groundwater storage may become non-renewable. Major land use change can also affect large scale atmospheric …
25 May 2026 Document

Invasive Alien Species - a growing threat in Regional Seas

… threats to marine and coastal ecosystems, together with land-based sources of marine pollution, overexploitation of living marine resources, and habitat degradation. Management action against invasive species aims … as the main threat to island biodiversity. However, land makes up less than 2% of the vast Pacific region, and …
25 May 2026 Literature

Ramsar Technical Report 7: Ramsar Wetland Disease Manual

… back ‘upstream’ and finds an anthropocentric reason – land use, pollution, abstraction, livestock, introduced … systems � Dams � Water management changes � Habitat loss/degradation � Pollution � Highly pathogenic avian influenza, … of infection between livestock, people and wildlife. Local land use changes are also expected to exert temperature and …
25 May 2026 Document

Special Issue on Wildlife Trafficking II

… “Harm” includes “significant habitat modification or degradation where it actually kills or injures wildlife by … of the species are proven. See Palila v. Hawaii Dep’t of Land & Natural Res., 649 F. Supp. 1070, 1075 (D. Haw. 1986), … agency, such as FWS, EPA, U.S. Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Natural …
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