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A guide to designing legal and institutional frameworks on alien invasive species
… of loss of biodiversity and environmental and natural resource damage. As a result, the introduction of alien … is discharged (see Box 6). Construction of transport and resource infrastruc- ture (roads, inter-basin canals, etc.) … with native species, through predation, herbivory, resource competition, aggression or hybridisation (Randall, …
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
… reserve usually connotes "maximum protection", where all resource removals are strictly prohibited In some countries … with associated cultural values and traditional nat- ural resource management systems, allowing low-level sus- tainable … Area (MMA), including traditional communi- ty based resource management and educational marine managed areas …
Briefing Note 2: Wetlands and water storage: current and future trends and issues
… eral resources such as oil, fossil water is an exploitable resource with a finite life. For example, the groundwa- ter … during a wetter period several millennia ago, but the resource is vast, has been exploited to irrigate crops for … for crop ir- rigation as they have direct control over the resource. Yet over-exploitation (where withdrawal exceeds …
Ramsar Technical Report 7: Ramsar Wetland Disease Manual
… between humans and other biodiversity, the complexities of resource use, including barriers to sustainable resource use, improved health outcomes are maximised when … These should be supported by additional financial and resource plans and supportive legislation to ensure …