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Ramsar Technical Report 7: Ramsar Wetland Disease Manual

… back ‘upstream’ and finds an anthropocentric reason – land use, pollution, abstraction, livestock, introduced … of infection between livestock, people and wildlife. Local land use changes are also expected to exert temperature and … (WWT). 1.5 Effects of disease on livestock Despite access to veterinary care and management, disease often has a …
25 May 2026 Document

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 … new fishing lots or industrial fishing in the open access areas; Exporting and importing all types of natural …
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World Wildlife Crime Report - Trafficking in protected species

… intro- duced into legal commercial streams, criminals have access to a much larger source of demand than they would have … 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. …
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Guidelines for species conservation planning - version 1.0

… to biodiversity are due to human activities. These include land use changes affecting habitats and ecosystems, hunting … carry on an undisturbed existence through a proposed major land use change, such as through infra- structure … throughout the course of the planning process; • To access relevant traditional knowledge; • To be involved with …
25 May 2026 Literature

Explaining Ocean Warming: Causes, scale, effects and consequences

… caused by ocean warming and expansion and the melting of land-based glaciers, insufficient attention has been given to … on climate change has focused on specific themes such as land surface temperatures, melting ice caps in Greenland and … and Natural Environments. Casalegno S. (ed.). INTECH Open Access Publisher. Zhang Y, Huang G, Wang W, Chen L, Lin G. …
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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 … much of the range, the majority of which is difficult of access; no evidence for decline (N. Scott, In lltt. 23 … and conversion of forest and scrub to agricultural land (Salas, 1985; Gruss and Waller, 1986); local utilisation …
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Handbook 4: Avian influenza and wetlands

… impact of avian influenza. The Task Force website provides access to a wide range of resources on avian influenza, … values, sustainable use of natural resources, and other land uses including research, education, and economic … Management plans provide a basis for controlling land uses and other activities within the relevant wetland …
25 May 2026 Document

A guide to the complementarities between the Convention on Migratory Species and the Convention on Biological Diversity

… forest ecosystems, agricultural ecosystems, dry land ecosystems, mountain ecosystems and even urban … hunting is allowed year round. 9 The insidious threats of land degradation, including desertification, deforestation … keeping in mind the need for local communities to have access to natural resources located there, tour operators …
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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 built by timber operators open up forest, making … and those below 2700 m in, or near, potential agricultural land are the most threatened. The forest on the Mau …
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Wildlife Poaching: Africa's surging trafficking threat

… elephant range Exit point, by air Exit point, by sea Land route Main shipping route Other shipping route Ivory … and local leaders were central to many conservation and land-use decisions. Leaders would attend court during the … conservan- cies” now operate in a fifth of Namibia’s land area, and the conservation and tourism benefits have …
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