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Explaining Ocean Warming: Causes, scale, effects and consequences

… In particular, while the oceans cover 71% of the Earth’s surface, apart from the impact of rising sea levels on … climate change has focused on specific themes such as land surface temperatures, melting ice caps in Greenland and Polar … changes to coral reefs, as we have seen in 2016 when water temperature rises turning beautifully-coloured reefs a …
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Ramsar Technical Report 7: Ramsar Wetland Disease Manual

… 2005a. Ecosystems and human well-being: wetland and water synthesis. World Resources Institute, Washington, DC. … � Type of wetland or constructed wetland (whether it is a surface flow wetland or a constructed sub-surface flow wetland as the latter is more efficient at …
21 Jun 2026 Document

Significant Trade in Wildlife: A Review of selected species in CITES Appendix II - Volume 2 Reptiles and Invertibrates

… Pritchard, 1979). The species can apparently exist without water for long periods. Males compete for females in the … this stage the turtle's head is about level with the sand surface, and the egg chamber is then formed at the bottom of … by the raising and rapid lowering of the plastron onto the surface, before the turtle returns to the water (Alho and …
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Handbook 4: Avian influenza and wetlands

… at low tide, as well as human-made wetlands such as waste-water treatment ponds and reservoirs. About this series of … AIVs aids epidemiological investigations. Hemagglutinin HA Surface antigen on the influenza virus. Together with the … avian influenza LPAI See avian influenza. Neuraminidase NA Surface antigen on the influenza virus. Together with the …
21 Jun 2026 Document

Guidelines for species conservation planning - version 1.0

… closest to the species on the ground (or in the water) who may provide critical information about the … are unique is that their skin is a respir- atory surface and, therefore, they generally require a moist … laterally (rivers and their floodplains) and vertically (surface and groundwater). These connections are critical to …
21 Jun 2026 Literature

World Wildlife Crime Report - Trafficking in protected species

… - -- The Indian rat snake (Ptyas mucosus) - -- The common water monitor (Varanus salvator) - -- The blood python … recorded in World WISE. In terms of legal CITES trade, water monitors, reticulated pythons, blood pythons, and … boiling it in water and removing the oil from the water surface. Yields can be as little as 0.1%. Pressurized steam …
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ASEAN Handbook on legal cooperation to combat wildlife crime

… cultivation or any other purpose; f. poison or dynamite, water; or hunt, shoot, fish or set traps or snares; or g. … State bodies the use purposes of land areas or sea surface assigned or leased for aquaculture. Culturing new … training and capital supports, be assigned land or sea surface for aquaculture according to the State’s policies. …
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