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Guidelines - Biodiversity in Impact Assessment

… 1971), the Secretariat of the Convention on Migratory Species and the International Association for Impact … economic, social, cultural or scientific significance, and indicator species. • Genotypes with social, scientific or … likely to change as a result of the project. The use of indicator organisms or ecosystems that are most sensitive to …
18 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

International Environmental law-making and Diplomacy Review

… the Convention on International Trade on Endangered Species of Fauna and Flora (CITES),9 and the Convention on … Environmental Agreements (IEA) Database: Performance Indicator Data, available at <http://iea.uoregon. edu>. 5 … global, regional and national levels. The Environment Live Indicator Reporting Information System has technology and …
18 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

MEA Negotiator’s Handbook

… is the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (known as CITES – adopted in … 2.0 • Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) • International Convention for the Prevention … negotiations, without detailed elaboration, but with an indicator of timelines. Subjects covered here are detailed in …
18 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Addressing pollution: Governance frameworks, challenges and oppotunities in the context of the 2030 Agenda

… life. The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (1973) seeks to regulate … atmosphere The Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (1983) seeks to conserve migratory species by ensuring that Contracting Parties take the …
18 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Sources of international law (Part I) - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… to address problems relating to the oceans, endangered species, and other natural resources, date back to the … the issues. https://www.informea.org/en/terms/endangered-species … 1973 Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora), fifteenth (i.e., 1979 …
18 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

Water Law and the Environment

… Article 22: (Prevention of) Introduction of alien or new species (into international watercourses). Article 23: … https://www.informea.org/en/terms/alien-species … Pollutants, and The 1979 Bonn Convention on Migratory Species.[2] [1] UNFCCC, Art. 4.1(e). [2] UNEP, The Greening …
18 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

Compliance under biodiversity - related conventions

… Site-specific • 1971 Ramsar •1972 WHC Species-specific •1973 CITES •1979 CMS Holistic approach … (1): evolutionary regime • From controlling trade in wild species and their products shipped individually to … • trade trends in Appendix II species serve to identify cases that provide a cause for …
18 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Towards a Pollution Free Planet - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… known to habitats and ecosystems, especially changes in species composition, ecosystem DIFFERENT POLLUTANTS CHEMICAL … habitats, toxicity, reduction in population size of species such as frogs, feminization of fish Impairment of … marine ecosystems a) Nutrient risk: The nutrient risk indicator takes into account both the amount of nutrients …
18 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Special Rapporteur on the Environment_2016 Report

… to 3°C, 20 to 30 per cent of the assessed plant and animal species are likely to be at a high risk of extinction.20 The decimation of other species will harm the human species too. With respect to the right to health, for …
18 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

D2 - Dams, Ecosystems and Fisheries

… particularly acute adverse impacts on some cold-water fish species. For example, salmon have a limited tolerance for … provides: “Where the same stock or stocks of associated species occur within the exclusive economic zone of two or … Article 64(1) of UNCLOS is titled “Highly migratory species” and provides: “The coastal states and other States …
18 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Environmental Governance