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… No.Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity BIODIVERSITY IN IMPACT ASSESSMENT Background Document to … from all sources including inter alia, terrestrial, marine and other aquatic ecosystems and the ecological … (or underground) area affected; • Change in the use of marine and/or coastal ecosystems, and extraction of seabed …

… Compliance under Biodiversity-related Conventions Elisa Morgera (PhD) … from all sources including, inter alia, terrestrial, marine and other aquatic ecosystems and the ecological … • Inland Waters Biodiversity • Island Biodiversity • Marine and Coastal Biodiversity • Mountain Biodiversity …

… processes. The Convention on Biological Diversity’s Aichi Biodiversity Targets call for a decrease in pollution and … the Global Programme of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land-based Activities (GPA). However, … “the prevention and significant reduction of all kinds of marine pollution, in particular from land-based activities, …

… of alien or new species and the preservation of the marine environment. Reference is made to existing and … to ecosystems in order to ensure adequate protection of biodiversity and related habitats is the 1992 Convention on … from all sources including, inter alia, terrestrial, marine and other aquatic ecosystems and the ecological …

… in drinking water, and other micro-pollutants in fresh and marine water. Some, such as those coming from abandoned … land and water is causing shifts in ecosystems and loss of biodiversity; plastics in the ocean is on the rise and there … have been great strides in global Earth observation and marine oil spills and pollution from mine tailings, as well …

… Fazeela Ahmed Shaheem Compliance under Biodiversity-related Conventions: The Case of the Convention … amended to be the Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment and the Coastal Region of the … See Peter H. Sand, ‘The Rise of Regional Agree- ments for Marine Environment Protection’, 39 International Digest of …

… deserve special mention: • Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and other Matter (known … agreement, but Part XII addresses the preservation of the marine environment) • Convention on the Protection of the … the complex inter- linkages between provisions of the Biodiversity Convention on access and benefi t-shar- ing to …

… natural resources -- such as wildlife, air and the marine environment. Examples include the 1971 Convention on … Convention), the1972 Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and other Matter … their relation to the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity. An Ad Hoc Working Group on Article 3.9 was …

… the 1996 Protocol to the Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and other Matter of … to believe that wastes or other matter introduced in the marine environment are likely to cause harm even when there … are not clearly defined. http://leo.informea.org/terms/biodiversity …

… pollutants; ii. Areas of pollution (air, water, marine and coastal, land/soil) including the cross-cutting … aspect of pollution that affects freshwater and marine environments. Plastics often originate on land or … ecosystem services, especially in the preservation of biodiversity – make them increasingly attractive and …