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Guidelines - Biodiversity in Impact Assessment

… target — to significantly reduce the rate of biodiversity loss — has become a paramount aim of the world’s nations … species and ecosystems is proceeding apace as a result of habitat change, climate change, invasive species, … at the genetic, species/community and ecosystem/ habitat levels, and also in terms of ecosystem structure and …
30 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

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

… and appropriate ecosystem restoration, compared to the loss of ecosystem services, may provide benefit-cost ratios … potential bioaccumulation of toxic substances as well as habitat destruction, and help maintain healthy fisheries and … of International Importance especially as Waterfowl Habitat (1971) provides measures for the conservation and …
30 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

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

… of land and water is causing shifts in ecosystems and loss of biodiversity; plastics in the ocean is on the rise … coral reefs, flucial stocks and species and fish stocks), habitat or supporting services (e.g. changes to species … benthic fauna shellfish, fish stocks and coral reefs), habitat or supporting services (e.g. impairment of physical …
30 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Introduction to the Rotterdam Convention - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… serious threats to marine biodiversity are degradation and loss of habitats, overexploitation and indiscriminate fishing …
30 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Chemicals and Waste

Introduction to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants

… serious threats to marine biodiversity are degradation and loss of habitats, overexploitation and indiscriminate fishing …
30 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Chemicals and Waste

E1 - Regulation of the Environment - Support Function of Groundwater Systems

… from their natural filtration, energy production, habitat support, and other characteristics. Because of the … the contamination of the aquifer; or (iv) the reduction or loss of artesian pressure; (e) investigate the need or … water and groundwater; (6) protect aquatic and wildlife habitat; (7) protect species that are designated as …
30 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

D2 - Dams, Ecosystems and Fisheries

… dams; (2) effect of on-stream dams on fisheries/aquatic habitat and fishers; (3) international environmental impact … Key issues Effect of on-stream dams on fisheries/aquatic habitat and fishers. General principles of international … populations and/or support local commercial fishers. The loss of fisheries caused by on-stream dams can therefore …
30 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

International Environmental law-making and Diplomacy Review

… the Convention’s effec- tiveness in tackling biodiversity loss in view of the target, set in 2002, to ‘achieve by 2010 … of International Importance especially as Waterfowl Habitat, Ramsar, 2 Febru- ary 1971, in force 21 December … on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitat (Berne Convention). Article 4(1) of the Berne …
30 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

MEA Negotiator’s Handbook

… of International Importance, especially as Waterfowl Habitat (known as the Ramsar Convention – adopted in 1971), … and reversing the processes that lead to biodiversity loss by 2010.” Regulatory mechanisms are also being used, for … and wisely manage the heritage of wildlife and its habitat, which are now gravely imperilled by a combination of …
30 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Vital Waste Graphics 3

… of the contents and shall not be liable of any loss or damage that may be occasioned, directly or … to reduce? Waste revenues DIRECT EXPENDITURES REVENUES Loss of ecosystem services Biodiversity losses Climate change … to reduce? Waste revenues DIRECT EXPENDITURES REVENUES Loss of ecosystem services Biodiversity losses Climate change …
30 Jun 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste