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

… contents 1. Why protecting the marine environment? Endemic species Other uses 2. Impact of human activities Industrial … mining Tourism and infrastructure development Fisheries Invasive alien species Climate change 3. Definition of marine … and indiscriminate fishing practices, marine pollution, invasive alien species and climate change. Industrial and …
22 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Chemicals and Waste

Introduction to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants

… contents 1. Why protecting the marine environment? Endemic species Other uses 2. Impact of human activities Industrial … mining Tourism and infrastructure development Fisheries Invasive alien species Climate change 3. Definition of marine … and indiscriminate fishing practices, marine pollution, invasive alien species and climate change. Industrial and …
22 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Chemicals and Waste

Compliance under biodiversity - related conventions

… Site-specific • 1971 Ramsar •1972 WHC Species-specific •1973 CITES •1979 CMS Holistic approach … Assessment • Assessment, Monitoring and Indicators • Invasive Alien Species • Liability and Redress - Article … Protected areas • Rehabilitation of degraded ecosystems • Invasive alien species (h) Art. 9: ex situ conservation Art. …
22 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Guidelines - Biodiversity in Impact Assessment

… 1971), the Secretariat of the Convention on Migratory Species and the International Association for Impact … apace as a result of habitat change, climate change, invasive species, overexploitation of resources and many … chemicals, (v) disturbance, (vi) introduction of invasive, alien and/or genetically modified species, (vii) …
22 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

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

… seas need protection by and from the planet’s dominating species. The oceans are thought to have been formed as a … lost cargo and equipment, sewage, garbage, fumes and invasive exotic species. Dumping is the deliberate disposal of wastes at sea. …
22 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Chemicals and Waste

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 … address the questions of ecosystem protection and invasive species in the transboundary river basin context. …
22 Jun 2026 Course lesson 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 … noise, ship strikes, poisoning, pollution, disease, invasive species, illegal and unsustainable take and marine …
22 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 … by human activities. Alien species are not necessarily invasive species. AMCEN African Ministerial Conference on the … related to The Area. Intervention Synonym for ”statement.” Invasive species A species that invades natural habitats. IOC …
22 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

On dangerous ground _ Global Witness

… water sup- plies and displace the habitat of endangered species.169 Herakles’ operations in Cameroon have been …
22 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 … next. 9 Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, Washington DC, 3 March 1973, … CBD Dec. VII/16 (2004)); Guiding principles on invasive alien species (‘Alien Species That Threaten …
22 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance