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Guidelines - Biodiversity in Impact Assessment

… 1971), the Secretariat of the Convention on Migratory Species and the International Association for Impact … Ecosystems containing rich biodiversity, large numbers of threatened or endemic species, with social, economic, … species. • Species and communities of species that are threatened in their existence, related to domesticated or …
25 May 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 … to climate change, to ensure that food production is not threatened and to enable economic development to proceed in a … health and the aquatic ecosystem of the waters are not threatened by hazardous substances. 14. Agreement for …
25 May 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

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

… with the hydrologic cycle, groundwater resources are often threatened by human activities, such as destruction of the … from aquifers often serve as habitats for various species and supply surface waterbodies with some of their … habitat; (7) protect species that are designated as threatened or endangered under applicable federal or state …
25 May 2026 Course lesson 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 … of their duties with respect to the particular rights threatened by the harm. Nevertheless, despite the variety of …
25 May 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 … productivity of food, coral reefs, flucial stocks and species and fish stocks), habitat or supporting services …
25 May 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 … regulating export, transit and import of rare and threatened wildlife and wildlife products, which led to a … three appendices. Appendix I contains species that are threatened with extinction and are, or may be, affected by …
25 May 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

3rd UNCCD Scientific Conference: Book of abstracts

… 129 INTRODUCTION OF RESPROUTER SPECIES TO INCREASE RESILIENCE OF MEDITERRANEAN ECOSYSTEMS TO … host ecosystem. Furthermore, the results indicated that threatened species showed high vulnerability to climate … is a highly palatable range species and continuously threatened by overgrazing. Unlike S. vermiculata the model …
25 May 2026 Document in Climate and Atmosphere

Effectiveness of Multilateral Environmental Agreements

… ABS; • Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), Convention on Migratory Species (CMS); Global MEAs • UNCLOS, IMO, ILO, FAO, WHO … that countries need to review from time to time and move threatened species around, the parties need a forum to …
25 May 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 …
25 May 2026 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

On dangerous ground _ Global Witness

… and publicly reaffirm the work of public officials threatened when monitoring these sectors ▶ Develop National … region by illegal gold miners, who had repeatedly threatened him prior to his killing. He had denounced the … water sup- plies and displace the habitat of endangered species.169 Herakles’ operations in Cameroon have been …
25 May 2026 Document in Environmental Governance