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… 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 …

… 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 …

… 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 …

… serious threats to marine biodiversity are degradation and loss of habitats, overexploitation and indiscriminate fishing …

… and preserve rare or fragile ecosystems, as well as the habitat of depleted, threatened or endangered species, in the … Specially Protected Areas (SPAs) and reducing the loss of marine and coastal biodiversity. …

… 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 …

… 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 …

… 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 …

… of International Importance especially as Waterfowl Habitat (Ramsar Convention) … on Wetlands of International Importance as Waterfowl Habitat, Feb. 2, 1971, T.I.A.S. 11084, 996 U.N.T.S. 245 … placed upon water by its various users, and the rate of loss of biodiversity in them surpasses that from other major …

… downstream rivers, affecting land use productivity due to loss of natural sediment depositions, and loss of fish … of International Importance especially as Waterfowl Habitat (adopted 2 February 1971, entered into force 21 … and litter. (3) physical alteration, including habitat modification and destruction, in areas of concern. …