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Regional Sea Agreements

… Biological Diversity and Ecosystems has four elements: 1. Species and habitats: assessments and development of measures … species and habitats included on the OSPAR List of Threatened and/or Declining Species and Habitats; 2. Marine … or fragile ecosystems, as well as the habitat of depleted, threatened or endangered species, in the Convention area.” …
25 May 2026 Course lesson in Marine and Freshwater

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

Convention on Biological Diversity

… to components of biodiversity (for example a particular species or habitat) as well as to processes and activities … species, fisheries have no significant adverse impacts on threatened species and vulnerable ecosystems and the impacts … for life history stages of species 3. Importance for threatened, endangered or declining species and/or habitats …
25 May 2026 Course lesson in Marine and Freshwater

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

Vessel-Based Sources of Marine Pollution - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… and equipment, sewage, garbage, fumes and invasive exotic species. Oil pollution comprises about 71% of vessel-based … http://www.informea.org/terms/invasive-species 2. International Maritime Organization An …
25 May 2026 Course lesson in Marine and Freshwater

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

UN Watercourses Convention User’s Guide

… reading 180 Article 22 | Introduction of Alien or New Species 181 22.1 Commentary 181 22.2 Application 182 22.3 … unless they consider that they have been injured or are threatened, and there is no reason to believe that their … did not constitute a ‘grave and imminent peril’ which threatened the state’s interests.453 The court held that the …
25 May 2026 Document in Marine and Freshwater

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