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Protected landscapes and cultural and spiritual values

… identifying and protecting lived-in, working landscapes of high conservation value could be of great advantage to more … seascapes, are defined as “areas of land, with coasts and seas when ap- propriate, where the interaction of people and … ecological and/or cultural value, and often with high biological diversity. Safeguarding the in- tegrity of …
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Croatia and marine protected areas: Legal and insituttional framework assessment for conservation of coastal and marine biodiversity and establishment of MPAs

… a number of administrative offences (misdemeanours) with high level administrative fines (up to 130.000,00 € for legal … are generally quite small protected areas and often have high visitor value. Category IV: Habitat/ species management … Conservation of Cetaceans of the Black And Mediterranean Seas and the Atlantic adjacent area (ACCOBAMS) Entry into …
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Marine litter legislation: a toolkit for policy makers

… Group, 2009. 16 Potts and Hastings, 2011. A BEACH WITH A HIGH CONCENTRATION OF MARINE LITTER (CREDIT: JASON KARN, CC … Goal 14 seeks to conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas, and marine resources for sustainable development, and … A Toolkit for Policymakers36 that fees need to be set high enough to shape consumer use. A number of studies on the …
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Towards a Pollution Free Planet - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… areas of the polar ice caps, the deep abyssal ocean and high mountains, pollutants such as heavy metals and … those in low-income groups, as they are often exposed to high levels of pollutants One other key pollutant, … ocean every year is carried by rivers, with three into the seas, mostly located in Asia, account 2017). binding measures …
21 May 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

D2 - Dams, Ecosystems and Fisheries

… regard to fish stocks that move between the international high seas and a nation’s 200-mile off-shore exclusive economic …
21 May 2026 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

Managing Natural World Heritage

… values are maintained in perpetuity. Because of their high status and prestige, World Heritage sites for many … NGO partners and specific World Heritage funds, due to the high profile created by World Heritage status and the … that they are special places containing features of high value. But World Heritage status implies much more, …
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Managing Natural World Heritage - World Heritage Resource Manual

… values are maintained in perpetuity. Because of their high status and prestige, World Heritage sites for many … NGO partners and specific World Heritage funds, due to the high profile created by World Heritage status and the … that they are special places containing features of high value. But World Heritage status implies much more, …
21 May 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

International Environmental law-making and Diplomacy Review

… MEAs discussed in these examples include UNEP’s regional seas agreements, the Convention on International Trade on … proposed by the COP President, and subsequently within the high-level segment of the COP plenary. The contact groups … Theory and Practice of agreements that have had high compliance but limited influence on behavior’.24 …
21 May 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Guidelines on Biofuels and Invasive Species

… If the species has not been recorded as representing a high risk of invasiveness under similar conditions (climate, … should develop strategic environmental assessments (SEAs) to plan biofuel production at national level and … The economic costs of invasive species are extremely high. The annual cost to the United States, United Kingdom, …
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RAMSAR Handbook 3: Laws and institutions

… of wise use planning. Consequently, Parties should give high-level political support to preparing, implementing and … or multilateral watercourse agreements; • regional seas conventions, particularly where protocols have been … overlapping legal and institutional frameworks with a high risk of intersectoral policy inconsistency (Turner and …
21 May 2026 Document