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United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
… of the sea-bed and subsoil together with sedentary species, such as clams and abalone, as provided in article … of artificial islands and fishing, except for sedentary species on a coastal state’s juridical (legal) continental … seas, but (rather strangely) not in relation to sedentary species (article 68). Articles 61 and 62 contain obligations …
Wilderness Protected Areas: Management Guidelines for IUCN categories 1b protected areas
… large-scale ecological processes with characteristic species and ecosystems, which also have environmentally and … or a living feature such as an ancient grove IV Habitat/species management area: Areas to protect particular species or habitats, where management reflects this priority. …
Guidelines for Protected Areas Legislation
… Precautionary approach 33 3.5 Managing for invasive alien species 34 3.6 Managing for climate change 37 3.7 Taking an … 54 5.1.4 Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals 56 5.2 Regional instruments 60 5.2.1 … sites 274 4.4 Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals 276 4.5 United Nations Convention on …
Initiating effective transboundary conservation - A practitioner’s guideline based on the experience from the Dinaric Arc
… whether addressing joint monitoring of a certain species, sharing of equipment, or any other similar reason, … the conservation of shared natural heritage or sustaining species migrations. Essentially, it is about improving the … approaches across boundaries, i.e. management of invasive species, disease control, illegal trade of species, poaching …
An introduction to the African Convention on the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources
… of renewable resources 8 2.1 Land, soil and water 8 2.2 Species and genetic diversity 9 2.3 Conservation areas 10 3. … Africa is home to an exceptional diversity of biological species and ecosystems, having the world’s second largest … and political history, its exceptional diversity of species and ecosystems1 and its current economic and social …
Depend on nature: Ecosystem services supporting human livelihoods
… programmes to control and/or eradicate invasive alien species that threaten livelihoods and ecosystem productivity. … and processes of the components of biodiversity – genes, species and ecosystems – working together. The benefits come … on both. In particular, climate change, invasive alien species and unsustainable resource use are emerging as key …
Explanatory guide to the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
… project teams and action groups, focusing in particular on species and biodiversity conservation and the management of … diversity, i.e. genetic diver- sity within individual species, is essential for maintaining yield stability and the … to agricultural crops, which are noted for their intra-species diversity. The definition seems to have been more …
Safe Havens: Protected Areas for Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation
… However, they provide protection to 80% of threatened species and store more than 15% of global terrestrial carbon … 2002). for intervention. Re-vegetation with local plant species will prevent further landward migration of the … habitat to a variety of fish, crustacean and shellfish species, on which many settlements are dependent (Nong, 2002, …
Concepts for Industry Co-Regulation of Bio-fuel Weeds
… generation bio-energy inputs include waste material or species that are not consumed by humans and domestic stock. … Law e-Journal Issue 2010 (1) 2 includes native species, woody or grassy weeds, exotic species and plants modified by plant breeding or genetic …