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World Heritage, Wilderness and Large Landscapes and Seascapes

… Absence of invasive alien species … noted in 2014 (Decision 38 COM 7B.91) that Lake Natron is threatened by soda ash mining. Integrity: Responding to … places around the world were being destroyed or were threatened with destruction (UNESCO 1972). As a result, sites …
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Judges and Environmenal Law: a Handbook for the Sri Lankan Judiciary

… 5.2.1 The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna (CITES), 1973 148 5.2.2 … fish production. Sri Lanka’s freshwater resources are threatened due to pollution and over-extraction, which … Op. cit. 149 IUCN and MENR. 2007. The 2007 Red List of Threatened Fauna and Flora of Sri Lanka. IUCN and Ministry of …
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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 …
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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 … A more recent example has been the Taro Leaf Blight, which threatened to wipe out the taro crop of at least one South … intellec- tual property rights over genetic resources, has threatened to stifle the continued exchange of PGRFA on which …
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Business and ecosystems : Ecosystem challenges and business implications

… change � Habitat change � Biodiversity loss and invasive species � Overexploitation of oceans � Nutrient overloading. … certified sustainable products, wetland banking and threatened species banking; � New businesses – such as … Some 10-30% of mammal, bird and amphibian species are threatened with extinction. Regions long known for their …
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IUCN Policy on Biodiversity Offsets

… of the mitigation hierarchy. No two areas of habitat or species populations are identical, and therefore some … lead to a high risk of driving one or more previously non- threatened species and/or ecosystems into the IUCN Red List … in the Wild or Extinct, or driving one or more previously threatened species and/or ecosystems into IUCN Red List …
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Illicit wildlife trafficking: An environmental economic and social issue

… views of UNEP. ISSUE NO 14 2 May 2014 most iconic wildlife species, but wildlife crime reaches into many natural … niche. Interventions to tackle the illegal trade in threatened species have focused traditionally on reducing the supply of …
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Conservation measures for vultures, including banning the use of veterinary diclofenac

… the cause of declines of over 99% of populations in three species of Gyps vultures in South Asia; NOTING that, … in 2015 as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, and that only two of 16 African-Eurasian … big cats, other carnivores, elephants and rhinos, are also threatened by poisoning; ACKNOWLEDGING the initiative to …
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Draft International Covenant on Environment and Development - Implementing Sustainable Development - Fifth Edition: Updated text (4th Revision)

… . . . . . . . . . . 101 ARTICLE 33: INTRODUCTION OF ALIEN SPECIES OR MODIFIED ORGANISMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . … and c) prohibit the taking or destruction of endangered or threatened species, protect their habitats, and where … the need to ensure that the enumerated processes are not threatened, notwithstanding that “to allow eco-systems to …
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Building Resilience to climate change - Ecosystem-based adaptation and lessons from the field

… have shown significant changes in ecosystem and species distributions, principally due to increasing … is an area with (still) lots of great wetlands, threatened by population increases, migration and climate change. Some of the wetlands are probably also threatened by the construction of a dam in the Niger River at …
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