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The impact of disasters and crises on agriculture and food security
… in the periodic grip of El Niño and the many Indian Ocean fishery systems affected by tsunamis and cyclones, the … or from being rammed against seawalls during the cyclone. Freshwater aquaculture farms also sustained damage: twelve of … movement, and distribution of surface and subsurface freshwater and saltwater (EM-DAT CRED, 2017). Loss: The …
The precautionary principle in biodiversity conservation and natural resource management. An issues paper for policy-makers, researchers and practitioners
… dolphin deaths in the Eastern Pacific yellowfin tuna fishery. The International Convention for the Regulation of … periodic review; legal and institutional frame- works for fishery management, with management plans implementing the … provision of utilities such as ecosystem services, like freshwater supply or micro- climate regulation: maintenance …
An introduction to the African Convention on the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources
… second largest tropical rain forest and the second largest freshwater lake in the world. According to Conservation … legislation was the responsibility of forestry or fishery administrative police. 5 Ogolla, supra, note 3 at … a special protection to such species, whether terrestrial, freshwater or ma- rine, and to the habitat necessary for …
Guidelines for Protected Areas Legislation
… inland wetlands with saline and brackish water as well as freshwater systems. The special hydrologic features of inland … valuable protected areas in all environments—terrestrial, freshwater and marine—in all regions but espe- cially in … have under other legislation (for example, forest or fishery reserves, water catchment areas, community conserved …
Water Management and Stewardship
… to climate change and resource scarcity’ including freshwater, and noted that companies respond to the ‘signals’ … and the impacts on hydrological ecosystem services, freshwater systems, and ultimately biodiversity. This study … as well as the common carp). The performance of the lake fishery has fluctuated due to overfishing and water level …
Compendium of Summaries of Judgments in Environmen Related Cases
… v The Secretary of Environment, Natural Resources and Fishery, Judge 10 of Administrative Affairs of the Federal … of Engineers (the Corps). Construing the Act to cover all "freshwater wetlands" that were adjacent to other covered … extended to all ecologically important lands, including freshwater, wetlands and riparian forests. The Court relied …
Wildlife law and the empowerment of the poor
… including research programmes, to protect terrestrial, freshwater, coastal and marine ecosystems and species, while … placing responsibilities to preserve forests, wildlife and fishery resources on the "technical forestry services", in … Control Act (section 7A and Schedule 6); terrestrial and freshwater invertebrates declared to be "animals" (under the …