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Maritime Traffic Effects on Biodiversity in the Mediterranean Sea. Volume 2 - Legal Mechanisms to Address Maritime Impacts on Mediterranean Biodiversity
… Diversity CMS Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals EC European Community EEZ Exclusive … 2005); developments in the control and management of invasive species; and the phasing out of harmful antifouling … the discharge of oil, other harmful substances and invasive aquatic species into the marine environment. …
Law for water management: a guide to concepts and effective approaches
… has destroyed critical ecosystems, endangered certain species and displaced millions of people (WCD, 2000). In … which unemployed workers were contracted to remove alien invasive species across the country. A streamflow reduction … previously disadvantaged groups) are paid to remove alien invasive species that have been shown to cause higher water …
Wildlife law and the empowerment of the poor
… I - OVERVIEW INTRODUCTION 1. INTERNATIONAL FRAMEWORK 1.1 Species-based international agreements 1.1.1 The Convention … also be assessed: this is the case of the introduction of invasive alien species, activities that directly or … landscaping and restoration, and avoid the introduction of invasive alien species 34 Wildlife law and the empowerment of …
Integrating biodiversity conservation and sustainable use: Lessons learned from ecological networks
… of land or water that harbour a characteristic set of species, communities, dynamics and environmental conditions, … all focus conservation action on those areas and on those species communities that harbour environmental values which … by conserving a representative array of habitats, allowing species populations access to a sufficient area of habitat …
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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . … to prevent the introduction or mitigate the impact of invasive or alien species . Resolution VIII/18 adopted at the … Parties to the Ramsar Convention in November 2002, calls invasive species a “major threat to the ecological character …
Biodiversity for Business: A guide to using knowledge products delivered through IUCN
… 0 1 1.2. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species TM … knowledge products are The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™ and Protected Planet, powered by its underlying … tal law database ECOLEX (www.ecolex.org) and the Global Invasive Species Database (www.issg.org/ database/welcome), …
Drafting legislation for sustainable soils: A guide
… as individuals and populations and in the longer term as species and ecosystems. It has been forecast that the global … to Designing Legal and Institutional Frameworks on Alien Invasive Species, IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK, A Contribution to the Global Invasive Species Programme, Bonn, Germany. 86 Boer and …
ASEAN Handbook on legal cooperation to combat wildlife crime
… a project under the Asia’s Regional Response to Endangered Species Trafficking - ARREST Program, supported by the US … agriculture, transmission of diseases and pests including invasive plants and animals. Prohibited practices considered … the foreign or exotic species. Should the species become invasive and result to predation of native aquatic biota, …
The green belt of Europe: From vision to reality
… . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27 4. Invasive Impatiens spp. in poplar plantation in the Hanság . … . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .123 29. Number of fish species and sub-species in different wetlands in the … was gained by enlarging the system of drains. Figure 4. Invasive IImmppaattiieennss spp. in poplar plantation in the …