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EU Action Plan against Wildlife Trafficing
… threat to the survival of some of nature’s most emblematic species. As a result, tigers, rhinoceros, elephants, and even species of timber such as rosewood are severely at risk of … the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora and advocating for strict …
Crossing Borders for Nature. European examples of transboundary conservation
… biodiversity hotspot. High mountain areas abound in plant species diversity, and the region is one of the last … Biological Corridor, which protect the migratory routes of species. The above typology serves the purpose of guiding … are: the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species and Wild Animals (Bonn 1979), the Convention on …
Environmental Guidance Note for Disaster Risk Reduction - Healthy Ecosystems for Human Security
… of interacting and often diverse plant, animal and other species, and along with this species and underlying genetic diversity, constitute the … exacerbating environmental degradation; - invasive alien species are introduced species that compete and encroach …
Aquaculture - site selection and site management
… of marine aquaculture with the most appropriate species; on the other it is important for assessing how the … of the aquaculture activities to be undertaken, such as species, production levels and area occupied; The … matter, and the benthic faunal community in terms of species abundance and diversity. Water quality. The water …
Connectivity Conservation: International Experience in Planning, Establishment and Management of Biodiversity Corridors
… in ways that maintain ecosystem processes and allow species to survive and move, thus ensuring that populations … They have three main functions: (1) conserving habitat for species movement and for the maintenance of viable … for securing biodiversity for the long term. Many species (especially wide-ranging ones) are confined to …
Manual of Compliance with and Enforcement of Multilateral Environmental Agreements
… Disposal, Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna (CITES), Convention on Migratory Species (CMS), Ramsar Convention, UN Framework Convention on … 117 Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) …
Biodiversity management in the cement and aggregates sector: Regulatory tools.
… been addressed, including verification by an expert that species that are potentially present are actually on the site … sup- port different levels of biodiversity and different species communities, and thus require different sets of … which often have a significant amount of alien invasive species and 26 27 cannot be comfortably fitted within any of …
Legislating for property rights in fisheries
… rights systems appear to be 7 This may be so for sedentary species which are hand-harvested, but it ignores the problems … protect resources, particularly threatened and endangered species • management rights - rights of all sectoral … to, and dependence on, the taking of fish of that species… by the person…" (sec. 28(3)). This scheme was …
Croatia and marine protected areas: Legal and insituttional framework assessment for conservation of coastal and marine biodiversity and establishment of MPAs
… CITES Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora ENIA Ecological network … whether partial or full, of specific sites, ecosystems, or species habitats; indicate their potential impact on the … part of a transboundary marine protected area, specific species protection, special status under international law …
World Heritage, Wilderness and Large Landscapes and Seascapes
… Absence of invasive alien species … and extreme storms (Hansen et al. 2015). Invasive alien species are also a major threat in both marine and … time, in particular wide-ranging mammals and migratory species that need large, intact areas to persist and require … populations of keystone and other highly interactive species at regional scales (Soulé et al. 2004). Similarly, …