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Regional Action Plan on Marine Litter Management for the wider Caribbean Region 2014

… of Action for the Protection of Marine Environment from Land- based Activities GPA/IGR-2 - Global Programme of Action … address the issues of land use and resource use in the agricultural sector. The concern has been expressed that … ori- ginating from the misuse of pesticides from agricultural production contaminate water supplies and affect …
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Biodiversity for Business: A guide to using knowledge products delivered through IUCN

… Conversely, companies are major players in the wider land- scape and as such are responsible for their impact on … of core habitats, as well as biological corridors where agricultural manage- ment practices influence conservation … burial grounds within a forest management area or new agricultural plantation. Figure 9 - High Conservation Values …
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Auditing the Implementation of Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs): A Primer for Auditors

… seeks to bring together agriculture, forestry, fishery, land use and nature conservation in new ways. The UN … ensure environmentally safe handling of GMO crops in the agricultural system – there was co-existence with … Integration, National Institute of Colonization and Agricultural Reform, and Superintendency of the Amazon Region …
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A guide to the complementarities between the Convention on Migratory Species and the Convention on Biological Diversity

… Waters Biodiversity 19 4.3 Forest Biodiversity 20 4.4 Agricultural Biodiversity 21 4.5 Dry and Sub-humid … ecosystems, inland waters ecosystems, forest ecosystems, agricultural ecosystems, dry land ecosystems, mountain ecosystems and even urban …
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Biodiversity, the next challenge for financial institutions ? A scoping study to assess exposure of financial institutions to biodiversity business risks and identifying options for business opportunities

… for example the tourism, fisheries, forestry and the agricultural sector. FIs, such as retail and commercial … ­commodities, such as for wild fish, aquaculture or agricultural products. Estimates suggest a potential market … “nature, forests and landscapes”. 5) Conservation ­land ­as ­a ­result ­of ­default ­or ­debt ­work-out. Should …
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UNEP. The first 40 years

… President Kennedy had pledged that the United States would land a man on the moon before the decade was out. As the … concern to them: polluted water supplies, degradation of agricultural lands, depletion of wildlife and fisheries, and, … because of the threat to human health; and the Food and Agricultural Organization because of the projected dangers to …
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The UNCCD: Laying the groundwork for future security (2014-2015)

… we face are complex. But by better implementing good land management practices, we can simultaneously help … over dwindling natural resources and secure sustainable agricultural and energy production. Land truly is the glue … to land degradation amounts to between 3 to 5 per cent of agricultural gross domestic product -- approximately US$490 …
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Towards a mutually supportive relationship between the Convention on Biological Diversity and the World Trade Organisation: An action guide

… a negotiating process to move toward a market-oriented agricultural trading 5 5 Article III of the GATT 1994, which … it currently allows for some government subsidy of agricultural activities, which may include practices harmful … management in production forests and conversion of land to cash crops), expansion of subsistence agriculture, …
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State of Biodiversity in Latin America and the Caribbean

… has lost 75 per cent of the genetic diversity of its agricultural crops. 5. Genetic diversity 13. Latin America … trend in all the five main pressures on biodiversity (land degradation, climate change, pollution from nutrients, … the greatest risks to biodiversity stem from the change of land use, with the consequent reduction, fragmentation and …
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Mapping the linkages between oceans and other Sustainable Development Goals: A preliminary exploration

… (for ex- ample, Weitz and Nilsson, 2014, for climate, land, energy and water). As far as we are aware, a similar … of SDGs 2, 3 and 8. Nutrient over-enrichment from agricultural, municipal and industrial sources is also … is from litter and waste originated from domestic, agricultural, com- mercial and industrial land-based …
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