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The precautionary principle in biodiversity conservation and natural resource management. An issues paper for policy-makers, researchers and practitioners

… Union, IUCN, and the UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. The Precautionary Principle in … Union, IUCN, and the UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. The Precautionary Principle in … EIA Environmental Impact Assessment EU European Union FAO Food and Agriculture Organization FSA Agreement for the …
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The 16 New POPs - An introduction to the chemicals added to the Stockholm Convention as Persistent Organic Pollutants by the Conference of the Parties

… bioaccumulate in human and animal tissue and biomagnify in food chains, and have potentially significant impacts on … and may bioaccumulate and biomagnify in biota and arctic food webs. They are subject to long-range transport, are … persistent, has a high potential for bioaccumulation and food-web biomagnification, as well as for long- range …
18 Jun 2026 Document

Significant Trade in Wildlife: A Review of selected species in CITES Appendix II - Volume 1 Mammals

… about 700 g> and consequently is far less persecuted as a food source than the larger monkeys (but more so than the … for farmer-settlers to move in. Hunting C. petaurlsta for food is common and widespread (Asibey, 1974). There was, in … and hunters killed everything they could, mainly for food (Jeffrey, 19/7; Verschuren, 1983). At Mount Nimba, …
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Protected landscapes and cultural and spiritual values

… mountain gardens and provided manual labour in return for food and a share of the harvests. The Gebaliya continue to … still aim to use gardens as a significant source of food, irrigating them from hand-dug wells where water levels … order to conserve the Sinai Baton Blue butterfly and its food plant. They did this as the result of a research project …
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POPs and PIC Chemicals

… persistent, has a high potential for bioaccumulation and food-web biomagnifications, as well as for long-range … highly toxic to aquatic organisms and birds. It can affect food chain due to its bioaccumulation and persistence. HCBD … for the production of non–stick kitchen ware, food processing equipment. PFOA-related compounds, including …
18 Jun 2026 Document

Improving access to forest resources - Experiences in informal tenure reform from IUCN’s Livelihoods and Landscapes Strategy

… the most fundamental keys to the wealth of nature”. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) … have a clear understanding that the cocoa trees and food crops they plant on their land belong to them, subject … for sustainable development. Washington, DC, International Food Policy Research Institute. Davis, Mike (2006). Planet of …
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Community - based incentives for nature conservation

… has led to a high dependence on wetland resource for food and income. 2.3 Identifying Needs and Niches for … at the low agricultural season, times of drought and food shortage or at the collapse of other markets and … support farm production, buffer seasonal shortages in food and cash, and make livelihoods more sustainable and …
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Advancing the Species Conservation Agenda. An overview of the IUCN SSC Network 2009 – 2012

… ‘chambo’ by locals, forms an extremely important source of food. Of these, Oreochromis karongae, an Endangered species, … intervention these species, some of which are important food sources, may be lost forever. Fish are clearly important to people, both as a source of food and income. But other freshwater species such as …
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Oceans Full of Plastic

… of the items are swallowed because they are mistaken for food. To a hungry turtle, a plastic bag and a jellyfish look … in size). This is a way for toxins to enter the marine food web, and because we are situated at the top of the food web, we then eat those pollutants, too. Join the …
18 Jun 2026 Document

Institutional Arrangements

… to the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture Book: Book - Unit 6 - Insititutional … joint workshops. The Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture was the forum where the Treaty was … the two bodies in the area of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture. The two bodies adopted a Joint …
18 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Biological Diversity