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Integrating mining and biodiversity conservation: Case studies from around the world

… levels of biological organisation – gene, individuals, species and ecosystem. It is through the myriad interactions … lines, thus boosting productivity and enabling the same species to be grown and produced across a huge variety of … such reasons as their rare ecology (endemic or Red Listed species) or exceptionally high species diversity; their …
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Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

… harmony with nature and in which wildlife and other living species are protected. Our shared principles and commitments … and farmed and domesticated animals and their related wild species, including through soundly A/RES/70/1 Transforming … the introduction and significantly reduce the impact of invasive alien species on land and water ecosystems and …
18 Jun 2026 Literature

A Gateway to Payments for Ecosystem Services. Using Payments for Ecosystem Services for Livelihoods and Landscapes

… them as natural processes by which ecosystems, and the species that make them up, sustain and fulfil human life … authors then contrast the implications for simple (smaller species pool) landscapes and complex (larger species pool) … actions that would address specific threats were invasive species control, land acquisition, and off-reserve …
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Flow : The essentials of environmental flows

… are now on the brink of extinction. Inedible intro- duced species stir up the river bed and cause further deterioration … the great egret bred for the first time since 1979, nine species of frog bred, as did native fish. The Mowamba … the effectiveness of the programme indicate that clearing invasive species results in average stream-flow increases of …
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Managing MIDAs - Harmonising the Management of Multi-Internationally Designated Areas: Ramsar Sites, World Heritage Sites, Biosphere Reserves and UNESCO Global Geoparks

… transboundary wetlands, shared wetland systems and shared species. www.ramsar.org World Heritage Convention The 1972 … pressures and threats such as uncontrolled development, invasive species, over-exploitation of resources and loss of … to be an increasing problem, as well as soil erosion. Invasive species are also a real threat especially without a …
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Governance of Protected Areas: From understanding to action

… large-scale ecological processes with characteristic species and ecosystems, which also have environmentally and … by the development of coastal areas, the introduction of invasive species and the loss of endemic ones (such as the … eminent are habitat change, over-exploitation, pollution, invasive species and climate change.333 Sometimes these …
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Freshwater Law and Governance: Global and Regional Perspectives for Sustainability

… 4.1.3. Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS) … North Dakota [a state in the United States] would release invasive species and lethal fish parasites and 380 Rules of … of Mutual Concern”), 4 (“Nutrients”), 6 (“Aquatic Invasive Species”), 7 (“Habitat and Species”), 8 …
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Enforcement of Environmental Law: Good Practices from Africa,Central Asia, ASEAN Countries and China

… capacity is being weakened, climates are changing, alien invasive species are increasing, and there is greater pressure on … of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), Secretary-General’s …
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An introduction to the African Convention on the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources

… of renewable resources 8 2.1 Land, soil and water 8 2.2 Species and genetic diversity 9 2.3 Conservation areas 10 3. … and grazing by domestic and wild animals, as well as invasive species. Forest reserves must also be established, … for cultivation, grazing by domestic and wild animals, and invasive species; c) establish forest reserves and carry out …
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White Paper - Regional Seas Governance

… human activities on habitats for important and endangered species and important ecosystem services for human benefits … urban run-offs, accidental oil spills, nuclear accidents, invasive alien species from ballast water,2 among others. … species which threaten ecosystems, habitats or species”. Invasive alien species is one of the Cross-Cutting Issues …
18 Jun 2026 Document in Marine and Freshwater