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Sustainable tourism in protected areas: Guidelines for planning and management
… challenge, involving difficult judgments on the trade-offs that occur between tourism development, the … have dramatically reduced the level of destructive and illegal fishing techniques. The project is designed so that … importance of many values. As a result, there has been no illegal mining or garbage dumping. However, there is still a …
Global Mercury Assessment
… United Nations Environment Programme, nor does citing of trade names or commercial processes constitute endorsement. … uncertainty. Much of the activity is unregulated or even illegal, and thus reliable official data are still hard to … widely dispersed and often unregulated and may be illegal. Uncertainties regarding release estimates from the …
Safe Havens: Protected Areas for Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation
… accounting for some AUS$ 17 billion of Australia’s export trade (AMSA, 2010). The export movement of bulk cargoes and … to promote the protection of these ecosystems by reducing illegal harvesting to avoid further stress on the ecosystem. … forests in the upper catchment, wildlife hunting and the illegal collection of stones and boulders from the lower …
Protected landscapes and cultural and spiritual values
… occupa- tion have left their mark in the form of ancient trade routes, historic settlements, intricate land and … the monastic community, despite the negative impact of the illegal actions carried out by the population of the … challenges of ensuring financial security and controlling illegal threats, the biggest challenge fac- ing Ankodida from …
An Explanatory Guide to the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing
… Agreement TK traditional knowledge TRIPS Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights UNCED … on issues such as the presence of invasive species or illegal fishing in remote areas of a marine reserve, easy for … Taking into account that relevant information on illegal access activities is more likely to be available in …
Helping nature help us - Transforming disaster risk reduction through ecosystem management
… knowledge and understanding, we may risk undesirable trade-offs, missed opportunities in optimising synergies and … challenges such as ecosystem loss and degradation, illegal logging, pollution, overexploitation of marine … of biodiversity as a result of multiple threats, including illegal wildlife trade, habitat loss, climate change, air and …
The Ecosystem Approach: Island voices Island choices
… forces, including external economic shocks, globalization, trade liberalization and natural disasters, remained the … would be required as would better opportunities for trade, access to environmentally sound technologies, a … managed and with limited enforcement capacities.” “The illegal entry of mechanized and technologically advanced …
Culture and wetlands: A Ramsar guidance document
… and Awareness CITES Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora COP … other international agreements, especially concerning trade; and there is no doubt that these must be fully … decreased freshwater flow into the lake. Overfishing and illegal fishing practices are quite common. The result is a …
Manual for the National Focal Points for CMS and its Instruments
… noise; invasive alien species; wildlife disease; illegal hunting and fishing; pollution; marine debris; … as Waterfowl Habitat, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) … threats they are facing e.g. pollution, climate change, illegal taking, invasive species, power lines, wind farms, …