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Compendium of Good Practices on Human Rights and the Environment

… T the Goldman Prize, “recipients often focus on protecting endangered ecosystems and species, combating destructive development projects, … Act, the Clean Water Act, the Clean Air Act, and the Endangered Species Act. This practice intends to provide an …
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Towards Networks of Marine Protected Areas: The MPA Plan of Action for IUCN’s World Commission on Protected Areas

… Oryx, 42(3), 1–12. 4 Populations of larger individuals of species have plummeted in all our oceans as we have become … at targetting particular groups. An increasing number of species and entire species goups are now under threat. The Nassau Grou- per is recognised as endangered in IUCN’s Red List of Species. Photo: © Bahamas …
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D1 - Ecosystem Approach and Ecosystem Services

… provisions regarding the introduction of alien or new species and the preservation of the marine environment. … of which they are part: this includes diversity within species, between species and of ecosystems”; “habitat” is … others, the 1973 Convention on International Trade of Endangered Species (CITES), the 1974 Convention for the …
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Explanatory guide to the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

… project teams and action groups, focusing in particular on species and biodiversity conservation and the management of … plant genetic resources for food and agriculture had been endangered by developments that have in prac- tice forced … in, for example, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wilde Fauna and Flora38 (CITES). It …
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Business and ecosystems : Ecosystem challenges and business implications

… change � Habitat change � Biodiversity loss and invasive species � Overexploitation of oceans � Nutrient overloading. … sustainable products, wetland banking and threatened species banking; � New businesses – such as ecosystem … to prevent invasion of non-native species and to conserve endangered species and their habitat, resulting in restricted …
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Sustainable tourism in protected areas: Guidelines for planning and management

… it. At the same time, our global heritage of living species is threatened as never before, as the protected areas … conservation area in Tasmania provides habitat for the endangered Forty-spotted Pardalote. ©Paul F. J. Eagles … designated in 1991. The area provides habitat for globally endangered Forest Elephants, Bongo, Yellow-backed Duiker and …
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Customs and Constitutions: State recognition of customary law around the world

… resources. The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora16 and the Convention on … to as ILO 169) 23 16 Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora. Opened for …
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Regional Seas Agreements

… countries in the world in terms of terrestrial and plant species. Despite wide disparities in the densities of … rare and fragile ecosystems and habitats, including endangered and threatened species. The 1999 Protocol concerning Pollution from Land- …
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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 … the Terai Arc Landscape. Wildlife legislation, including endangered species legislation, which protects fauna and …
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The economic value of wild resources in Senegal : A preliminary evaluation of non-timber forest products, game and freshwater fisheries

… . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23 4.5 Species and number of kills reported by hunters . . . . . . . … francs CITES Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species CRODT Oceanographic Research Center of … the provisions of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). Exporters …
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