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Explanatory guide to the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

… resources for food and agriculture outside their natural habitat. With the exception of the use of the more specific … for food and agriculture maintained outside their natural habitat. Similar to the term “ex situ conservation”, this … resources for food and agriculture outside their natural habitat. “Plant genetic resources for food and agriculture” …
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Protecting the world's greatest salmon fishery in Bristol Bay, Alaska from large-scale mining

… millennia; NOTING that the Bristol Bay watershed provides habitat for more than 29 fish, 40 mammal, and 190 bird … Pebble Mine require the construction of a port in critical habitat for Cook Inlet beluga whales (Delphinapterus leucas), …
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Integrating Economics into Resource and Environmental Management Some Recent Experiences in the Pacific

… from regional and global modelling available from IPCC. Habitat/ecosystem-based ‘business as usual’ calculations are … Commercial coastal fisheries 0.05 – 0.8 Tourism 4.8 – 10.8 Habitat 0.2 – 0.5 Biodiversity * Nonuse values * Impact on … pollution, overfishing, destructive fishing, loss of habitat to development, loss of species Coastal environments: …
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Law, Policy and Dryland Ecosystems in the People's Republic of China

… of International Importance Especially as Waterfowl Habitat 1971 (Ramsar Convention), the Convention Concerning … and preserve rare and fragile ecosystems as well as the habitat of depleted, threatened or endangered species and … considered the protection of the original forest, and the habitat of owls and seabirds, the critical watersheds for …
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Sustainable tourism in protected areas: Guidelines for planning and management

… roles. This small conservation area in Tasmania provides habitat for the endangered Forty-spotted Pardalote. ©Paul F. … mainly for conservation of specific natural features. IV Habitat/Species Management Area: Protected area managed … process or condition such as a wildlife population, habitat, natural landscape, or cultural heritage such as a …
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Responsible renewable energy sources

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Terminating the hunting of captive-bred lions (Panthera leo) and other predators and captive breeding for commercial, non-conservation purposes

… UNDERSTANDING that the threats to wild lions include: habitat fragmentation, lack of suitable habitat, human-carnivore conflict, snaring and poisoning; and …
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Protecting coastal and marine environments from mining waste

… submarine currents, destruction of marine and coastal habitat and biodiversity, modification of the coastal line, …
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A moving target : Genetic resources and options for tracking and monitoring their international flows

… begins with ethics. Non-negotiable is any further loss of habitat. Rather than calculating an optimum level of conser- … areas whenever opportunity costs are high; society suffers habitat loss and subsequent extinction. The logic above is … pre- fer non-viable relic populations over species whose habitat is sufficiently protected to assure sustainability. …
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The development of an Evaluation and Certification System for World Environment Hubs

… taken towards setting up an environmentally sustainable habitat, such as: a. three UNESCO-designated sites: Biosphere …
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