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The Sacred Dimension of Protected Areas: Proceedings of the Second Workshop of the Delos Initiative - Ouranoupolis 2007

… The Park hosts a large number of plants and her- baceous species and is also rich in fau- na, both mammals and birds. … tats and nesting sites for seabirds, mi- gratory birds and threatened species of marine turtle and dugong (Smyth 2007). … ironic that the environment of Gang- hwa Island should be threatened by plans for the ‘peaceful’ use of the Demili- …
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Identifying Key Biodiversity Areas for safeguarding biodiversity

… Resolution 3.013 The uses of the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (Bangkok, 2004), which requested the Species Survival Commission (SSC) to convene a worldwide …
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The IUCN Red List Index for monitoring extinction risk

… assessments; NOTING that for 50 years the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species has provided information on the status and trends of the world's species, underpinned by the IUCN Red List Categories and …
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Tackling, poaching and illegal wildlife trafficking in Africa

… may see the extinction of two of Africa’s most charismatic species from some of their core habitats in the next 20 … has: • Fueled poaching of some of Africa’s most iconic species; • Robbed communities of wildlife-related revenue; • … I species, a classification reserved for the world’s most threatened species. This essentially shut down international …
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Brochure - Sustainable Ocean Initiative

… recovery plans and measures are in place for all depleted species, fisheries have no significant adverse impacts on threatened species and vulnerable eco- systems and the impacts of …
25 May 2026 Document in Marine and Freshwater

Before the meeting

… Points for the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS) and its Instruments Book: … Priorities Agenda Rules of Procedure National Consultation Species Proposals Decisions Case Study - Successfully … of these meetings can include agreeing budgets, amending species lists, agreeing policy resolutions and adopting …
25 May 2026 Course lesson in Biological Diversity

An Ounce of Prevention: Snow Leopard Crime Revisited

… in the first published scientific description of the species (G.L. Buffon, 1761), and echoed in its Latin name … was assessed as Endangered for the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species in 2008 (Jackson et al., 2008), and is … on one aspect of Snow Leopard status: that the species is threatened and declining, although the importance of poaching …
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Farmer's Rights in the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

… example is the genus Lycopersicon, in which many wild species can be crossed with the cultivated tomato L. … concern varieties traditionally grown in certain regions, threatened by genetic erosion and varieties with no intrinsic … development have been done in this area, so diversity is threatened all the same. In earlier times there was an …
25 May 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

African solutions in a rapidly changing world: nature-based solutions to climate change by African innovators in protected areas

… both increased ‘spill-over’ and recovery of key commercial species (octopus, holothurians) and provided strict … to the restoration of mangroves. Some rice growing areas threatened by sea level rise were recovered through the … restoration of degraded habitats, management of invasive species, enhancement of water supply for people and wildlife …
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Compliance-Related Texts and Decisions of Selected Multilateral Environmental Agreements

… of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, Ms. Juliette Voïnov Kohler, … by that State, the flag State, or a State damaged or threatened by the discharge violation, or unless the … in paragraph 1, believed to have occurred in, caused, or threatened damage to the internal waters, territorial sea or …
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