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Law for water management: a guide to concepts and effective approaches

… hand, dam construction has destroyed critical ecosystems, endangered certain species and displaced millions of people (WCD, 2000). In … flows for their habitat needs. In the United States, the Endangered Species Act of 1973 prohibits federal agencies …
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Towards a Pollution Free Planet - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… known to habitats and ecosystems, especially changes in species composition, ecosystem DIFFERENT POLLUTANTS CHEMICAL … habitats, toxicity, reduction in population size of species such as frogs, feminization of fish Impairment of … productivity of food, coral reefs, flucial stocks and species and fish stocks), habitat or supporting services …
17 Aug 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Issues in water law reform

… a growing tension between the requirements of the federal Endangered Species Act"3 and the exercise of privately owned water rights. The Endangered Species Act establishes broad protections for …
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Culture and wetlands: A Ramsar guidance document

… and Awareness CITES Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora COP Conference of the Parties … (UNCCD), the Convention on Interna- tional Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), the …
17 Aug 2026 Document

Forest fires and the law: a guide for national drafters based on the fire management voluntary guidelines

… and preventing the introduction of invasive alien species (art. 8); introducing environmental impact assessment … at wrong frequency or intensity leads to loss of plant species, change or reduction in vegetation structure and … than that covered above, that contains threatened and endangered species habitats, if natural regimes are important …
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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 … Oregon, USA was drastically curtailed to protect flows for endangered suckerfish and coho salmon. The economic cost to … can co-operate to prevent migratory species from becoming endangered. Among the conservation mechanisms provided by the …
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Managing Natural World Heritage

… of the site itself (e.g. tourism based on rare or iconic species, such as mountain gorillas, or important landscapes … such as: (i) A serious decline in the population of the endangered species or the other species having OUV which the … US$30,000 to address severe and time-sensitive threats to endangered biodiversity. The Rapid Response Facility (RRF) is …
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Managing Natural World Heritage - World Heritage Resource Manual

… of the site itself (e.g. tourism based on rare or iconic species, such as mountain gorillas, or important landscapes … such as: (i) A serious decline in the population of the endangered species or the other species having OUV which the … US$30,000 to address severe and time-sensitive threats to endangered biodiversity. The Rapid Response Facility (RRF) is …
17 Aug 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

A Global Register of Competences for Protected Area Practitioners

… large-scale ecological processes with characteristic species and ecosystems, which also have environmentally and … Diversity CITES Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora COM Local … agreements. ● International regulations regarding endangered species (e.g. CITES). ● National protection status …
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Earth Rights: The Theory

… form are role-specific; rights in living form are species specific and limited.”35 Thus Berry notes that … identified aspect of nature has a legal right, such as endangered species legislation, enforcement can be enhanced by public …
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