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Net Positive Impact for biodiversity. The conservation case

… to avoid and reduce such impacts, rehabilitate affected species/landscapes and offset any residual impacts. • … regularly hit the headlines. Globally, over 20,000 species are known to be threatened with extinction; one in … be measured through currencies such as Habitat Hectares or species population sizes. N et Im p ac t (e .g . H ab it at H …
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Special Issue on Wildlife Trafficking II

… Trafficking II Home, Sweet Home: Prosecuting Endangered Species Act Habitat Modification Cases . . . . . . . . . . . … Bulletin 1 Home, Sweet Home: Prosecuting Endangered Species Act Habitat Modification Cases Elinor Colbourn … Interior I. Introduction Congress enacted the Endangered Species Act (ESA) in 1973 “to halt and reverse the trend …
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Poverty and conservation: Landscapes, people and power

… forest. Source: Dechaineux (2001) While it is clear that species gathered from the wild can be important to poor … to move away from earlier preoccupations with flagship species and special areas, and to question the underlying … Nevertheless, in gross terms, the poverty line is a useful indicator. Since the 1980s a great deal of qualitative …
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Nature-based solutions to address global societal challenges

… on the protection of wilderness and wild, charismatic species to approaches that tackle the drivers of biodiversity decline such as pollution and the loss of species habitats. More recently, the conservation agenda has … City, 2015). Migratory geese are now seen as an important indicator of the health of both the wetlands and the rice …
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Compendium of Summaries of Judgments in Environmen Related Cases

… Grid Argentina 1 Australia 5 United Kingdom 2 Endangered Species Australia 5 Kenya 1 ECJ 16 United States 7 xxi … from removing or dislocating a rare and endangered species named the "Hirola" from its natural habitat. Legal … on which the public relies to protect both the resource species and the environment.” 54 CANADA 10 Recherches …
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UNEP’s Compendium of Innovative Laws: promoting Green Economy & Sustainable Development

… The telestes polylepis, a critically endangered freshwater species found in Croatia Figure 6: Coastal erosion negatively … of placing the 407 Ibid 408 http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SI.POV.GINI/countries/1W?display=default 409 ``A … Plan, Resource Efficiency & Environment Performance Indicator(REEPI) India National Solar Mission, National …
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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 corresponding loss of animal species. Effects of fires crossing from fire- adapted to …
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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. … plant variety rights to varieties of more than 1700 plant species. Today, around 2500 applications/year are received of … is covered by a CPVR. The exemption concerns a list of species of several agricultural crops: fodder plants, …
19 Jun 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

Improving governance of pastoral lands

… seeds, tubers, barks, gums and leaves. They also use many species of tree for fodder, shade, fencing, construction and … system. Many pastoralists also keep a variety of livestock species to harness a wider range of resources: for example, … soils than a pastoralist (Oba, 2012) Identifying and using indicator types can support decision- making by pastoralists …
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Biodiversity: My hotel in action - A guide to sustainable use of biological resources in the Caribbean

… helps to motivate commitments to the conservation of wild species and their habitats. A global, research-driven and … within an ecosystem makes biodiversity an important indicator of the health of the living world: when … usually national requirements – good-sized trophies are an indicator of the population status of hunted animals)? • Is …
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