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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 …
Poverty, equity and rights in conservation : Technical papers and case studies
… areas against illegal activities that threatened protected species. At the same time, scientific ecology recognised that … of many ecological funds and threaten the survival of many species. In such a context, the goals of conservation and … preservation of genetic diversity, sustainable use of species and ecosystems (IUCN/WWF/UNEP, 1980). 37 Caring for …
Customs and Constitutions: State recognition of customary law around the world
… The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora16 and the Convention on … importance of wetlands. The Convention on Migratory Species preserves rights to traditional subsistence … 169) 23 16 Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora. Opened for signature 3 March …
Publication - An Explanatory Guide to the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing
… rather than the sectoral approach (focusing on speci!c species, ecosystems, or sites) that is characteristic of … all sources, occurring at three levels: diversity within species (genetic diversity),2 diversity between species, and … sharing information on issues such as the presence of invasive species or illegal !shing in remote areas of a …
UNEP. The first 40 years
… was concerned with the conservation of rare and endangered species and natural habitats and had been charged by the UN … sea), the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Fauna and Flora (CITES) and the Convention on Migratory Species (CMS). Other initiatives flowed from, or were …
Shared resources: Issues of governance
… Law School, Washington, DC. 2 Convention on Migratory Species (1979), Berne Convention on European Wildlife (1979), … of shared resources began with commercially exploited species and international watercourses.3 Establishment of … It also aims at preventing the introduction of alien invasive species and the release of genetically modified …
Persistent Organic Pollutants: Contaminated Site Investigation and Management Toolkit
… It falls within the tropical rainforest zone with various species of the mangrove swamp vegetation, although the … stressors such as chemicals, changes in land use, disease, invasive species or climate change Risk assessment is a scientific …
International trade rules and the agriculture sector: selected implementation issues
… entry, establishment or spread of pests, commonly called "invasive species". The most trade distortive SPS measures are usually … of patentability; the isolation of a gene of an animal species or plant variety was not an invention but a discovery …
An Explanatory Guide to the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing
… rather than the sectoral approach (focusing on specific species, ecosystems, or sites) that is characteristic of … all sources, occurring at three levels: diversity within species (genetic diversity),2 diversity between species, and … sharing information on issues such as the presence of invasive species or illegal fishing in remote areas of a …
Towards sustainable fisheries law: a comparative analysis
… conventions on the conservation and sustainable use of species and ecosystems, and biodiversity per se (Convention on Migratory Species, Convention on International Trade in Endangered … introduction of toxic and nutrient substances, invasive species, and climate change. High demand for fish …