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Culture and wetlands: A Ramsar guidance document

… convinced UNESCO and UNEP to pursue joint work in this area. A 2003 UNEP Governing Council Resolu- tion5 on … The work of the CBD and its partners on inter alia protected areas and sacred sites, and on indicators towards … exhibitions; b) where fishing is an integral feature of protected wetland sites, favour tradi- tional sustainable …
18 May 2026 Document

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

… concerning the legal status of any country, territory, or area, or of its authori- ties, or concerning the delimitation … and take steps to implement them, including establishing protected areas or areas where special measures are needed; … sound and sustainable development in areas adjacent to protected areas; preventing introduction of species from …
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State of Biodiversity in Asia and the Pacific

… It covers 8.6 per cent of the Earth’s total surface area and nearly 30 per cent of its land area. It is also host … proportion of the world’s surface has been designated as protected areas (figure II), progress in this regard in Asia … in this region. The terrestrial area designated as legally protected constitutes less than 9 per cent of the total …
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The Status and Distribution of Freshwater Biodiversity in Western Africa

… concerning the legal status of any country, territory, or area, or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation … 8.2.2 Protected Areas … key centres of species diversity: i) the southern coastal area of Guinea; ii) the lower river Jong in Sierra Leone; … conservation measures taken, including the designation of protected areas, need to take into consideration the high …
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Guidelines for species conservation planning - version 1.0

… concerning the legal status of any country, territory, or area, or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation … participants in plan- ning will often be senior officers, protected area managers and possibly national-level … local-level government officers and poli- ticians, protected area wardens but also senior park rangers, local …
18 May 2026 Literature

Legislative and regulatory options for animal welfare

… environment including shelter and a comfortable resting area; 3. freedom from pain, injury or disease – by prevention … animals must be separated by their type and class and be protected from heat, cold and rain (sec. 5(4)). In the type … 1983 (E* F S*) 20. Legislation on wildlife, hunting and protected areas in some European countries, 1980 (E* F* S*) …
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IUCN Policy on Biodiversity Offsets

… and therefore cannot be found elsewhere and adequately protected or re-created;  Where the time lag between the … Protection and conservation of biological diversity of protected areas from the negative impacts of mining and … it is reasonable to expect commitments for new protected area designations and improved management of existing …
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Human rights and the Environment: Rio + 20 - Joint Report OHCHR and UNEP

… the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of … individual’s right to have his or her life respected and protected by law.49 In the case of Yanomami v. Brazil50 the … to health and to live in a healthy environment is already protected by law, the Convention requires that the law be …
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Document - The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands: its History and Development

… concerning the legal status of any country, territory, or area, or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation … the Ramsar Convention, including the need for a network of protected areas and the wise use principle for the management … 108 million square kilometres. Leaving aside Antarctica (protected by another treaty), this is 75% of the world’s …
18 May 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

UNEP. The first 40 years

… internal consensus view. The absence of a proposal in this area was later used to deflect fears of specialized agencies … the importation of animals belonging to species which are protected in their natural habitat, unless it has been … and the awful truth was revealed. The ozone shield that protected life on Earth was disappearing and, we, with our …
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