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… are located in international river basins. Similarly, the Biodiversity Convention, ratified by 191 parties, aims to … to any international watercourse - this could include island nations. Non-riparian contracting parties do not … Ecosystems and Human Well-being: current state and trends (Island Press 2005), 216. 308 Ibid. 309 Ibid. 310 World Water …

… living far from the capital cities and in habitats of high biodiversity may be excluded from the mainstream of … of protected areas and other areas for the conservation of biodiversity is to maintain conditions of security that would … seeks to address the fundamental cause of loss of biodiversity, namely habitat destruction and fragmentation, …

… 2005. Ecosystems and human well-being: Synthesis. Island Press, Washington, DC. http://www.unep.org/maweb/docu- … youth and education, climate sustainability, clean energy, biodiversity and forests, water, healthy seas and oceans, … sustainable energy, securing ecosystem services and biodiversity and ensuring good management of water and other …

… problem. � A summary of the impacts of wetland disease on biodiversity, livestock and human health and its economic … in vulnerable isolated wildlife populations in human-made ‘island ecosystems’ which are at increased risk of diseases … (and immunologically naïve isolated populations, such as island species, tend to have relatively limited genetic …

… including increasing climate variability, will also affect biodiversity, and ecosystem composition, function, and … and urban areas, often referred to as the ‘urban heat island effect’. An increase in temperature of 1 °C, which is … including increased climatic variability, can affect the biodiversity and thus ecosystem composition and functioning …

… in the present era of acute challenges for the world’s biodiversity. Task Force members Mark R Stanley Price … are increasing and acute pressures on much of the world’s biodiversity due to loss of habitats and reduction in their … This is a particular risk when translocating aquatic or island organisms. • Gene escape: gene exchange between …

… • In a similar way, IUCN CEC explored the dimensions of biodiversity education and public awareness in an internet … Oxford. 22 Prescott, Allen R. (2002) Wellbeing of Nations. Island Press, New York. 23 Prescott, Allen R. (2002) Wellbeing of Nations. Island Press, New York: p. 2. 24 Tilbury, D. (2003) ‘Emerging …

… Maruma Mrema, then Principal Legal Adviser and Chief, Biodiversity and Land Law and Governance Unit at the … countries, and in particular the least developed and small island developing States and Parties with economies in … of specific challenges being faced by small island developing States and least developed countries in the …

… stability, environ- mental quality, its natural resources, biodiversity, economy and human life. INTERPOL also … Group of the Millennium Ecosystem Assess- ment (London: Island Press), chapter 2. 23. “The Value of the World’s … Group of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment. London: Island Press, 2003. UNODC. “Environmental Crime - the …

… wetlands. One can guess that the latter’s extraordinary biodiversity and natural productivity played an important … information on the principal wetland ecosystems in 24 island territories in the Pacific, some 200 of which were of … of Alaska and all of Hawaii, Puerto Rico and four other island groups. Mapping is to be completed in 1998. This …