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Biodiversity for Business: A guide to using knowledge products delivered through IUCN

… Conversely, companies are major players in the wider land- scape and as such are responsible for their impact on … have legal designation for any particular kind of land use (e.g. they are not necessarily Protected Areas). D … relevant aspects of the socio-economic context (e.g. land 2. tenure, political boundaries) may be taken into …
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Introduction to the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands

… for example by oil rigs, but could also take the form of land reclamation, artificial islands or installations for … related to resources or not and whether they take place on land or at sea, have an impact on the marine environment and … due to increased human activity both at sea and on land. The impact of untreated human waste alone is already a …
13 Aug 2026 Course lesson in Biological Diversity

Introductory Course to Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

… for example by oil rigs, but could also take the form of land reclamation, artificial islands or installations for … related to resources or not and whether they take place on land or at sea, have an impact on the marine environment and … due to increased human activity both at sea and on land. The impact of untreated human waste alone is already a …
13 Aug 2026 Course lesson in Biological Diversity

Introduction to the International Legal Framework on Marine Biodiversity - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… for example by oil rigs, but could also take the form of land reclamation, artificial islands or installations for … related to resources or not and whether they take place on land or at sea, have an impact on the marine environment and … due to increased human activity both at sea and on land. The impact of untreated human waste alone is already a …
13 Aug 2026 Course lesson in Marine and Freshwater

National Regulation of Freshwater resources - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… in protection and preservation programmes. Various uses of land may affect water quality. The United Nations General … that recognize the interrelationship between water and land and provide for the preservation of aquatic ecosystems. … on a catchment or drainage basin basis. This includes both land and water resources, since land use can have significant …
13 Aug 2026 Course lesson in Marine and Freshwater

Introduction to the Rotterdam Convention - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… for example by oil rigs, but could also take the form of land reclamation, artificial islands or installations for … related to resources or not and whether they take place on land or at sea, have an impact on the marine environment and … due to increased human activity both at sea and on land. The impact of untreated human waste alone is already a …
13 Aug 2026 Course lesson in Chemicals and Waste

Introduction to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants

… for example by oil rigs, but could also take the form of land reclamation, artificial islands or installations for … related to resources or not and whether they take place on land or at sea, have an impact on the marine environment and … due to increased human activity both at sea and on land. The impact of untreated human waste alone is already a …
13 Aug 2026 Course lesson in Chemicals and Waste

Introduction to the Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage

… for example by oil rigs, but could also take the form of land reclamation, artificial islands or installations for … related to resources or not and whether they take place on land or at sea, have an impact on the marine environment and … due to increased human activity both at sea and on land. The impact of untreated human waste alone is already a …
13 Aug 2026 Course lesson in Biological Diversity

Earth Rights: The Theory

… from the naturalist Aldo Leopold who in 1966 proposed a “Land Ethic” to influence human interaction with the Earth.21 … is as yet no ethic dealing with man‟s relationship to the land and to the non-human animals and plants which grow upon it.”22 Instead, he noted “we abuse the land because we regard it as a commodity belonging to us.”23 …
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Biodiversity: My hotel in action - A guide to sustainable use of biological resources in the Caribbean

… each year (see Box 3). • Habitat conversion: Through land-use changes and inappropriate occupation, physical … to sea floors from trawling, about half of the Earth’s land surface has already been transformed or degraded by … stocks of fish in most of the world’s major fisheries. On land, hunting has contributed to a specific number of species …
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