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… services Ecosystems Ecosystem services Forests Watershed protection, carbon store, biodiversity, scenic beauty … water supplies, biodiversity Mangroves Shoreline protection, nutrient retention, erosion control, fish … breeding Coral Reefs Recreation, carbon store, shoreline protection, rare and endangered species The basic economic …

… number of Hong Kong Ordinances (Legal Acts) Cap. 586 Protection of Endangered Species of Animals and Plants … trade. CITES is given effect in Hong Kong through the Protection of Endangered Species of Animals and Plants … interdepartmental collaboration The Endangered Species Protection Liaison Group currently meets twice annually and …

… judges are essential to the rule of law and environmental protection 53 Is judicial activism a proper role for the … judicial system in the context of environmental protection. The Forestry and Wildlife Law seeks to empower … public officials of this country). • Our forests teem with plant and animal life. In one study conducted on the wealth …

… and load onto the web its collection of 7 million plant specimens9. Access to the internet is increasing all … Parties (COP) of the CBD adopted the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation, which includes 16 outcome-oriented global … one of the few assets they have available; ownership and protection of this knowledge is therefore of critical …

… environmental crime was the Brazilian sector wide Plan for Protection and Combating Deforestation in the Amazon … environmental crimes An ecosystem is a dynamic complex of plant, animal and microorganism communities and the … air, water supply, extreme weather mitigation and storm protection, food security and pollination, just to mention a …

… Kitui, Kenya Gill Shepherd 26. Soil fertility indicator plant, lowlands, Indonesian Papua Gill Shepherd 27. Village … in the Bocas del Toro Archipelago may need more stringent protection than can be provided by the community fisheries … of river water. The poor mainly need the river for its plant and animal aquatic resources; for these to flourish, a …

… valid concerns for water storage, water supply and flood protection, as well as food security, population growth, and … a nexus problem, as the Saxony German case of a treatment plant needing to convince farmers to use its water for … KL-1 was conceived purely as a peaking hydroelectric plant, and considerations of using the stored water of …

… T. Anker and Ellen M. Basse (eds), Land Use and Nature Protection: Emerging Legal Aspects (DJOF Publishing, 2000) … innocently ask the customs officer whether and how this plant, purchased in Swit- zerland, should be declared for … the cactus as ‘non-commercial import of an ornamental plant’, and wave the nosy passenger on. When the passenger …

… 2016, the Contracting Parties to the Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment and the Coastal Region … for conservation and use of indigenous or traditional plant varieties and domestic animal breeds, valuing … approximately 8,500 macroscopic fauna, over 1,300 plant species and 2,500 species from other taxonomic groups. …

… for this List more than 2,060 wetlands for special protection as “Ramsar Sites”, covering 197 million hectares … factor controling the environment and the associated plant and animal life. They occur where the water table is at … species. Wetlands are also important storehouses of plant genetic material. Rice, for example, which is a common …