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… threats to marine and coastal ecosystems, together with land-based sources of marine pollution, overexploitation of living marine resources, and habitat degradation. Management action against invasive species aims … as the main threat to island biodiversity. However, land makes up less than 2% of the vast Pacific region, and …

… continues to experience high levels of environmental degradation manifested in problems such as deforestation, … development and livelihood. In many ASEAN countries, land resources and terrestrial ecosystems are under … due to growing population and extension of agricultural land into forest and other ecologically sensitive areas. …

… and socio-economic (the generation of waste, pollution, land use and fragmentation, biodiversity loss and the degradation of the geological heritage); ASSUMING that rural …

… and sought to integrate conservation and sustainable land and environmental management strategies into social and … lost more than 50 percent of their area to cultivation, degradation or urbanization" (Africa Environment Outlook 2, …

… desertification and other forms of environmental degradation. They also have an impact on biodiversity as they … protection, in contrast, refers to the protection of human land use, including the sustainable development, … the Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air, and the Protocol against the Illicit …

… . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 17. How land tenure impacts the use of management data to delineate … area’ as used throughout this guide refers to “An area of land and/or sea especially dedicated to the protection and … theless provides a relatively accurate estimate of the land area covered by protected areas globally, at 11.5% …

… production is: a. causing serious deforestation and degradation of forests, which are replaced by monocultures …

… manage forests, combat desertification, halt and reverse land degradation, and halt biodiversity loss"; AWARE that …

… world; RECOGNISING that peatlands occupy 3% of the Earth’s land surface area yet store more carbon than all the world’s … implementing activities to reduce deforestation and forest degradation. State and agency Members of the United States …

… reduce marine pollution of all kinds, in particular from land-based activities, including marine debris and nutrient … marine scientific research. All States, whether coastal or land-loc- ked, have the freedom of navigation and over- … ecosystem, diversity of the ecosystem or vulnerability to degradation by natural events or human activities) Social, …