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An Explanatory Guide to the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing

… rather than the sectoral approach (focusing on specific species, ecosystems, or sites) that is characteristic of … all sources, occurring at three levels: diversity within species (genetic diversity),2 diversity between species, and diversity of ecosystems. The CBD addresses not …
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Farmer's Rights in the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

… example is the genus Lycopersicon, in which many wild species can be crossed with the cultivated tomato L. … plant variety rights to varieties of more than 1700 plant species. Today, around 2500 applications/year are received of … is covered by a CPVR. The exemption concerns a list of species of several agricultural crops: fodder plants, …
14 Aug 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

African solutions in a rapidly changing world: nature-based solutions to climate change by African innovators in protected areas

… both increased ‘spill-over’ and recovery of key commercial species (octopus, holothurians) and provided strict … restoration of degraded habitats, management of invasive species, enhancement of water supply for people and wildlife … community land in search of water. Removal of invasive species has minimized biodiversity loss, availed more …
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Legal and institutional frameworks for sustainable soils: A preliminary report

… soil is accommodated within the general definition of a species, where a species “accommodates the grouping and biological … services depend on the variety and variability of genes, species, populations and ecosystems”, and that the natural …
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UN Environment foresight brief: marine plastics litter and microplastics

… pollution is reported to affect more than 700 marine species with 17 per cent of these species identified as near threatened, vulnerable, endangered … plastics also have potential as a pathway for invasive species (NOAA 2017) (Carlton, et al. 2017). The impacts of …
14 Aug 2026 Document

Preventing electrocution and collision impacts of power infrastructure on birds

… globally threatened, internationally protected raptors species such as the Saker Falcon (Falco cherrug), Steppe … Tenth Conference of Parties to the Convention on Migratory Species (CMS COP10), the Fifth Meeting of Parties to the … region each year; FURTHER AWARE that for migratory bird species, the cumulative impacts of poorly located or poorly …
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Conservation of intertidal habitats and migratory waterbirds of the East Asian-Australasian Flyway, especially the Yellow Sea, in a global context

… Near Threatened of an additional six migratory waterbird species due to the rapid rate of conversion of intertidal … with the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species and the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands, as … and their habitats, which support numerous other species; 2. URGES Parties to the Ramsar Convention, at their …
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Mitigating the impacts of recreational diving on the marine environment

… protected areas and in habitats containing vulnerable species such as marine mammals, and by experimental evidence … IUCN’s strong commitment to the conservation of marine species and habitats, as reflected in IUCN Resolutions and … marine protected areas; ii. habitats containing vulnerable species; iii. special events such as migrations and mass …
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Solutions in focus: Transboundary protected area solutions

… and illegal logging. A joint monitoring program for key species like jaguars, tapirs, and others has also been … of the wildlife population dynamics of target species Impacts SOLuTION FuLL 11 Transboundary conservation … and Thayatal National Park, Austria The joint invasive species monitoring and eradication project was a great …
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Culture and wetlands: A Ramsar guidance document

… CITES Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora COP Conference of the Parties … considerably (for example including the role of other species groups and aspects such as water management, human … the Convention on Interna- tional Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), the International …
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