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Sharing Information with Confidence. “The Biodiversity Commons”: past experience, current trends and potential future directions
… improve global responses to the challenges of biodiversity loss, climate change and ecosystem degradation. Three things … improve global responses to the challenges of biodiversity loss, climate change and ecosystem degradation. A world full … hard to find on the Internet is information about species, habitat requirements, and management options to assist in the …
Indigenous and local communities and protected areas: Towards equity and enhanced conservation. Guidance on policy and practice for co-managed protected areas and community conserved areas
… late grazing to support live li hoods and main tain the habitat for wild life. But, as the values and prac tices of … for conservation of specific natural features Category IV Habitat/Species Management Area: managed mainly for … resources they have tradi tion ally used, with conse quent loss of live li hoods and erosion of their cultures. Their …
Note 5: Evaluating the risk to Ramsar Sites from climate change induced sea level rise
… additional consequences for wet- land and biodiversity loss (e.g., Wetzel et al. 2012). Time and resources did not … Introduction In this analysis the risk of wetland loss is first assessed by evaluating proximity to the coast …
Food and Agriculture Organization (2017), IPPC Procedure Manual for Standard Setting
… concentration, etc.) [“toxicologically representative”] - Habitat type (e.g. tropical, temperate) - Level of damage to … investment in staff, funds and training that has led to a loss of taxonomic expertise, tools and services. This not … presence in the area will result in economically important loss; “Establishment” - perpetuation, for the foreseeable …
Recycling used lead-acid batteries: health considerations (WHO)
… person first seeks medical attention. The effects include loss of appetite with weight loss, constipation, abdominal pain or discomfort, nausea, … causes significant environmental degradation and loss of habitat as well as generating large amounts of contaminated …
A Global Register of Competences for Protected Area Practitioners
… as a cave, or a living feature such as an ancient grove IV Habitat/species management area: Areas to protect particular … of local communities, these projects work to reverse habitat loss, restore ecosystems and improve people’s well-being. …
Plant genetic resources and food security: stakeholder perspectives on the international treaty on plant genetic resources for food and agriculture
… the same throughout the world (SoW1-PGRFA, 1996). This loss of agricultural biological diversity has not only … global problems of food security, climate change and habitat destruction, as well as the increasing urgency to … of viable propagules of collections outside the natural habitat of species. Realizing the 185 ES_PGRFS_ch_14.indd 3 …
Judges and the rule of law. Creating the links: Environment, human rights and poverty
… erosion, deforesta- tion, declining water tables and the loss of flora and fauna and the consequent subsis- tence … The statutory definition of “take and kill” included habitat destruction. The appellant citizen, who had objected … eagle in the world, the Philippine Eagle, a bird with a habitat range of some 5,000ha. What is interesting about this …