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Mediterranean strategy for sustainable development 2016-2015: Investing in environmental sustainability to achieve social and economic development

… Sea is home to a large diversity of ecosystems and species subject to considerable pressures. Its coasts account … makes it home to a large diversity of ecosystems and species. The Mediterranean is also subject to considerable … biodiversity value, with a large number of endemic species and critical levels of habitat loss. There are an …
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The impact of disasters and crises on agriculture and food security

… scarcity. Drought-associated mortality can vary across species and classes of stock, with cattle, horses, donkeys … animals, old stock and pregnant females within any given species particularly susceptible to disease outbreaks. The … Kill-off of important fisheries targets fish and shellfish species as well as farmed shellfish and fish. Contamination …
14 Aug 2026 Literature

Improving access to forest resources - Experiences in informal tenure reform from IUCN’s Livelihoods and Landscapes Strategy

… also compiled inventories that identified over 40 plant species including rafflesia, which they have documented on … that has involved planting large areas with various species, including conifers. Despite extensive reforestation … this modified the forest structure in a way that favoured species that had been present in the past and also removed …
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Handbook of The Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer

… effects of various man-made and naturally occurring species upon atmospheric ozone; interpretation of satellite … simultaneous measurements of photochemically-related species down to the planetary boundary layer, using in situ … by which UV-B radiation acts on biological materials, species and ecosystems, including: the relationship between …
14 Aug 2026 Document in Climate and Atmosphere

E1 - Regulation of the Environment - Support Function of Groundwater Systems

… from aquifers often serve as habitats for various species and supply surface waterbodies with some of their … to medicinal and spa-related purposes. Where certain species and habitats are dependent on the natural functioning … zones (e.g., springs) may be imposed to protect those species and habitats. 3.4. Protecting Aquifer Integrity and …
14 Aug 2026 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

Introduction to International Environmental Governance (IEG) - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… air and watercourse pollution or protection of migratory species, may affect several States, and would require … For example, to fulfill their obligations resulting from a species-protecting convention, such as Convention on International Trade on Endangered Species (CITES), States may need to enact a law to authorize …
01 Sep 2017 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

The World Charter for Nature

… in a manner which ensures the preservation of the species and ecosystems for the benefit of present and future … of ecosystems and to the habitats of rare or endangered species. 4. Ecosystems and organisms, as well as the land, … as to endanger the integrity of those other ecosystems or species with which they coexist. 5. Nature shall be secured …
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Access to and use of marine genetic resources: understanding the legal framework

… These rights grant states jurisdiction over the ‘sedentary species’ (benthos) of the seabed therein. However, for the …
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Sustainable tourism in protected areas: Guidelines for planning and management

… it. At the same time, our global heritage of living species is threatened as never before, as the protected areas … for conservation of specific natural features. IV Habitat/Species Management Area: Protected area managed mainly for … 2 2 3 Wilderness protection 2 1 2 3 3 – 2 Preservation of species and genetic diversity (biodiversity) 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 …
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Sources of international law (Part I) - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… to address problems relating to the oceans, endangered species, and other natural resources, date back to the … the issues. https://www.informea.org/en/terms/endangered-species … 1973 Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora), fifteenth (i.e., 1979 …
14 Aug 2026 Course lesson in Environmental Governance