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Concepts for Industry Co-Regulation of Bio-fuel Weeds

… and ecological service values from the contaminated land; (2) additional costs to ‘innocent’ land users, by loss of production, contamination of produce, control costs, or reduction of land value; (3) additional costs to both government and non- …
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Significant Trade in Wildlife: A Review of selected species in CITES Appendix II - Volume 3 Birds

… and Balanites trees; in the west, heavily cultivated land dotted with baobabs. Usually seen in small flocks, but … central-western Mexico to Pacific lowlands of Guatemala (Land, 1970). Guatemala Confined to the western Pacific lowland and subtropics (Land, 1970). Mexico Recorded in Nayarit, Jalisco, Colima, …
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What is Agrodiversity

… used by culturally diverse peoples, and therefore land and water resources are used for production in different … (see Table 1). However, in some areas, pressure on the land is so great that wild food supplies have been exhausted. … agricultural areas in forests, savannah and other bush land areas. Wild-foods are incorporated into the normal …
14 Aug 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

Linking Landscapes - Exploring the relationships between World Heritage cultural landscapes and IUCN protected areas

… often reflect specific techniques of sustainable land use, considering the characteristics and limits of the … can contribute to modern techniques of sustainable land use and can maintain or enhance natural values in the … landscape. The continued existence of traditional forms of land use supports biological diversity in many regions of the …
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A guide to the complementarities between the Convention on Migratory Species and the Convention on Biological Diversity

… forest ecosystems, agricultural ecosystems, dry land ecosystems, mountain ecosystems and even urban … hunting is allowed year round. 9 The insidious threats of land degradation, including desertification, deforestation … inter alia fishing, industrial and tourist activities and land-based and marine pollution. From this, remedial actions …
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A Global Register of Competences for Protected Area Practitioners

… global coverage of protected areas approaches 20% of the land surface and 10% of the sea surface, more and more … community members, NGO personnel, volunteers and private land owners. ● Helping to secure official recognition for … based-qualifications/environmental-and-land-based/work-based- environmental-conservation-l2.html 10 …
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Principles and concepts of international environmental law (Part 2) - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… Protection of the Mediterranean Sea against Pollution from Land-Based Sources (Preamble para. 5), and the 2001 Stockholm … http://informea.org/treaties/land-based … or other local communities may exercise over their land and waterways or which enable indigenous or other local …
14 Aug 2026 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

Auditing the Implementation of Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs): A Primer for Auditors

… seeks to bring together agriculture, forestry, fishery, land use and nature conservation in new ways. The UN … of national parks and protected areas (both on land and in coastal waters), regulate exploitation activities, control pollutions and land use. Protection tools include the establishment of laws, …
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Maritime Traffic Effects on Biodiversity in the Mediterranean Sea. Volume 2 - Legal Mechanisms to Address Maritime Impacts on Mediterranean Biodiversity

… on the part of the Italian Ministry of Environment, Land and Sea, or IUCN concerning the legal status of any … reflect those of Italian Ministry of Environment, Land and Sea or IUCN. This publication has been made possible … by funding from the Italian Ministry of Environment, Land and Sea. Published by: IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and …
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World Wildlife Crime Report - Trafficking in protected species

… wildlife-rich areas. Habitat loss due to unsustain- able land development often poses a greater threat than illegal … imprisonment, 43% Fine only, 31% 1 25 in regulating use of land and the marketing of wild species products. … - -- was felled prior to the controls; - -- resulted from land clearance for development projects, timber thinning, or …
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