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… REPORT ENVIRONMENT, PEACE AND SECURITY A CONVERGENCE OF THREATS December 2016 Strategic Report: Environment, Peace … It must include better information sharing, civilian protection and law enforcement, as well as a deeper … the marine ecosystem, notably by disrupting the marine habitat of species;  Leakages from sewer lines and …

… UNEP is committed to supporting the process of finalizing the negotiations of an International Regime on … of International Importance, Especially as Waterfowl Habitat. As a safeguard to States’ sovereignty, Governments … Programme (SPREP) has developed a “Model Law for the Protection of Traditional Ecological Knowledge, Innovations …

… WCC-2016-Res-012-EN Giraffids: reversing the decline of Africa’s iconic megafauna NOTING that the Giraffidae … population declines and increasing fragmentation, due to habitat loss and degradation (for agricultural expansion, … in West and Central Africa and Recommendation 5.157 Protection of the Okapi Wildlife Reserve and communities of …

… 1997 by the UN General Assembly, the Convention on the Law of the Non- navigational Uses of International Watercourses … the utilisation, development, conservation, management and protection of international watercourses and the promotion of … of International Importance especially as Waterfowl Habitat (adopted 2 February 1971, entered into force 21 …

… WCC-2016-Res-021-EN Monitoring and management of unselective, unsustainable and unmonitored (UUU) fisheries … marine ecosystems and ecosystem functioning; c. ensure protection of species taken in UUU fisheries that are or may … or destructive of ecosystems, and special measures for the protection of vulnerable marine species and habitats, as well …

… and Earth’s Protected Areas We, the 3000 participants of the Vth IUCN World Parks Congress, celebrate, voice … sources of fresh water, fish stocks and flood protection, and as buffers against climate change. We … mobile and indigenous peoples are not given recognition, protection and support. We voice concern that wild and …

… Farmers working in a green beans plot in the vast area of Koer Abundoy, where several vegetable gardens are farmed … areas through risk-informed and shock-responsive social protection systems. å Working with countries to monitor and … management is an ecosystem approach to crop production and protection that combines different management strategies and …

… WCC-2016-Res-029-EN Incorporating urban dimensions of conservation into the work of IUCN CONSIDERING that IUCN … services, such as drinking water, energy, food and flood protection, provided by rural ecosystems; FURTHER NOTING that … safe, resilient and sustainable; and NOTING that Habitat III, the United Nations Conference on Housing and …

… Regional Seas Programme – launched in 1974 in the wake of the 1972 United Nations Conference on the Human Environment – is one of UNEP’s most significant achievements in the past 35 years. … and invasive species; n The destruction of ecosystems and habitat caused by increased urbanization and coastal …

… Implementing conservation and sustainable management of marine biodiversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction … conservation and management of living resources and the protection and preservation of the marine environment; … also Articles 117, 118, 119, 192 and 197 of UNCLOS for the protection and conservation of marine biodiversity in areas …