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Reference Guide - European Union Wildlife Trade Regulations
… many years, legislation to govern this trade has been a conservation priority in the region. Since 1984, the EU has … species of pygmy owl (Strigidae: Glaucidium) from Atlantic forest of northeastern Brazil. – Ararajuba, 10(2): 123- 130. … thilohoffmanni] WHITTAKER, A. (2002): A new species of forest-falcon (Falconidae: Micrastur) from southeastern …
Principles and Guidelines on Indigenous and Traditional Peoples and Protected Areas
… IUCN - World Conservation Union / WCPA - World Commission on Protected … PEOPLES AND PROTECTED AREAS May 1999 IUCN - World Conservation Union / WCPA - World Commission on Protected … the successful development of a WWF/IUCN joint policy on forest conservation. Annex 1 provides a definition of …
National Strategy for Combating Wildlife Trafficking
… to exercise leadership in addressing a serious and urgent conservation and global security threat. It calls for … crisis. Wildlife trafficking is both a critical conservation concern and a threat to global security with … with efforts in other areas, such as conservation of forest habitat, to develop synergies. We will engage key …
Compliance-Related Texts and Decisions of Selected Multilateral Environmental Agreements
… on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982 relating to the Conservation and Management of Straddling Fish Stocks and … Criminal Justice that illicit international trafficking in forest products, including timber, wildlife and other forest biological resources is often perpetrated by …
Land and water - the rights interface
… largely unproductive land; elsewhere it is, for example, forest land. Depending on the applicable legislation … time the squatter may eventually acquire legal rights 37 Forest legislation may in particular restrict or prohibit the … all in-stream uses of water resources (recreation, conservation of riverine and lacustrine wildlife habitats, …
A2 - Integrating Environmental Concerns in National Water Law
… except generally for human consumption. For example: the conservation of water-dependent ecosystems and aquatic … to restore environmental quality under the African Nature Conservation Convention, 2003, Arts. VI(3)(b)(iii), … to meeting the obligations of States – to promote the conservation of wetlands of international significance, under …
International ocean governance: Using international law and organisations to manage marine resources sustainably (revised)
… She can be reached at lkimball@igc.org. IUCN – The World Conservation Union 2003 International Ocean Governance Using … marine conventions — whether indirectly through improved forest management in watersheds (reducing erosion and marine … practices that reduce fertilizer and pesticide runoff, forest practices that reduce erosion and siltation, or …
Technology Transfer and Cooperation under the Convention on Biological Diversity
… address this challenge by pursuing three objectives: the conservation of biological diversity, the sustainable use of … transfer covers “technologies that are relevant to the conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity and … of biodiversity resources (for instance sustainable forest management, or integrated water resources management). …
Farmer's Rights in the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
… of local and indigenous communities and farmers to the conservation and development of PGRFA, 2. Describe the … promotes a complementary approach to strategies for the conservation and sustainable use of PGRFA, for both in situ and ex situ conservation. Over the past 50 years, there has been growing …