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Promoting regional approaches to tackle the global problem of marine debris (litter)

… their leakage into the environment, and of capturing the economic value of plastic wastes in order to incentivise plastic waste treatments and provide socio-economic benefits to local communities through processes such … scientific studies and the report of the first World Ocean Assessment underline the emerging problem of microplastic …
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EU Action Plan against Wildlife Trafficing

… Africa, it has a very negative impact on the potential for economic development4. Wildlife trafficking is very … to wildlife habitats COM/ HRVP/ MS Support to sustainable economic activities benefiting rural communities living in … the end of 2016 COM/ Europol/MS Based on common risk-based assessment of EU-wide priorities agreed at the EU Wildlife …
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Wetland ecosystem services Factsheet 6 - Reservoirs of biodiversity

… of humanity’s insurance policy for a sustainable future. S Economic value – wetland plants and animals provide people … recreation and tourism; for example, in Florida the total economic value of wildlife watching was estimated at US$ 1.6 … of biodiversity is under siege. The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment found that damage to and loss of wetlands is more …
19 Jun 2026 Document

Transboundary Air Pollution - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… held in Geneva within the Framework of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) on the Protection of … Europe (EMEP) has been established. The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) initiated EMEP … transport and deposition of air pollution, and integrated assessment modelling. …
19 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Climate and Atmosphere

Protected areas and other areas important for biodiversity in relation to environmentally damaging industrial activities and infrastructure development

… to also allow relatively small areas to be utilised for economic development. While industrial-scale activities on … effectively integrate both long-term and short-term economic, environmental, social and equitable outcomes. This …
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Guidelines for the application of IUCN Red List of Ecosystems Categories and Criteria (Version 1.0)

… 8 3.1 Ecosystem types: the units of assessment … with the knowledge and tools that enable human progress, economic development and nature conservation to take place … of generic drivers such as human population growth or economic factors is not recommended. Figure 7. A common …
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ABS Elements. Elements to facilitate domestic implementation of Access and Benefit-Sharing for different subsectors of genetic resources for food and agriculture

… may wish to consider taking the following steps: I. Assessment of the concerned subsectors of GRFA, including I. … subsectors of GRFA, including their activities, socio-economic environments and use and their activities, socio-economic environments and use and exchange practicesexchange …
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Wetland ecosystem services Factsheet 8 - Cultural values

… S Some cultural values are easily translated into the hard economic language of most senior decision-makers. For … cultural values lend themselves more readily to classical economic assessment. Particular among them are wetland-based …
19 Jun 2026 Document

Legal and institutional aspects of urban and peri-urban foresty and greening

… and institutions in order to address legal, economic, social and environmental issues related to … despite its importance to society in terms of the social, economic, aesthetic and environmental benefits. This is even … resources in a sustainable manner", according to an IUCN assessment of the treaty. Difficulties and problems could …
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Directives pour l’élaboration d’une stratégie nationale de gestion des eaux de ballast (version française)

… Ballast Water Status Assessments”, “Guidelines for Economic Assessments of the Impacts of Marine Invasive … au-delà de leur étendue indigène. Le Millenium Ecosystem Assessment (2005) a constaté que durant le siècle passé, … R. M. (unpubl). Initial Scoping Study to Review the Global Economic Impacts of Aquatic Bio-Invasions. GloBallast October …
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