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Wildlife protection and trafficking assessment in Kenya - Drivers and trends of transnational wildlife crime in Kenya and its role as a transit point for trafficked species in East Africa
… in the context of both biodiversity conservation and sustainable development. TRAFFIC is a strategic alliance of WWF and IUCN. … the mandate of the KWS to protect, conserve for sustainable use and management of wildlife in Kenya. The …
World Wildlife Crime Report - Trafficking in protected species
… which sets a powerful framework for collective action. The Sustainable Development Goals launched this year include specific targets … species, including by helping local communities to pursue sustainable livelihoods. There is increasing recognition of …
High seas bottom trawl fisheries and their impacts on the biodiversity of vulnerable deep-sea ecosystems: Options for international action
… the deep ocean range between 500,000 and 100 million. The development of new fishing technologies and markets for … Agreement, and the commitments made by the World Summit on Sustainable Development including reversing the loss of … any use of natural resources is equitable and ecologically sustainable. Through its six expert commissions IUCN draws on …
Farmers' Rights in the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… local and indigenous communities – worldwide to the development and conservation of crop diversity has been … proposed for the promotion of the conservation and the sustainable use of PGRFA. Certain provisions linked to the … http://www.informea.org/terms/sustainable-use …
Food and Agriculture Organization (2017), Protecting food security and the environment while facilitating trade
… IPPC community is also contributing to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and is especially relevant to SDGs … agriculture, forestry and fisheries more productive and sustainable Enable inclusive and efficient agricultural and …
Invasive Alien Species - a growing threat in Regional Seas
… should be used as regional instruments, contributing to sustainable development. The Strategic Directions for 2004- 2007 aim to … objectives: the conservation of biological diversity, the sustainable use of its components, and the fair and equitable …
Cultural Heritage Information Pack: 11 Wetland cultural heritage and the Ramsar Convention
… Committee (MedWet/Com) has already made a beginning in the development of guidance for wetland managers by holding a … wetlands and their potential contribu- tion to the sustainable use of wetland resources” which identified a … aspects of wetlands as a tool for their conservation and sustainable use”. The Session will consider a draft guidance …
Conservation of the East Asian-Australasian Flyway and its threatened waterbirds
… of the intertidal zone by embracing the principles of sustainable development and specifically by fully considering the … and particularly those around the Yellow Sea, to find sustainable means of managing intertidal wetlands that meet …
Conservation of moveable geological heritage
… respect to the preservation, value assessment, study and sustainable use of geodiversity and geoheritage; RECALLING … planet; ACKNOWLEDGING the increasing impacts of economic development and international commerce on the world’s moveable geoheritage, which are frequently not sustainable and inconsistent with national and/or …
United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Countries experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, particularly in Africa - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… Sub-regional and regional action programmes 9. Research, development and technology National capacities 10. National … that all steps and actions be integrated as part of sustainable development of affected areas. … early warning systems and food security; development of sustainable irrigation programmes; establishment of …