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Global biodiversity outlook 4 - A mid-term assessment of progress towards the implementation of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020

… Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, Food and Agricultural … International Nitrogen Initiative, IUCN, IUCN SSC Invasive Species Specialist Group, University of Auckland, Marine … that our forests, oceans, rivers and the rich variety of species contained within them are responsibly managed. Global …
04 Aug 2026 Literature

Integrating mining and biodiversity conservation: Case studies from around the world

… levels of biological organisation – gene, individuals, species and ecosystem. It is through the myriad interactions … lines, thus boosting productivity and enabling the same species to be grown and produced across a huge variety of … such reasons as their rare ecology (endemic or Red Listed species) or exceptionally high species diversity; their …
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The status of natural resources on the high-seas

… planet. Today it is thought possible that there are more species in the deep sea than in all the other environments on … deep-sea research. In addition to the discoveries of high species richness, more-recent ‘mapping’ studies are revealing … to mean some measure of taxonomic variety, usually at the species level, e.g. the number of species in a sample, …
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Special Issue on Wildlife Trafficking II

… Trafficking II Home, Sweet Home: Prosecuting Endangered Species Act Habitat Modification Cases . . . . . . . . . . . … Bulletin 1 Home, Sweet Home: Prosecuting Endangered Species Act Habitat Modification Cases Elinor Colbourn … Interior I. Introduction Congress enacted the Endangered Species Act (ESA) in 1973 “to halt and reverse the trend …
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Legal aspects of Connectivity Conservation Volume 1 - A Concept Paper

… Climate Change Convention 60 1.3 Convention on Migratory Species 61 1.4 Ramsar Convention 63 1.5 World Heritage … 73 2.2.4 Challenges for Network implementation 74 2.2.5 Species conservation 75 2.2.6 Examples of related EU … 115 Box II(3)-12: Development control under threatened species legislation 117 Box II(3)-13: Development control …
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Biodiversity for Business: A guide to using knowledge products delivered through IUCN

… 0 ƒ 1 1.2. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species ƒ TM … knowledge products are The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™ and Protected Planet, powered by its underlying … four knowledge products: The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species ƒ TM which assesses the risk that species will be- …
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Assessment and control of biological invasion risks

… in different sectors that address Invasive alien species (IAS), reflecting their different mandates. Managers, … in the national law of a country (e.g. "Invasive Alien Species" in Japanese law or "invasive species" in U.S. law). In such cases, this particular …
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Guidelines - Biodiversity in Impact Assessment

… 1971), the Secretariat of the Convention on Migratory Species and the International Association for Impact … Convention, the Secretariat of the Convention on Migratory Species or the International Association for Impact … to achieve this target. The loss of genetic diversity, species and ecosystems is proceeding apace as a result of …
04 Aug 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Marine protected areas and climate change - Adaptation and mitigation synergies, opportunities and challenges

… and an increase in biodiversity at higher latitudes. Some species, populations, communities or habitats will move, … be replaced by others, indigenous, migrant or non-native species that will eventually prosper. These bio-geographical … reorganization of the distribution and abundance of the species, and will be highly variable in time and space. They …
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State of Biodiversity in West Asia

… ecosystem services and ecological corridors for migratory species through the region. Societies in West Asia depend … Site known for its rich biodiversity with 850 plant species, 254 (about 30 per cent) of which are endemic. In 1 … in West Asia | 2 the Middle East, some 200–250 plant species are commercially used for medicinal purposes (EOAR, …
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