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Wetlands, water and the law. Using law to advance wetland conservation and wise use

… project teams and action groups, focusing in particular on species and biodiversity conservation and the management of … and plants. Wetland-dependent species are often rare, threatened or found only in a very restricted geographical … acknowledged to be of international importance48 are threatened by human activities or human- generated processes …
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Lessons learnt in the establishment and management of protected areas by indigenous and local communities in South Asia. TILCEPA report

… core area together with 4,000 head of cattle. They have threatened to kill the tigers and destroy the park because … examples in the region where strong commercial forces have threatened the existence of PAs. The PA management … of a high number of endemic and threatened habitats and species in South Asia and threats faced by these demands that …
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Regional Sea Agreements

… Biological Diversity and Ecosystems has four elements: 1. Species and habitats: assessments and development of measures … species and habitats included on the OSPAR List of Threatened and/or Declining Species and Habitats; 2. Marine … or fragile ecosystems, as well as the habitat of depleted, threatened or endangered species, in the Convention area.” …
25 May 2026 Course lesson in Marine and Freshwater

The Use of Marine Organisms in Traditional and Allopathic Medicine

… OF A GLOBAL SYNTHESIS WORKSHOP ON 'BIODIVERSITY LOSS AND SPECIES EXTINCTIONS: MANAGING RISK IN A CHANGING WORLD' SUB … identified 27 marine medicinals on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (three critically endangered, five … species in various categories on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (IUCN, 2003; Vincent, 1996) and CITES …
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Role of Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs) in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

… Diversity, Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna, Convention on the … in endangered species to ensure survival of species is not threatened Goal 12, target 12.2; Goal 16, targets 16.7, 16.8 … species, fisheries have no significant adverse impacts on threatened species and vulnerable ecosystems and the impacts …
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An introduction to the African Convention on the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources

… of renewable resources 8 2.1 Land, soil and water 8 2.2 Species and genetic diversity 9 2.3 Conservation areas 10 3. … factors that are causing the depletion of species that are threatened or that may become so (Article X). Threatened species are defined in Annex 1 and include …
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IUCN World Heritage Outlook 2 - A conservation assessment of all natural World Heritage sites

… World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA), the IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), IUCN Member organisations, … at national and international levels, to help the most threatened sites move from a critical outlook, as has been … increased conservation effort, the outlook for these most threatened sites can improve. Since November 2014, 13 new …
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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 … land use plans 115 Box II(3)-12: Development control under threatened species legislation 117 Box II(3)-13: Development … sites in marine and coastal waters are even more threatened. In 2010, designated marine protected areas in …
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Guidelines - Biodiversity in Impact Assessment

… 1971), the Secretariat of the Convention on Migratory Species and the International Association for Impact … Ecosystems containing rich biodiversity, large numbers of threatened or endemic species, with social, economic, … species. • Species and communities of species that are threatened in their existence, related to domesticated or …
25 May 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

The status of natural resources on the high-seas

… sensitive or rare biodiversity that are potentially threatened is well established. WWF and IUCN have both … are of conservation value but are being, or expected to be threatened. If that is the case, the study further examines … planet. Today it is thought possible that there are more species in the deep sea than in all the other environments on …
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