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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
… response required, identify intervention points, test non-traditional approaches, and develop and deliver a suite of … horn. Rhino horn was highly prized as an ingredient in traditional medicine in East Asia, and for traditional dagger handles in …
Significant Trade in Wildlife: A Review of selected species in CITES Appendix II - Volume 2 Reptiles and Invertibrates
… as to the likelihood of such hatchlings finding the traditional nesting areas or establishing a new site, and the … populations. However, some individuals remain even in traditional hunting areas. Much of the range is relatively … in Nigeria use various parts of C. gracilis in tribal medicine. They also believe that stepping in the excreta …
Integrating biodiversity conservation and sustainable use: Lessons learned from ecological networks
… succeeding in arresting the decline in biodiversity. The traditional view that regards protected areas as islands of … this high level of habitat diversity are the long-standing traditional forms of land-use combined with the multiple … valuable semi-natural habitats which were managed through traditional agricultural practices. Forest habitats are also …
Case Study - Inland Wetlands in India
… Provisioning Food, fodder, fuelwood, timber, manure, medicine Regulating Climate regulation - biomass and soil … with local resources users. The Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers Act, 2006 generating and … to loss of both life and property. It looks beyond the traditional practice of identifying an ideal solution and …
Chemicals for a sustainable future; Report of the EEA Scientific Committee Seminar (Copenhagen, 17 May 2017)
… Chemicals benefit lifestyle, the economy, agriculture and medicine. Yet, they also constitute increasing and … and the Federation of gynaecologists are speaking out. Medicine is now 24 Chemicals for a sustainable future … 2008, Rubins pathology: Clinicopathologic foundations of medicine, 5th ed., Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, …
ITTO/IUCN guidelines for the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity in tropical timber production forests
… sustainable economic benefits, making use of local and traditional knowledge, and looking at landscape-scale issues … populations to benefit from the biodiversity on their traditional lands has been the subject of international … inputs and genetic materials for industry, agriculture and medicine. These benefits are worth many billions of dollars …
Covering ABS: Addressing the need for sectoral, geographical,legal and international integration in the ABS regime - papers and studies of the ABS Project
… and Misappropriation of Genetic Resources and Associated Traditional Knowledge’ 97 9.1 Introduction and background 97 … 106 9.3.2 Claim mechanisms 108 9.3.3 Claims involving traditional knowledge 109 9.3.4 Discovery of the facts … for ‘local people… who have been practicing indigenous medicine’ (Art. 7) and another authorizing the central …
In the front line : Shoreline protection and other ecosystem services from mangroves and coral reefs
… Building materials Jewellery and other decoration Traditional medicines CULTURAL Tourism and recreation Tourism … and Wilkinson, 2001). Mangroves provide a variety of traditional products. Tannins from mangroves were used to … solutions to coastal erosion control. 5 Respect traditional access and uses of the shoreline. 6 Adopt …
Cost and benefits of ecosystem based adaptation: The case of the Philippines
… projects worldwide. Combining the latest science with the traditional knowledge of local communities, these projects … climate change effects, countries are likely to invest in traditional options such as infrastructure for coastal … biodiversity, improving fisheries, providing fuel wood, medicine and honey and can also be a source of ecotourism. …