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… women and children into labour; putting habitats and biodiversity at risk; and undermining attempts to control … 34 BIODIVERSITY … ecosystem, by damaging environmental quality, hastening biodiversity loss, and depleting natural resources. Our … set to a certain limit (cap). If they exceed it, they can offset their surplus emissions by purchasing carbon credits …

… result in an increase in primary emissions that could offset some of the efforts undertaken to reduce emissions of … including increasing climate variability, will also affect biodiversity, and ecosystem composition, function, and … including increased climatic variability, can affect the biodiversity and thus ecosystem composition and functioning …

… law includes such diverse areas as nature and biodiversity, waste and recycling and chemicals regulation, … aspects of coastal and marine policy) • nature and biodiversity (such as biodiversity strategy, species … climate action. In order to preserve this status, and to offset any potential loss of influence after Brexit, the …

… LifeWeb Initiative is a partnership platform for financing biodiversity that promotes protected areas conservation and … and importance 6 Conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity in both protected areas and beyond 6 Protection … of the study is to assess how to develop a carbon offset program, under which tourists pay to offset their …

… 2 Japan: Wetlands and rice paddy fields contribute to biodiversity conservation, flood control and the local … 9 Spain: Developing the Barcelona Green Infrastructure and Biodiversity Plan … managed. Although the Medmerry scheme would potentially offset coastal squeeze losses elsewhere in the Solent and so …

… transboundary environmental issues such as climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution that must be dealt with … from the violation. A sanction may not be sufficient to offset the advantage achieved through the treaty violation in … Key Questions for Decision Makers”, 2004, IUCN Regional Biodiversity Programme, Asia. 64 UNEP/CBD/WG-ABS/9/3. 34 I …

… {3.4.5, Figure SPM.2, Box 3.5} B3. On land, impacts on biodiversity and ecosystems, including species loss and … of 2°C (medium confidence). Impacts associated with other biodiversity-related risks such as forest fires, and the … warming to 1.5°C is projected to reduce risks to marine biodiversity, fisheries, and ecosystems, and their functions …

… that despite their importance to human well-be- ing and biodiversity, the world’s freshwater ecosystems as well as … shown, despite their importance to human well-being and biodiversity the world’s freshwater ecosystems and the … donors and private companies, including carbon offset purchases (Pro- posta Proambiente 2003). However, this …

… use, recognizing wetlands as ecosystems that are vital for biodiversity conservation and for the well-being of human … of wetlands to continue to deliver benefits to people and biodiversity, including clean and reliable water supplies, is … inventories which will identify major sites for wetland biodiversity; • to train personnel competent in wetland …

… the regions. These sectors include: agriculture, forestry, biodiversity, fisheries and marine/coastal areas, sustainable … 100 3.3 Biodiversity … reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and establishing emission offset programs, such as emissions sequestration and storage, …