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Towards a strategy for high seas marine protected areas: Proceedings of the IUCN, WCPA and WWF Experts Workshop on High Seas Marine Protected Areas

… 2.1.1 Threats to High Seas Biodiversity and Productivity 2.1.2 The Need for … cold-water coral reef (35km. long, 3km. wide) off Rost Island in Lofoten (Norway) as recently as June 2002. • … breeding grounds and restore the fishery. iv. Kerguelen Island and Heard Island-McDonald Islands bordering French and …
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Customs and Constitutions: State recognition of customary law around the world

… and practices of indigenous and local communities” for biodiversity conservation, the past two decades have … ownership to the indigenous citizen of an over-populated island.192 Again similarly to Latin American and African … except with the consent of the Aronga Mana of the island to which it relates. Official text: …
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Guidelines for Protected Areas Legislation

… Box III(2)-6: CBD Programme of Work on Marine and Coastal Biodiversity—MPAs and national legislation 231 Box III(2)-7: … problem for global biodiversity after habitat loss, and in island nations this threat ranks first. Specifically with … and evolutionary isolated ecosystems, such as small island developing States, and that risks may be increasing …
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Wilderness Protected Areas: Management Guidelines for IUCN categories 1b protected areas

… below. Ia Strict nature reserve: Strictly protected for biodiversity and also possibly geological/ geomorphological … visitation occurs. In some cases, however, such as small island wilderness, or extremely fragile ecosystems, … Press, Chicago. • Tsing, A. (2005). ‘This Earth, This Island Borneo’. In Friction. pp. 155-170. Princeton …
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Guidelines for the application of IUCN Red List of Ecosystems Categories and Criteria (Version 1.0)

… It is part of the growing toolbox for assessing risks to biodiversity and aims to support conservation, resource use, … Keith et al., 2013) Gnarled Mossy Cloud Forest, Lord Howe Island, Australia (source: Auld & Leishman, 2015) The Lord Howe Island Gnarled Mossy Cloud Forest occurs on the summit …
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Best practice guidelines for the re-introduction of great apes

… units covering Wildlife Trade, the Red List, Freshwater Biodiversity Assessments (all located in Cambridge, UK), and … habitat remaining within an ape’s Chimpanzee at Ngamba Island Sanctuary. Photo © Serge Wich. 5 historic range. … range, even if great apes were never documented on the island itself. Islands in an ocean are considered to be …
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Governance of the Mediterranean Sea : Outlook for the legal regime

… of fisheries resources, and conservation of marine biodiversity. After briefly reviewing the basic principles … two sovereign base areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia in the island of Cyprus. However, the United Kingdom has not been … coastline. Where the coastline is regular and there is no island along the coast, the normal baseline, which is the …
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A Review of Migratory Bird Flyways and Priorities for Management - TS No. 27

… and concerned with the management of our environment and biodiversity, and migratory species. This work has also … of Manx Shearwaters Puffinus puffinus breeding on Skomer Island, Wales. Ibis 150(3): p. 462-473. International Wader … by introduced rats, mice, mustelids and feral cats. Island nesting birds are particularly vulnerable and some …
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Linking Landscapes - Exploring the relationships between World Heritage cultural landscapes and IUCN protected areas

… IUCN protected areas Lead author Gunnar Finke, Advisor on Biodiversity, German International Cooperation (GIZ) With … Ecosystem Assessment Series. Washington; Covelo ; London: Island Press, pp. 455-476. Dudley, N., ed. 2008. Guidelines … Ngederrak Reef Conservation Area III, V, IV, II; Rock Island Southern Lagoon: No category assigned (also inscribed …
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Mapping the linkages between oceans and other Sustainable Development Goals: A preliminary exploration

… 14.7 By 2030, increase the economic benefits to small island developing States and least de- veloped countries from … ocean health and to enhance the contribution of marine biodiversity to the development of developing countries, in par- ticular small island developing States and least developed countries 14.b …
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