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International water governance: Conservation of freshwater ecosystems Vol. 1: International agreements compilation and analysis
… project teams and action groups, focusing in particular on species and biodiversity conservation and the management of … and representative ecosystems and rare, depleted, or threatened species and populations of flora and fauna and … conservation and sustainable management of biodiversity, threatened and protected species; n co-ordinated management …
Addressing pollution: Governance frameworks, challenges and oppotunities in the context of the 2030 Agenda
… life. The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (1973) seeks to regulate … to climate change, to ensure that food production is not threatened and to enable economic development to proceed in a … health and the aquatic ecosystem of the waters are not threatened by hazardous substances. 14. Agreement for …
Captive breeding and ranching: The case for a new CITES mechanism for reviewing trade
… new Resolution • Providing input into refining the species/ country combinations for review criteria if … 10.5 million animals. Due to the size of the trade and/or threatened status of some of the taxa concerned, any … in CITES-listed birds in Singapore, notably the globally threatened African grey parrot Psittacus erithacus. Oryx: …
Case Study - Inland Wetlands in India
… CITES Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora CLAMFIL Clam Filtration Model … Western Ghats is home to some of the most endangered and threatened species. Such forest losses also have implications … Western Ghats is home to some of the most endangered and threatened species. Such forest losses also have implications …
Indigenous and traditional peoples and climate change
… a growing knowledge about the impacts of climate change on species and ecosystems, the understanding about the potential … social groups may face, including those living in areas threatened by sea level rise, areas liable to drought and … whose longstanding traditions and ways of life could be threatened. Small island states Although small island states …
Sacred natural sites: Guidelines for protected area managers
… . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 2. Threatened first by tourism, Misali Island, Zanzibar, … . . . . . . . . . . . 35 4. Specially protected areas and species of Western Siberia, Russian Federation . . . . . . . … communities are, in general, more vulnerable and more threatened than sacred natural sites associated with …
Convention on Biological Diversity
… to components of biodiversity (for example a particular species or habitat) as well as to processes and activities … species, fisheries have no significant adverse impacts on threatened species and vulnerable ecosystems and the impacts … for life history stages of species 3. Importance for threatened, endangered or declining species and/or habitats …
IUCN World Heritage Outlook 2014: A conservation assessment of all natural World Heritage sites
… of IUCN’s World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA) and Species Survival Commission (SSC), IUCN member organizations, … is of significant concern, it means that its values are threatened by a number of current and/or potential threats … Sites with a critical conservation outlook are severely threatened and require urgent, additional large-scale …
Giraffids: reversing the decline of Africas iconic megafauna
… NOTING that the Giraffidae family includes only two living species, restricted to the African continent: the giraffe … that while previously listed as Least Concern and Near Threatened, giraffe and okapi have recently been assessed as … Diversity’s Aichi Target 12: "The extinction of known threatened species has been prevented and their conservation …
Conservation and Sustainable Use under the International Treaty
… food is generated from just 12 plant and five animal species. Of the 4 percent of the 250 000 to 300 000 known … (either by seeds, or vegetatively) or that are highly threatened in the wild, DNA storage may provide the ultimate … they evolved and that their continued survival is not threatened. The most commonly used method for in situ …