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Oceans Full of Plastic

… causing direct injuries, damaging boat engines, destroying coral reefs, entangling animals or blocking their digestive …
18 Jun 2026 Document

ASEAN Handbook on legal cooperation to combat wildlife crime

… dead or alive; c. collects or is in possession of any coral, dredges or extracts any sand or gravel, discharges or … on or by attaching any kind of rope or chain to, any coral, rock or other submerged object; or f. destroys, … do not follow the technical regulation; Buying, selling coral or ornamental shells of rare species. Whoever …
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Major components of the Ramsar Convention- extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… wetlands including coastal lagoons, rocky shores and coral reefs Estuarine: including deltas, tidal marshes and …
18 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Biological Diversity

Sacred natural sites: Guidelines for protected area managers

… in Townsville and Cairns, adjacent to the Great Barrier Reef and the Tropical Rain- forest World Heritage Areas. … a Living Planet”. Misali Island is a small (one-hectare) coral islet located off the west coast of Pemba Island, the … importance for fishing stems from two sources. First, the coral reefs surrounding it are rich fishing grounds, and …
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Convention on Biological Diversity

… 10: By 2015, the multiple anthropogenic pressures on coral reefs, and other vulnerable ecosystems impacted by …
18 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Marine and Freshwater

Improving access to forest resources - Experiences in informal tenure reform from IUCN’s Livelihoods and Landscapes Strategy

… habitats from montane forest to seagrass beds and coral reefs. It has been described as a ‘reef-to-ridge’ system. It includes a large number of villages …
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Risks from Maritime Traffic to Biodiversity in the Mediterranean Sea. Identification of Issues and Possible Responses

… Oral (Commission on Environmental Law–Oceans, Coasts and Coral Reefs Specialist Group) and François Simard. 2009 The … in several PSSAs elsewhere, e.g. the Great Barrier Reef and the Florida Keys. This should not, however, be the …
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Regional Seas Agreements

… both tropical and sub-tropical ecosystems. Ranging from coral reefs to mangrove forests to sea grass beds, each with …
18 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Marine and Freshwater

Compilation of Internationally agreed environmental Goals and Objectives

… for the Regulation of Whaling, 1946/1956, preamble B Coral reefs, other critical habitat areas “States should … Priority should be accorded, as appropriate, to: (a) Coral reef ecosystems; (b) Estuaries; (c) Temperate and …
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Managing Natural World Heritage

… Ecosystem Conservation and Sustainable Use, Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, Australia • Guy Debonnet, … site in 1982. Aldabra is a prime example of a raised coral atoll famous for its giant tortoises (the largest … East Rennell (Solomon Islands), part of the largest raised coral atoll in the world, is under customary land ownership …
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