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Closing Strategy - Ending Ivory Trade in Hong Kong
… to selling ivory alternatives such as mammoth ivory, or a variety of precious stones such as jade, diamond, or … crosses made from ivory. Specialty Stores A large variety of ivory items were sold at specialty stores, from … Size of Ivory Stocks on Display The survey team visited a variety of shops with ivory for sale, including 24 antique …
Law, Policy and Dryland Ecosystems in the People's Republic of China
… concept – where “ecosystem” means “a dynamic complex of plant, animal and micro-organism communities and their … will be needed to manage each individual LD issue. A variety of legal and institutional elements and mechanisms … and of ecosystems”. “Ecosystem” means a dynamic complex of plant, animal and micro-organism communities and their …
Economic valuation of ecological functions and services of natural ecosystems
… purification and waste treatment, biological regulations (plant diseases), pollination, and storm regulation. iii) The … and the biological diversity that they contain provide a variety of goods and services. Maintaining these goods and … can be defined as a complex and dynamic entity composed of plant and animal populations, micro-organisms and their …
The Futures of Privately Protected Areas
… The global coverage of PPAs remains unknown due to a variety of factors including a lack of common definitions on … Small PPAs may be useful for conserving particular plant or small animal species and individual habitats such as … work in Korea is the conservation of the rare maewhamarum plant (Ranunculus kazusensis Makino) on Gangwha Island, an …
Guidelines for Reintroductions and other Conservation Translocations (Version 1.0)
… or intentional. Intentional translocations can address a variety of motivations, including for reducing population … for animal movement and those of the International Plant Protection Convention7 may facilitate importation permits. National requirements for plant and animal health before release should be met. The …
Putting nature on the map: a report and recommendations on the use of the IUCN system of protected area categorisation in the UK
… ways. For example: creating an advisory group drawn from a variety of institutions; organising a sequence of awareness … on protected areas in the UK which could be used in a variety of ways. For example, more accurate reporting on … of their natural aspect, features and animal and plant life’ (there is a separate National Trust in Scotland …
Indigenous and local communities and protected areas: Towards equity and enhanced conservation. Guidance on policy and practice for co-managed protected areas and community conserved areas
… crowd uplifted us and made evident the rich ness and variety of the new, much broader and diverse constit u ency … tu tions and tourist oper a tors. 136 See for example Plant and Hvalkof, 2001. Simeón Jiménez, an indig e nous … Protected Areas (see also Oviedo, 2002). 181 Roldan, 2002; Plant and Hvalkof, 2001. 182 Maldidier, 2000. 180 Do …
Ecological Restoration for Protected Areas - Principles, Guidelines and Best Practices
… to every ecological restoration project, they offer a rich variety of ideas and examples that can inform thinking about … based on a spiritual obligation to give back to animal and plant relations that sustain humans or suffer the … on protected areas and national biodiversity strategies. Plant Conservation In decision X/17, the CoP adopted the …
A guide to designing legal and institutional frameworks on alien invasive species
… 22 vi 2.4.2 International Plant Protection Convention (1951) … 22 2.4.3 Regional Plant Protection Organisations … less restric- tive than testing each imported variety of apples, cherries, peaches and other products … belonging to a species, subspe- cies, infrasubspecies, variety, strain or cultivar prescribed as a risk species …