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Biodiversity Risks and Opportunities in the Apparel Sector

… “dead” zones in coastal areas, degradation of coral reefs, human health problems, and emergence of …
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Nature-based solutions to address global societal challenges

… (Warber et al., 2013). Ecosystems such as forests and coral reefs have also been found to play a vital role in … lower flood peaks in downstream cities, while mangroves, coral reefs and barrier islands protect coasts against storms …
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Energy, Ecosystems and livelihoods: Understanding linkages in the face of climate change impacts

… in their flora and fauna and physical structures e.g. coral reefs, sand formation etc. Islands can therefore be a …
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African solutions in a rapidly changing world: nature-based solutions to climate change by African innovators in protected areas

… for diversification of fishing activities, pressure on the reef has been eased while maintaining fishing as a livelihood … on coastal and marine areas. They also learn to conduct reef resilience surveys, to monitor effects of sea …
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Contracting for ABS: The legal and scientific implications of bioprospecting contracts

… have been isolated from sessile invertebrates that inhabit coral reefs in tropical or subtropical waters where there is … A Comparative Analysis of individuals of the coral family Isididae has also being used as an orthopedic … and southern Africa) through a contract with the Coral Reef Research Foundation in the Federated States of …
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Briefing Note 2: Wetlands and water storage: current and future trends and issues

… Convention) covers a wide range of habitat types from coral reefs to under- ground lakes and it has been mistakenly …
17 Jun 2026 Document

The ecosystem approach: Five steps to implementation

… inhabitants — have been negotiating the right to manage coral reefs and associated fishing areas themselves, through …
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Review of laws, policies and economic instruments related to payment for ecosystem services in Vietnam

… nutrient retention, erosion control, fish breeding Coral Reefs Recreation, carbon store, shoreline protection, …
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UN Watercourses Convention User’s Guide

… Draft Articles at 124. 23.2 Application In recent years a coral reef ecosystem shared between the coastal states B and C has … pinpoint one factor that has led to the degradation of the coral reef, but likely causal factors include excessive …
17 Jun 2026 Document in Marine and Freshwater

Biodiversity Planning Law. International and National

… largest rain forest complex and more than half the world’s coral reefs. The Southeast Asian sub-region is the centre of …
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