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Safeguarding the contribution of wild living resources and ecosystems to food security

… of wild living resources and ecosystems, including marine ecosystems, in achieving the four dimensions of food … Plans of Action, in order to secure rights of access to marine and coastal resources for communities that depend on …
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Addressing pollution: Governance frameworks, challenges and oppotunities in the context of the 2030 Agenda

… the Global Programme of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land-based Activities (GPA). However, … substances has avoided reductions in agricultural and fishery yields. During the period 1987 to 2060, $460 billion … “the prevention and significant reduction of all kinds of marine pollution, in particular from land-based activities, …
31 May 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

The Status and Distribution of Freshwater Biodiversity in Western Africa

… regions (Chambers et al. 2008). While terrestrial and marine ecosystems have a larger percentage of known species, … or will soon exceed, that in either terrestrial or marine ecosystems (e.g., WWF Living Planet Index 2004, … communities of many of the African lakes. In such cases fishery managers may argue that it would be easier to manage …
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Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

… Goal 14. Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development Goal 15. … Goal 14. Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development 14.1 By 2025, prevent and significantly reduce marine pollution of all kinds, in particular from land-based …
31 May 2026 Literature

Special Issue on Wildlife Trafficking II

… or species- specific statutes implicated (for example, the Marine Mammal Protection Act, Migratory Bird Treaty Act, or … 5-10.120 (civil enforcement assigned to the Wildlife and Marine Resources Section), 5-11.101(c) (criminal enforcement … the official harvest data. At some point, depending on the fishery, unreported fishing mortality caused by illegal …
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Guidelines for applying protected area management categories

… of a worldwide representative network of terrestrial and marine protected areas, as an integral contribu- tion to the … 52 Marine protected areas … or where communities are interested in converting their fishery control zones into protected areas. Reporting Once a …
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Safe Havens: Protected Areas for Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation

… 74 Pioneering climate change adapted Marine Protected Area management in Madagascar Chapter 10 New … in Hoi An city, Viet Nam through the Cham Islands Marine Protected Area Chapter 18 – Viet … local climate data; • Heavy reliance on small-scale fishery and traditional agriculture by local population, with …
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UNEP. The first 40 years

… with a doctored birth-certificate enlisted in the merchant marine, signing on with a ship under contract to the US Army … the life and took every chance I could to marvel at the marine life, at the mountains and the rugged forested islands … The reform of harmful subsidies, such as many of the fishery and fossil fuel subsidies, and the use of taxation …
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Ecological Restoration for Protected Areas - Principles, Guidelines and Best Practices

… natural monument, which can be a landform, sea mount, marine cavern, geological feature such as a cave, or a living … National parks, national historic sites and national marine conservation areas, of which Parks Canada is the proud … for Ecological Restoration, USA); Malik Hassan Ali (Marine Science Centre, University of Basrah, Iraq); James …
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Guidebook for policy and legislative development on conservation and sustainable use of freshwater resources

… UNEP has long been involved in the field of fresh and marine water and has developed a number of programmes and … rain-, surface- and ground waters, and coastal and marine waters. The importance of environmental aspects stems … into the water. Class F Water (being water managed for fishery purposes)— 1. The natural temperature of the water— …
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