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… importance, and represent areas such as Antarctica and the High Seas that are not administered by specific countries. … away from roads or stalking a bighorn sheep among high peaks, are highly dependent on wilderness settings. The …

… in 2012 has generally remained stable at an unacceptably high level. This interpretation is further buttressed by the … and the trade actually remains fairly stable at a high level. The large raw ivory class contributes the most to … Uganda arrested Chinese suspects in conjunction with two high-profile large-scale ivory seizure cases in those …

… where human actions have shaped cultural landscapes with high biodiversity. Some sites are owned and managed by … few if any areas of the land, inland waters and coastal seas remain completely unaffected by direct human activity, … restricted or no motorized access. Be characterized by a high degree of intactness: containing ● a large percentage of …

… that compliance with and enforcement of MEAs will remain a high prior- ity of the international community for many years … Manual. Most of the comments in the final three workshops high- lighted additional case studies to be included in the … Conservation of Small Cetaceans of the Baltic and North Seas (ASCOBANS), n 1995 African-Eurasian Waterbird Agreement …

… for incorporation into the WDPA is not always of high quality and does not necessarily emerge from a rigorous … peculiar to each jurisdiction, or are characterised by a high degree of biological diversity. It is to ensure the … that affect their lands, territories, waters, coastal seas, and other resources, in particular the establishment …

… for mediation by socioeconomic factors Low Medium High arrow’s width Intensity of linkages between ecosystem services and human well-being Low Medium High The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA), a five-year … monitoring and assessments (ecosystem baseline data, EIAs, SEAs for new development projects and programmes); …

… jurisdiction. In other jurisdictions, such as the Bombay High Court, covering Maharashtra state and Goa in India, the … to them. In an ELI programme in Lucknow last year, several High Court judges told such district court judges clearly … Change, Biodiversity and Desertification; the oceans and seas (with special atten- tion focused on the integrated …

… Co-operation and Development Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Permanent Court of … level rises towards the ground surface. At a certain depth high soil evaporation causes the soluble salts in the local … geology to migrate to the soil surface causing problems of high soil salinity. This has caused major problems to …

… sacred (Matthiesen, 2001). To improve or provide high quality visitor experiences of the protected area The … habitats as conditions change. Protected areas with high ecological integrity and connectivity will be relatively … & Grimsditch, 2009). Yet loss of these ecosystems is very high—sometimes four times that of rainforests (Nellemann et …

… must be connected and representative, including the high seas. They should also implement adaptive management, … was under pressure from increasingly strong waves at high tide. A “managed coastal realignment” project was …