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World Heritage, Wilderness and Large Landscapes and Seascapes
… of Sydney (IUCN 2014), and mirrored in the Convention on Biological Diversity’s Global Biodiversity Outlook 4 (SCBD … value (vii), geological value (viii), ecological and biological processes (ix) and biodiversity (x). The … pressure on the region’s Indigenous Peoples in the form of contamination, diseases and wildlife depletion. While …
Security considerations in the planning and management of transboundary conservation areas
… and includes the primary purpose of the Convention on Biological Diversity – “the conservation of biological diversity, the sustainable use of its components … of populations from elsewhere may result in the genetic contamination of local populations. Box 2.4 Promoting …
Bio-Cultural Community Protocols: A community approach to Ensuring the Integrity of Environmental Law and Policy
… BMC Biodiversity Management Committee CBD Convention on Biological Diversity CBNRM Community-based Natural Resource … relevant to the conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity” as stated in article 8(j) UNDRIP United … under the auspices of the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and the UN Framework Convention on …
White Paper - Regional Seas Governance
… Group to the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity beyond areas of national jurisdiction … the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD),16 the United Nations General … 16 Convention on Biological Diversity, Nairobi, 22 May 1992. In force 29 …
Groundwater in international law: Compilation of treaties and other legal instruments
… loss, in arid, semi-arid and dry sub-humid areas, of the biological or economic productivity and complexity of rainfed … water; (ii) deterioration of the physical, chemical and biological or economic properties of soil; and (iii) … management and conservation of wildlife and other forms of biological diversity; Groundwater in international law18 (d) …
A Review of Migratory Bird Flyways and Priorities for Management - TS No. 27
… – Australia Migratory Bird Agreement CBD Convention on Biological Diversity CCAMLR Convention on the Conservation of … (2006) defined the broad concept of flyways as: “…the biological systems of migration paths that directly link … world. Habitat loss, climate change, by- catch, disease, contamination from different sources including from …
Poverty and conservation: Landscapes, people and power
… The fifth IUCN World Parks Congress in 2003 affirmed that biological diversity should be conserved for its local values … poor and the conservation and sustainable use of global biological diversity are so intimately entwined that they are … in rural areas, we maintain that the sustainable use of biological resources will remain crucial to the secure …
Legal aspects of Connectivity Conservation Volume 1 - A Concept Paper
… instruments, terrestrial environments 57 1.1 Convention on Biological Diversity 58 1.2 Climate Change Convention 60 1.3 … of Atlantic Salmon in Scotland CBD Convention on Biological Diversity CIFOR Center for International Forestry … scale disturbances (such as over-harvesting, large-scale contamination) need different strategies to protect marine …
An introduction to the African Convention on the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources
… edition Africa is home to an exceptional diversity of biological species and ecosystems, having the world’s second … sustainable management of land and soil, water, air and biological resources, and seeks to integrate conservation and … resources such as soil and land, air and water, and biological resources. It also considers processes and …
Plant genetic resources and food security: stakeholder perspectives on the international treaty on plant genetic resources for food and agriculture
… Executive Secretary of the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity ‘This book on the Plant Treaty … for the implementation of relevant provi- sions of the Biological Diversity Act 2002 (BDA) of India related to … plants, due to massive deforestation or the degradation or contamination of natural habitats: in a nutshell, due to the …