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Depend on nature: Ecosystem services supporting human livelihoods

… landscape-scale restoration. • Initiate programmes to control and/or eradicate invasive alien species that threaten … processes • climate regulation • disease regulation • flood regulation • detoxification Cultural Non-material … as a result of selective migration, war, population control programmes, or disease may put additional pressure on …
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Engaging people in sustainability

… to understand the motivation of those who would control our thinking… I have never thought like this in my … of phenomenon, not by breaking them into parts. Robert Flood (2001) ‘The Relationship of ‘Systems Thinking to Action … Ecology of Mind, University of Chicago Press, Chicago. 3 Flood, R. (2001) ‘The Relationship of ‘Systems Thinking’ …
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Significant Trade in Wildlife: A Review of selected species in CITES Appendix II - Volume 1 Mammals

… of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) was drawn up in 1973 to control trade in wildlife. It does so by affording to species … el objeto de controlar el comercio de vida silvestre. Ese control se efectua asignando a las especies dos niveles de … Honacki et al . ) is the simplest to implement for control purposes. However there is need for CITES to clarify …
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Enforcement of Environmental Law: Good Practices from Africa,Central Asia, ASEAN Countries and China

… statutes and 40 sets of environmental regulations. Strict control of land use planning measures, and close attention to … This means that local authorities are able to take more control than they did in the past, while remaining subject to … and so forth to facilitate decision making. Pollution control officers assigned within private companies and the …
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Conservation and Sustainable Use under the International Treaty

… conservation and crop improvement, working on disease control and ways to prevent further loss of genetic resources … herbicides or even just different regimes for the physical control of weeds.60 The effective conservation of PGRFA … On-farm diversity is largely under the management control of farmers. The International Treaty aims at …
18 Jun 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

Large Marine Ecosystems: Status and Trends (Summary for Policy Makers)

… continue to increase. Good waste management practices can control how much of this plastic ends up in the ocean. …
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Sustainable tourism in protected areas: Guidelines for planning and management

… the role of visitor management, including techniques that control and limit impacts of use, while allowing maximum … by providing environmental services, like water supply, flood 2. Protected areas, biodiversity and conservation 9 … protection may need additional security (e.g. from fire, flood or theft); � it will make on-going demands for energy …
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European models of good practice in protected areas

… influence over the whole valley, which is vital for control of the more natural areas. ❚ Zoning helps the park … understanding other altered ecosystems – the concept of a control plot in the experiment – but, in the opinion of … the grazing of cattle, prevent destructive resource uses, control wild fires and restore degraded meadows. In so doing …
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Economic measures for biodiversity planning: An annotated bibliography of methods, experiences and cases

… impacts. This document shows how traditional "command and control" approaches can be improved upon by the use of … increased the need for resource conservation and pollution control in the South Pacific. The need for greater government … and services provided by the world's tropical forests. Flood damage alleviation is a particularly important …
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Role of Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs) in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

… environmental agreements (Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and … Secure coordinated, effective action to prevent and control the introduction and spread of pests of plants and … and 17.19 Chemicals conventions (Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and …
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