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UNEP’s Compendium of Innovative Laws: promoting Green Economy & Sustainable Development
… the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of … agriculture, forestry, biodiversity, fisheries and marine/coastal areas, sustainable tourism, energy and climate … which includes the right to have the environment protected for the benefit of present and future generations” …
High seas bottom trawl fisheries and their impacts on the biodiversity of vulnerable deep-sea ecosystems: Options for international action
… the threats and risks to vulnerable and threatened marine ecosystems and biodiversity in areas beyond national … seas bottom trawl catch is taken in a relatively small area of the Northwest Atlantic (the shelf and slope area of … gear restrictions, fisheries closed areas, and marine protected areas, consistent with international law and based …
An introduction to the African Convention on the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources
… concerning the legal status of any country, territory, or area, or of its authori- ties, or concerning the delimitation … binding legal instrument to provide for the creation of protected areas in Africa such as national parks and nature … plants and animals, whether terrestrial, fresh-water or marine. It also requires the Parties to conserve their …
Invasive Alien Species - a growing threat in Regional Seas
… been identified as one of the four greatest threats to marine and coastal ecosystems, together with land-based sources of marine pollution, overexploitation of living marine … once the potentially invasive species is present in the area, and include early detection and rapid response, …
Towards a mutually supportive relationship between the Convention on Biological Diversity and the World Trade Organisation: An action guide
… concerning the legal status of any country, territory, or area, or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation … 7 on monitoring and identification � Article 8(a) on protected areas � Article 8(h) on controlling endangered … � Overfishing and stock depletion, � Destruction of marine species, habitats and ecosystems, � Taking of …
Compliance-Related Texts and Decisions of Selected Multilateral Environmental Agreements
… 318 6. Protocol to the Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter 1996 … benefit from the expertise and support they offer in this area. 14.44 The Parties shall consider practical ways to … A Ramsar site is designated after completion of a domestic protected areas procedure under national legislation, such …
IUCN Knowledge Products. The basis for a partnership to support the functions and work programme of IBPES
… conservation action measures elimination risk sites with protected status Protected Planet About IUCN IUCN, … concerning the legal status of any country, territory, or area, or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation … knowledge is used to underpin conservation, restoration, marine and land use planning and natu- ral resource …
Biodiversity Planning Law. International and National
… ment and population pressures on both terrestrial and marine environments, there is an urgent need for improved … conservation has been haphazard. Important areas have been protected not so much by conscious planning as by default … the Palaearctic, Indo-Malayan and Oceanian realms. The area also includes the world’s highest mountain system …
Nature-based solutions to address global societal challenges
… concerning the legal status of any country, territory, or area, or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation … Equilibrium Research and IUCN’s World Commission on Protected Areas • Marie Fischborn, IUCN’s Protected Area … management and equitable governance of coastal and marine ecosystems, as ‘Blue’ Solutions (GIZ, 2015).3 This …
Integrating mining and biodiversity conservation: Case studies from around the world
… Studies 29 Botanical Surveys, Freeport McMoRan 30 Marine Ecosystems, BHP Billiton 32 New Partnerships 35 … conserve biodiversity, throughout history societies have protected areas they consider valuable. Conservation has … a mining development or the establishment of a protected area. They are also often least able to articulate their …