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Towards a Pollution Free Planet - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… Towards a Pollution-Free Planet The health of people and the planet is central to the attainment of … coral reefs, flucial stocks and species and fish stocks), habitat or supporting services (e.g. changes to species … being taken, a number of conditions and provisions on the protection of human health and the avoidance of environmental …
Indigenous and traditional peoples and climate change
… Boedhihartono, Caterina Wolfangel, Matthew Howell ii TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE … or involuntary migration from rural to urban areas (UN Habitat, 2007). These peoples often live on the fringes of … of major food sources. Coral reefs also play a significant protection role, as they serve as natural barriers to wave …
The World Charter for Nature
… Nature The General Assembly, Having considered the report of the Secretary-General on the revised draft World Charter … which are jeopardized through excessive exploitation and habitat destruction by man, (b) The degradation of natural … be subject to these principles of conservation; special protection shall be given to unique areas, to representative …
Review of Statutory and Customary Law in the Xe Champhone Ramsar Site, LAO PDR - Implications for a rights-based approach to conservation
… INTERNATIONAL UNION FOR CONSERVATION OF NATURE Review of Statutory and Customary Law in the Xe … 23 3.3.7 Environmental Protection Law (1999) … initiative and can serve to work towards ensuring that the protection of rights and biodiversity conservation become and …
Groundwater in international law: Compilation of treaties and other legal instruments
… CULTURAL ORGANIZATION FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS Rome, 2005 Groundwater in international … 1991] ...................... 47 7. Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and … account their importance in particular as: - the natural habitat of species of fauna and flora, particularly rare or …
D2 - Dams, Ecosystems and Fisheries
… This learning material is part of a course in the InforMEA e-learning platform, go to … dams; (2) effect of on-stream dams on fisheries/aquatic habitat and fishers; (3) international environmental impact … and potential uses of the watercourse; 5. Conservation, protection, development and economy of use of the water …
Security considerations in the planning and management of transboundary conservation areas
… Security Considerations in the Planning and Management of Transboundary Conservation Areas Leo Braack, Trevor … the fundamental cause of loss of biodiversity, namely habitat destruction and fragmentation, at the landscape … 1 “An area of land and/or sea especially dedicated to the protection and maintenance of biological diversity, and of …
Assessing the international forest regime
… together States, government agencies and a diverse range of non-governmental organizations in a unique world … and development of legal and other appropriate forms of protection for TFRK, and providing the COP of the CBD with … diversity”4 in that they are both a component of, and a habitat for, terrestrial biological diversity. The …
Auditing the Implementation of Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs): A Primer for Auditors
… Auditing the Implementation of Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs): A Primer for … (MEAs) which are completely dedicated to environmental protection. These MEAs, many of which were negotiated under … of International Importance especially as Waterfowl Habitat (Ramsar Convention), the1972 Convention on the …
Convention on Biological Diversity
… This learning material is part of a course in the InforMEA e-learning platform, go to … of biodiversity (for example a particular species or habitat) as well as to processes and activities carried out … or biologically significant marine areas in need of protection in open-ocean waters and deep-sea habitats. Once …