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Introduction to the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits

… are also delicate and vulnerable. The earth’s oceans and seas need protection by and from the planet’s dominating … on average, only a few kilometres deep. Oceans and seas currently cover approximately 71% of the Earth’s … as well as areas beyond national jurisdiction, such as the high seas and deep seabed. The sovereignty of a state …
21 May 2026 Course lesson in Biological Diversity

Introduction to the Basel Convention - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… are also delicate and vulnerable. The earth’s oceans and seas need protection by and from the planet’s dominating … on average, only a few kilometres deep. Oceans and seas currently cover approximately 71% of the Earth’s … as well as areas beyond national jurisdiction, such as the high seas and deep seabed. The sovereignty of a state …
21 May 2026 Course lesson in Chemicals and Waste

Introduction to Marine Pollution - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… are also delicate and vulnerable. The earth’s oceans and seas need protection by and from the planet’s dominating … on average, only a few kilometres deep. Oceans and seas currently cover approximately 71% of the Earth’s … as well as areas beyond national jurisdiction, such as the high seas and deep seabed. The sovereignty of a state …
21 May 2026 Course lesson in Marine and Freshwater

Introduction to the International Legal Framework on Marine Pollution

… are also delicate and vulnerable. The earth’s oceans and seas need protection by and from the planet’s dominating … on average, only a few kilometres deep. Oceans and seas currently cover approximately 71% of the Earth’s … as well as areas beyond national jurisdiction, such as the high seas and deep seabed. The sovereignty of a state …
21 May 2026 Course lesson in Marine and Freshwater

Establishing marine protected area networks

… and o international organizations, especially regional seas con- ventions, who act as enabling bodies for … of jurisdiction and sovereignty and often involve high-level political initiatives, represent one strategy for … must create mechanisms to track and report spending with a high degree of accountability. 12 | Establishing Marine …
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The Futures of Privately Protected Areas

… to the Caribbean, South China, Mediterranean and Bering Seas. To date, the large majority of protected areas have … have fences, remove predators and manage for artificially high densities of animals in ways that may be similar to a … dictated by Brazilian law. The price of land is extremely high in the area so the Government cannot afford to create …
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Two dams on the Santa Cruz River in Argentina: Their impact on an irreplaceable ecosystem and on the hooded grebe (Podiceps gallardoi) population, a Critically Endangered species endemic to Argentina

… was brought by civil society organisations before the High Court of Argentina, which urged the State in April 2016 … the importance of complying with legal mandates concerning high environmental impact projects such as the dams on the …
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Values of protected landscapes and seascapes: protected landscapes and agrobiodiversity values

… – are defined by IUCN as areas “of land, with coasts and seas as appropriate, where the interaction of people and … ecological and/or cultural value, and often with high biological diversity. Safeguarding the integrity of this … in a state very similar to the original, supporting high levels of biodiversity (West 1993). Artificial habitats …
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Significant Trade in Wildlife: A Review of selected species in CITES Appendix II - Volume 3 Birds

… by Resolution Conf. 4.7) were based on the premise that a high volume of trade was sufficient evidence alone to justify … the CITES Secretariat, on the perception of the issue of high trade-volume, came to the following conclusions: The concept of high trade-volume may be approached in two ways: high volume …
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Biodiversity Risks and Opportunities in the Apparel Sector

… of the apparel sector value Chain that are potentially high risk, in terms of contributing directly to the 5 … make use of ecosystem services; for instance areas of high biodiversity (e.g. tropical forests) provide important … garments can also result in large environmental impacts. High-volume textile dyeing and finishing mills in particular …
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