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Wildlife protection and trafficking assessment in Kenya - Drivers and trends of transnational wildlife crime in Kenya and its role as a transit point for trafficked species in East Africa
… on trade in wild animals and plants in the context of both biodiversity conservation and sustainable development. … conservation hotspots. Landscapes range from coastal/ marine to freshwater and saline lakes, from tropical montane … Eastern Black Rhinoceros Diceros bicornis michaeli. The marine waters and contiguous coastal forests are inhabited by …
EU Environmental Policies and Strategies in South-Eastern Europe - Training guidelines for involving CSOs from SEE in the implementation of EU nature-related legislation
… environment and development challenges. IUCN works on biodiversity, climate change, energy, human livelihoods and … . . . 46 I. Ecological connectivity: a solution to prevent biodiversity loss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . … (CMS or Bonn Convention) aims at conserving terrestrial, marine and avian migratory species throughout their range. …
Promoting ecosystem-based adaptation
… adaptation RECALLING Resolution 2.16 Climate change, biodiversity, and IUCN’s Overall Programme, adopted by the … corridors; ecosystem restoration, conservation of marine and coastal ecosystems; protection of species, and … conservation, water, disaster risk reduction and the marine environment; and c. encouraging the dissemination of …
Third report on the protection of the atmosphere
… “States have the obligation to protect and preserve the marine environment”. 34 The Special Rapporteur’s … necessary to prevent, reduce and control pollution of the marine environment from any source, using for this purpose … Change 220 and the Convention on Biological Diversity (Biodiversity Convention), 221 provide for sustainable …
Collaboration for resilience: How collaboration among business, government and NGOs could be the key to living with turbulence and change in the 21st century
… (or have already crossed) thresholds – experienced as biodiversity loss, climate change or atmospheric, freshwater or marine pollution – that undercut human welfare. It does not … advantage (Higginson and Vredenburg, 2010). Case 2 – Marine Stewardship Council (Henderson and Albani, 2013) The …
Initiating effective transboundary conservation - A practitioner’s guideline based on the experience from the Dinaric Arc
… for People in the Dinaric Arc project is not only biodiversity conservation. It also helps combat the impacts … of a worldwide representative network of terrestrial and marine protected areas, as an integral contribution to the … was the first continent to host the establishment of a marine TBPA in 1996, when the governments of Malaysia and the …
A Global Register of Competences for Protected Area Practitioners
… below. Ia Strict nature reserve: Strictly protected for biodiversity and also possibly geological/ geomorphological … natural monument, which can be a landform, sea mount, marine cavern, geological feature such as a cave, or a living … community METT Management effectiveness tracking tool MPA Marine protected area NGO Non-governmental organisation ORG …
Case Study - Opportunities provided by the Nagoya Protocol in specific cases of the pharmaceutical, cosmetics and agricultural sector
… Bahamas The Bahamas (provider): Salinispora tropica is a marine actinomycete bacteria, until now exclusively found in marine sediments of the Bahamian coasts. The initial research … 2005: ABS agreement between the Ethiopian Institute of Biodiversity Conservation (IBC), EARO and HPFI Implementation …
Ecosystems protecting infrastructure and communities - Lessons learned and guidelines for implementation
… of ecosystem services. EbA is defined as “the use of biodiversity and ecosystem services as part of an overall … Ministry of Transport and Ministry of Energy. The Marine and Coastal Resource Management Act of 2015, implemented by the Department of Marine and Coastal Resource, also promote community …
Introduction to the CMS Family - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… natural heritage. They form a significant portion of its biodiversity and genetic resources and play a unique role as … wildlife disease; illegal hunting and fishing; pollution; marine debris; poisoning; desertification and climate change. … (Raptors) Bukhara Deer Dugong High Andean Flamingos IOSEA Marine Turtles Middle-European Great Bustard Monk Seal in the …