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The Sacred Dimension of Protected Areas: Proceedings of the Second Workshop of the Delos Initiative - Ouranoupolis 2007
… The Park hosts a large number of plants and her- baceous species and is also rich in fau- na, both mammals and birds. … tats and nesting sites for seabirds, mi- gratory birds and threatened species of marine turtle and dugong (Smyth 2007). … ironic that the environment of Gang- hwa Island should be threatened by plans for the ‘peaceful’ use of the Demili- …
Tackling, poaching and illegal wildlife trafficking in Africa
… may see the extinction of two of Africa’s most charismatic species from some of their core habitats in the next 20 … has: • Fueled poaching of some of Africa’s most iconic species; • Robbed communities of wildlife-related revenue; • … I species, a classification reserved for the world’s most threatened species. This essentially shut down international …
Before the meeting
… Points for the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS) and its Instruments Book: … Priorities Agenda Rules of Procedure National Consultation Species Proposals Decisions Case Study - Successfully … of these meetings can include agreeing budgets, amending species lists, agreeing policy resolutions and adopting …
An Ounce of Prevention: Snow Leopard Crime Revisited
… in the first published scientific description of the species (G.L. Buffon, 1761), and echoed in its Latin name … was assessed as Endangered for the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species in 2008 (Jackson et al., 2008), and is … on one aspect of Snow Leopard status: that the species is threatened and declining, although the importance of poaching …
Farmer's Rights in the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
… example is the genus Lycopersicon, in which many wild species can be crossed with the cultivated tomato L. … concern varieties traditionally grown in certain regions, threatened by genetic erosion and varieties with no intrinsic … development have been done in this area, so diversity is threatened all the same. In earlier times there was an …
African solutions in a rapidly changing world: nature-based solutions to climate change by African innovators in protected areas
… both increased ‘spill-over’ and recovery of key commercial species (octopus, holothurians) and provided strict … to the restoration of mangroves. Some rice growing areas threatened by sea level rise were recovered through the … restoration of degraded habitats, management of invasive species, enhancement of water supply for people and wildlife …
Compliance-Related Texts and Decisions of Selected Multilateral Environmental Agreements
… of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, Ms. Juliette Voïnov Kohler, … by that State, the flag State, or a State damaged or threatened by the discharge violation, or unless the … in paragraph 1, believed to have occurred in, caused, or threatened damage to the internal waters, territorial sea or …