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Depend on nature: Ecosystem services supporting human livelihoods

… USD 800 million per year, and over-the-counter sales of plant-derived drugs are worth more than USD 40 billion. … Sanitation Land and water resources are owned by a wide variety of people and institutions. Most of the world’s … and have now covered several important vertebrate and plant species. Studies have documented the incorporation of …
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Transboundary Water Governance - Adaptation to Climate Change

… depend on the sustainability of ecosystems and the variety of services that they provide. Furthermore, household … Diversity (CBD), an “ecosystem” is “a dynamic complex of plant, animal and micro-organism communities and their … afresh” at the environmental consequences of the power plant in question and find a “satisfactory solution for the …
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Ramsar Fact Sheet 8 Keep Peatlands wet for a better future

… wet for a better future Peatlands occur in a great variety of forms and are present in more than half of all … and is created by the accumulation of partially decomposed plant materials. The layers of peat build up over sometimes …
31 May 2026 Document

Managing Natural World Heritage

… peoples and local communities. The result is a far wider variety of protected areas, both in terms of management and … ag e 38 Planning3 continent of Gondwana, many of which are plant species endemic to the region. Conse- quently, … of (i) mapping the lake vegetation, (ii) assessing plant species distribution in marshes by sampling, (iii) …
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Managing Natural World Heritage - World Heritage Resource Manual

… peoples and local communities. The result is a far wider variety of protected areas, both in terms of management and … ag e 38 Planning3 continent of Gondwana, many of which are plant species endemic to the region. Conse- quently, … of (i) mapping the lake vegetation, (ii) assessing plant species distribution in marshes by sampling, (iii) …
31 May 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

CBD: Measures for Conservation and Sustainable Use - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… Biodiversity Strategy finalized six years earlier. A variety of ministries were involved in the development of the …
31 May 2026 Course lesson in Biological Diversity

In Transition: Bangkok's Ivory Market

… (to CITES) DNP Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation ETIS Elephant Trade Information System … actions emanating from this revitalised NIAP process, a variety of activities have diligently unfolded in a timely … not, with the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation (DNP). Those who acquired ivory, by any …
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CITES and CBNRM. Proceedings of an international symposium on “The relevance of CBNRM to the conservation and sustainable use of CITES-listed species in exporting countries”

… Appendices, which contain approximately 34,000 animal and plant species subject to such regulation. The criteria for … fauna and flora”. But CBNRM remains controversial for a variety of CITES-relevant reasons: • reservations about what … (Thakadu 2005). These resources include animal and plant genetic resources, and other components of ecosystems …
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Sustainable tourism management in the transboundary areas of the Dinaric Arc region: Manual for planning, development and monitoring of tourism in the protected areas of the Dinaric Arc

… The TBAs of the Dinaric Arc region hold an abundant variety of natural and cultural resources, which create … Ucka Nature Park offers a variety of educational trails, depending on the culture … stakeholders Tourism in the Dinaric Arc involves a great variety of stakeholder groups each with their own values, …
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Speaking a common language: The uses and performance of the IUCN system of management categories for protected areas

… which takes many different forms Came about through a wide variety of governmental and other initiatives Are owned by … exercises include the IUCN/WWF/Kew ‘Centres of Plant Diversity’, Birdlife International’s ‘Endemic Bird … with scientific value, protecting functions of animal and plant genetic resources, and as places for scientific …
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