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Significant Trade in Wildlife: A Review of selected species in CITES Appendix II - Volume 3 Birds

… annual reports; and the reports of those that do, vary in quality and regularity of submission. Some countries may … Only small numbers of this species were seen by the Royal Air Force Belize Expedition (Jenkins, 1981). Costa Rica Said … Ornithology Series 193-255. Counsell, D. (1985). The Royal Air Force Ornithological Society's Expedition, May-June 1984, …
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Contracting for ABS: The legal and scientific implications of bioprospecting contracts

… years maintained a high standard of legal scholarship and quality outputs. The ABS Series, which includes this book, is … if he fails to comply.24 There are some commodities (air, airwaves, sunshine, etc.) that are not under any … property either by individual action (a shop which fills air tanks for divers) or by governmen- tal action (laws which …
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Capacity Development Needs and Priorities for Nature Conservation in South-Eastern Europe

… biodiversity, physical environment (soils, geology, water, air) and natural phenomena such as weather and tectonic … knowledge management, GIS etc.). • Establishment of quality standards and systems of certification (e.g. Europarc … clearly defined topics and questions for each visit) • Quality and relevance of the practices to be demonstrated by …
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Poverty and conservation: Landscapes, people and power

… (because people clearly see the benefit of having high-quality natural resources); • Local action may not lead to … secure environmental services (such as water and clean air) to all humans, rural and urban, wealthy or poor. It also … from resources. • Conservation contributes to better quality of livelihoods because it guarantees availability of …
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Conservation and Sustainable Use under the International Treaty

… pest and disease resistance, abiotic stress tolerance or quality improvements, would not exist in today’s crops. For … of the sought-after specific traits such as yield, quality or pest resistance. Most breeding programmes focus on … Services, Occurring in Different Ecological Compartments (Air, Soil, Water and Biodiversity) Source: FAO (2011c), p. …
20 Jul 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

Negotiate: reaching agreement over water

… be incorpo- rated into the MSP design and process. High quality process, enabling effective deliberation, is key to … For example, a right to access a certain quantity and quality of water from a river or aquifer entails … the world where Tracks 2 and 3 are trying to improve the quality of their MSPs to inform and shape water-related …
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Lessons learnt in the establishment and management of protected areas by indigenous and local communities in South Asia. TILCEPA report

… farmers who suffered heavy losses due to degraded water quality brought about by high intensity farming, came … villages suffered serious impacts of pollution on their air, water and soil, as various industries were placed here …
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Helping nature help us - Transforming disaster risk reduction through ecosystem management

… and 3) the vulnerability, for example, level of poverty, quality of infrastructure, etc. (Renaud et al., 2013): … of fish species; Water flow affected; Decrease in water quality Bond et al., 2008 Storms Mangrove Changes in … illegal wildlife trade, habitat loss, climate change, air and water pollution as well as invasive alien species. …
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Plant protection legislation

… could not obtain on his own. Fourthly, the introduction of quality or composition standards, designed to the consumer … a new rule but because of the imperative need to raise the quality of life of the people or sometimes even to save life. … It is stated as a basic principle that maritime, river, air and land transport facilities conveying plants, plant …
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Nexus Governance: Harnessing contending forces at work

… a range of challenges especially for water quantity and quality. Water, energy and food security rely on water … realm of the natural resources ‘commons’ such as water, air, forests and land or even minerals span an ownership …
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