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Factsheet - Protected Areas
… area networks is a critical strategy not only for biodiversity conservation, but for securing ecosystem goods … areas cover about 12.9% of the Earth’s land surface n Marine protected areas cover 6.3% of territorial seas and … depend on protected forests, pastures, wetlands and marine areas for subsistence and livelihoods, protected areas …
Supporting implementation of the African Convention on the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources and the African Agenda 2063
… and economic development plans/policies; NOTING that biodiversity has been a defining feature of Africa's history, … which requires, among others, reducing the loss of biodiversity, respecting rights of local communities, … genetic resources and effectively managing terrestrial and marine protected areas; and RECALLING further that Ethiopia, …
Food and Agriculture Organization (2017), Standard Setting Process Factsheet,
… Committee Reviews Protect the environment, forests and biodiversity Facilitate economic and trade development … species can have a devastating impact on terrestrial, marine and freshwater environments, on forests, agriculture and biodiversity. + The IPPC is the standard setting organization …
Terms of Reference for National Focal points
… Directorate General of Maritime Territory and Merchant Marine, National Forest Service, General Directorate of Water, National Marine Fisheries Service, Chilean Antarctic Institute, … Regularly exchange information with the Focal Points for (Biodiversity) MEAs, possibly through the creation of a …
Flow : The essentials of environmental flows
… destruction of our rivers and thereby the loss of their biodiversity and societal benefits. I hope this guide will be … such as rivers, wetlands, estuaries and near-coast marine ecosystems, provide a great variety of benefits to … measures in the international watercourses to preserve the marine environment, including the estuaries. There are …
European models of good practice in protected areas
… The relationship between peo- ple, landscape and biodiversity is profound. The farm- ers are, and have been … and enclosing the SPAs is a large, recently declared marine reserve where fishing and anchorage are controlled by … Policy decisions include: ❚ The establishment of a marine reserve north of Minorca. In fact this is a true …
Explanatory guide to the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
… and action groups, focusing in particular on species and biodiversity conservation and the management of habitats and … biological diversity and its components in terrestrial and marine ecosystems, with a view to enhancing food secu- … on best practices. The CBD covers both terrestrial and marine biota, and Parties are explicitly required to …
World Wildlife Crime Report - Trafficking in protected species
… or risk irreparable loss of our planet’s precious biodiversity. I urge all governments to make full use of this … tortoises 75 Chapter 9: Seafood Case Study: Caviar 83 Box: Marine turtles 86 Box: Glass eels 86 Chapter 10: Implications … Reptiles 9% "Agarwood" 6% Pangolin 5% Rhinoceros 3% Marine turtle 3% Parrots 2% Big cats 2% Raptors 2% Tortoise …
3rd UNCCD Scientific Conference: Book of abstracts
… scientists, working in the fields of agriculture, food, biodiversity and the environment, much of their work focusing … 329 DESERTIFICATION PROCESSES IN THE MARINE COASTAL ZONE OF UKRAINE ALEKSANDROV, BORYS … de Biologia e CESAM - Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies, Universidade de Aveiro, Campus Universitário …
Integration of nature-based solutions into strategies to combat climate change
… strategies to combat climate change; ALSO RECALLING Aichi Biodiversity Target 15, calling for "ecosystem resilience and the contribution of biodiversity to carbon stocks" to be enhanced "by 2020" … ecosystems and those in a good ecological state, including marine and terrestrial protected areas; actions aimed at …