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Business and ecosystems : Ecosystem challenges and business implications

… to provide services: � Water scarcity � Climate change � Habitat change � Biodiversity loss and invasive species � … the Earth’s land surface is covered by cultivated systems. Habitat fragmentation is most severe in Europe and least … changes the distribution of species. The time lag between habitat change and extinction provides opportunities to …
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International ocean governance: Using international law and organisations to manage marine resources sustainably (revised)

… Legal Regime for Protecting Marine Species and Habitat and Ecological Function .............. 32 II.D.1. … 57 Fish Habitat and Protected Areas — III.C … 60 III.C. Threats to Habitat and Ecological Services … Environmental Impact Assessment Linking Fisheries and Fish Habitat Habitat Restoration Box 2 — The Pacific Salmon Treaty …
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Biodiversity for Business: A guide to using knowledge products delivered through IUCN

… to population decline and restricted populations. It is a habitat specialist (dependent on clear streams), known only … due to over- exploitation, shrinkage in distribution, and habitat destruction and degradation.6 6 Ochoa and Rivas 2008. … which species may require Biodiversity Action Plans or habitat restoration plans. For offset design, the …
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ITTO/IUCN guidelines for the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity in tropical timber production forests

… It should be possible, for example, to protect important habitat structures – such as large trees, hollow trees, dead … forest pollinators are themselves dependent on non-forest habitat outside gazetted reserves. Box 4 contains some … the invasion of weedy species, and other processes of habitat erosion. Some forest species are highly vulnerable to …
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Wildlife law and the empowerment of the poor

… see wildlife as a source of food. Some see wildlife habitat as potential timber or farmland. And some see … as well as any actions that remove a species from its habitat, destroy critical habitat, or otherwise harm, harass, or injure the species …
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Guidelines for Applying Protected Area Management Categories. Best Practice Guidance on Recognising Protected Areas and Assigning Management Categories and Governance Types

… as a cave, or a living feature such as an ancient grove IV Habitat/species management area: Areas to protect particular … 17 Category IV: Habitat/species management area … monument) IV Conservation through active management (i.e., Habitat/species management area) V Landscape/seascape …
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The greening of water law: Managing freshwater resources for people and the environment

… United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change UN-HABITAT United Nations Human Settlements Programme WFD Water … development. A Rapid Response Assessment. UNEP, UN-HABITAT, GRID-Arendal (2010). Only 2.5% of all the water on … development. A Rapid Response Assessment. UNEP, UN-HABITAT, GRID-Arendal (2010), at p. 18. Sources: WHO …
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Guidance for identifying and designating peatlands, wet grasslands, mangroves and coral reefs as Wetlands of International Importance

… ecosystems that are most vulnerable and threatened by habitat loss and degradation, and thus in need of urgent … and designation of representative wetlands of these habitat types in accordance with Ramsar Criterion 1 for the … uncertainty as to which particular features of these habitat types indicate the best representative examples of …
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Best practice guidelines for the re-introduction of great apes

… the Proposed Release Site is Within Range and Has Suitable Habitat ...................... 7 Behavioural Assessment and … taxon to be re-introduced, and include sufficient suitable habitat to support a self-sustaining population. (There is … tion outside of historic range and/or into marginal habitat under specific conditions.) The original causes of …
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Flow : The essentials of environmental flows

… audits or river basin planning. Functional analysis and habitat modelling are the most widely applied approaches in … rates in between.9 For each scenario, the impact on habitat for target fish species and the implications for … maintain a wild brown ecologically acceptable physical habitat trout population flow duration curve modelling …
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