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Green Infrastructure Guide for Water Management: Ecosystem-based management approaches for water-related infrastructure projects

… the visibility in the water column and thus affects the species composition of the in- stream flora and fauna. … ecosystems are more capable of controlling pests, invasive species and waterborne diseases. Ecosystems regulate such … of the flat roof area in Basel was green roofs, supporting endangered species and providing energy savings of 4GWh …
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Value : Counting ecosystems as water infrastructure

… relationships through which natural ecosystems, and the species that make them up, sustain and fulfil human life.5 In … grounds and nurseries for both freshwater and marine species. A wide range of products are harvested from wetlands, such as fish and other aquatic species, construction materials, fuel, wild foods and …
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Handbook of working procedures and policy guidance for the Chemical Review Committee

… birds · Reproductive toxicity birds · Other 4.2.2. Aquatic species · Fish · Invertebrates · Algal species · Aquatic plants · Other 4.2.3. Honey bees and other … to humans or wildlife. There may be special concerns with endangered species (environmental risk) or human …
29 Sep 2026 Document

Community Protocols for Environmental Sustainability: A Guide for Policymakers

… of which they are part; this includes diversity within species, between species and of ecosystems (CBD, Article 2). Collaboratively … on Wetlands (1971) • Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) (1973) • …
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Legal aspects in the implementation of CDM Forestry Principles

… the type of AR project to be implemented, including the species and varieties for planting, the project location, and … soils, ecosystems, and the possible presence of rare or endangered species and their habitats.”49 On the environmental impacts …
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Drafting legislation for sustainable soils: A guide

… as individuals and populations and in the longer term as species and ecosystems. It has been forecast that the global … necessary to conserve biological diversity, including species diversity, genetic diversity within species, and … Matter 200 ■ 1973 Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora 201 ■ 1982 United …
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Guidelines for applying protected area management categories

… in a proposed protected area to conserve rare baobab tree species © Nigel Dudley Back: New Caledonia © Dan Laffoley … 17 Category IV: Habitat/species management area … They could, for instance, be used to: Protect critically endangered populations of species that ● need particular …
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Poverty and conservation: Landscapes, people and power

… forest. Source: Dechaineux (2001) While it is clear that species gathered from the wild can be important to poor … to move away from earlier preoccupations with flagship species and special areas, and to question the underlying … carbon sequestration, watershed protection, habitat for endangered species, maintenance of landscape beauty, and so …
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E-waste Inspection and Enforcement Manual - Developed in the framework of the SBC E-waste Africa project

… regarding the import and export of different goods e.g. endangered species of flora and fauna, chemical substances such as ozone … related to the import and export of flora and fauna, endangered species, hazardous chemicals and others (see …
29 Sep 2026 Document

Marine litter legislation: a toolkit for policy makers

… Biological Diversity (CBD) and the Convention on Migratory Species (CMS). See Appendix A for a more complete list. … pollution and lost or abandoned gear on fish and non-fish species; section 8.3.2 asserts that port states also have a … Commission has noted that “[a]t least 267 different species have suffered from entanglement or ingestion of …
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