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Protected areas and other areas important for biodiversity in relation to environmentally damaging industrial activities and infrastructure development
… and other sites of known importance for biodiversity and ecosystem services; RECOGNISING the adoption of the Strategic … importance for the conservation of biodiversity or ecosystem services essential to achieving the Aichi … on any areas of particular importance for biodiversity and ecosystem services that are identified by governments as …
Earth Rights: The Theory
… it is clear that the pollution is destroying the river ecosystem. In this example, three interrelated things are … measured with reference to the actual harm caused to the ecosystem rather than a human property owner. For example, … will promote respect towards all the elements that form an ecosystem.52 The recognition of earth rights in legislation …
Towards a mutually supportive relationship between the Convention on Biological Diversity and the World Trade Organisation: An action guide
… are discussed below. Decision V/6 on applying the ecosystem approach is of general significance. Principle 4 of … “… there is usually a need to understand and manage the ecosystem in an economic context. Any such ecosystem-management programme should: (a) Reduce those …
A Review of Migratory Bird Flyways and Priorities for Management - TS No. 27
… part of our world by performing a variety of important ecosystem services and functions. Their beauty, diversity and … species/popul- ations and their habitats. These range from ecosystem-focused treaties, such as the Ramsar Convention (see below), to national ecosystem initiatives (e.g. the recent announcement by Canada …
Best practice guidelines for the re-introduction of great apes
… wild, conservation measures such as habitat protection, ecosystem restoration, and law enforcement are underway, with … This may include re-establishing a flagship species in an ecosystem, maintaining or restoring natural biodiversity and … the effect the re-introduced taxon might have on the ecosystem must be investigated. Although a re- introduction …
Publication - An Explanatory Guide to the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing
… to be a concrete example for valuing biodiversity and its ecosystem services, and for taking proper account of this … whole in a global legal instrument. It is based on a broad ecosystem approach rather than the sectoral approach … both a concrete example for valuing biodiversity and its ecosystem services in practice and an economic tool to take …
Covering ABS: Addressing the need for sectoral, geographical,legal and international integration in the ABS regime - papers and studies of the ABS Project
… of collection practices that damage or destroy the ecosystem under study. While these issues, and the entire … seamount-current interac- tions (predict recruitment, ecosystem stability, estimate sustainability, identify … seed populations, under- stand how flow features affect ecosystem function), and the importance of these biological …