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Values of protected landscapes and seascapes: protected landscapes and agrobiodiversity values

… European Landscape Conventions. He wrote the Category V Management Guidelines (published in 2002) and was the series … Animal breeds are also being lost, and around 20% are at risk of extinction. 190 of some 7,600 breeds in the FAO … in the past 15 years; a further 1,500 are considered at risk of extinction (Rischkowsky and Pilling 2007). Some …
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Climate Change- International Legal Regime - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… InforMEA is steered by the MEA Information and Knowledge Management (IKM) Initiative with the support of UN … 1. Enhancing knowledge and understanding of comprehensive risk management approaches to address loss and damage … involve irreversible and permanent loss and damage, and risk-related actions (Article 8.4). In addition, the adopting …
01 Mar 2017 Course lesson in Climate and Atmosphere

A guide to the complementarities between the Convention on Migratory Species and the Convention on Biological Diversity

… of migratory species through specific conservation and management plans for individual and groups of migratory … (CMS, its agreements and their integrated conservation, management and action plans) provide the basis to move beyond … Migratory river dolphins and certain fish species are at risk from existing and planned dams that present physical …
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International Environmental law-making and Diplomacy Review

… of in- ternational governance structures for chemicals management. The sixth Course was hosted by UNEP in Kenya in … 1992) 4-7. 3 Peter H. Sand on the topic,7 – and at the risk of over-simplifying matters – we can boil down the … also raise a problem of reliability, in light of the risk of political interference and outright cheating;45 for …
19 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Toward an IUCN standard classification of the impact of invasive alien species

… to species prioritisation, pathways assessment and management are also key strategic actions in invasive alien … still a priority; ALSO RECOGNISING that many protocols and risk assessment tools are available and in use by various … the classification of species under EICAT can feed into risk assessments and statutory regulations, and that changes …
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A1- Integrating Environmental Concerns in International Water Law

… impact assessments in respect of activities posing a risk of causing transboundary harm; and the obligation to … a process of integrating environmental concerns into water management priorities and decision-making practices.[1] This … environmental impact assessment where there is a risk of transboundary harm.[1] In the Case concerning …
19 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

Governance of Protected Areas: From understanding to action

… www.protectedplanet.net/ IUCN PROTECTED AREA DEFINITION, MANAGEMENT CATEGORIES AND GOVERNANCE TYPES IUCN defines a … and conservation status of APIs 85 8.8 Active damage and risk analysis for APIs 87 8.9 Spatial analysis of governance … from active degradation or is at serious impending risk (i.e., facing damage and threats). The spatial analysis …
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Food and Agriculture Organization (2017), Protecting food security and the environment while facilitating trade

… are organisms that put plant health and plant products at risk. Since its establishment, the IPPC has helped ensure …
19 Jun 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

Guidance for identifying and designating peatlands, wet grasslands, mangroves and coral reefs as Wetlands of International Importance

… water meadows, wet grasslands with (intensive) water level management, lakeside grasslands, vegetation dominated by … development. A strong correlation has been found between risk of degradation and coastal population density. The … likely to decline in the next 10 - 30 years. At greatest risk are the reefs in the wider Indian Ocean; Southeast and …
19 Jun 2026 Document

Combatting the illegal poisoning of wildlife

… Commission (SSC) and the IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management (CEM) (Jeju, 2012); CONSIDERING that despite these … November 2014) which adopted 'Guidelines to Prevent the Risk of Poisoning to Migratory Birds' and called for the … the actions taken by Member States to combat this serious risk to threatened species; AWARE that poisoning is often the …
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