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Integrating Economics into Resource and Environmental Management Some Recent Experiences in the Pacific
… into Resource and Environmental Management While coral species have some capacity to recover from bleaching events, … reduce local and regional coral biodiversity as sensitive species are eliminated, and with it the productivity. … Japan’s sashimi tuna (Gillett et al., 2001). The four main species that are commonly targeted are skipjack, yellowfin, …
Transboundary Water Governance - Adaptation to Climate Change
… water containing a geographically distinct assemblage of species, natural communities, and environmental … collect, grow, or buy food products. For example, aquatic species provide genetic and biochemical resources invaluable … climate change is likely to result in catastrophic loss of species in some regions of the world.59 Changes in flow …
Governance of the Mediterranean Sea : Outlook for the legal regime
… together with living organisms belonging to sedentary species; that is to say, organisms which, at the harvestable … contact with the seabed or the subsoil.”27 Non-sedentary species – species within the water column – are not exploitable under …
Review of laws, policies and economic instruments related to payment for ecosystem services in Vietnam
… relationships through which natural ecosystems, and the species that make them up, sustain and fulfil human life … carbon store, shoreline protection, rare and endangered species The basic economic rationale for payments for … intensity of 20% of the total stand volume, excluding species listed in Appendix I of the Convention on …
Rights-based approaches - Exploring issues and opportunities for conservation
… and production of medicines for local sale. Native species are also being used to regenerate forests and a form … history of Colombia. With its incredible diversity of species and landscapes, Colombia is a country of immense … from the mud between the roots of the mangrove. While the species is in decline, in part due to contamination and …
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 …
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 ecosystem diversity, especially through in situ …
UNEP Guide for Negotiators of Multilateral Environmental Agreements
… CITES Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora COP Conference of the Parties … the Convention on Internationl Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) is an appendix-driven … agreement. Three appendices list animal and plant species in different categories of endangerment, subject to …
Guide for Negotiators of Multilateral Environmental Agreements
… CITES Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora COP Conference of the Parties … the Convention on Internationl Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) is an appendix-driven … agreement. Three appendices list animal and plant species in different categories of endangerment, subject to …