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Wildlife Poaching: Africa's surging trafficking threat
… some countries, are overwhelm- ing an already endangered species. The trend has even prompted a crime spree at some … customs regulations and illegally hunting protected species. Charges of money laundering were withdrawn, as were … of the Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). Other governments …
Biodiversity for (Bio)technology under the Convention on Biological Diversity: bioprospecting partnership in practice
… aiming to determine the growing conditions of the species and the production of the DMDP, as well as the … by their activity anti-helicobacter pylori. Finally some species were validated by their alkaloid content to explore … to be successfully commercialized: Several new species are under domestication. These and other contract …
GUIDANCE on feasible flame-retardant alternatives to commercial pentabromodiphenyl ether - 2009 (UNEP/POPS/COP.4/INF24)
… and the Arctic are still rising. Vulnerable ecosystems and species are affected, among them several endangered species. Some individuals of endangered species show levels high enough to be of concern. …
Customs and Constitutions: State recognition of customary law around the world
… The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora16 and the Convention on … importance of wetlands. The Convention on Migratory Species preserves rights to traditional subsistence … 169) 23 16 Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora. Opened for signature 3 March …
Embedding the Environment in Sustainable Development Goals
… terrestrial and marine areas protected and proportion of species threatened with extinction) indicates slow progress … and ecosystem services, and lessening the risk of species extinction are examples of goals making slow … generations or lifetimes. In the case of the extinction of species, they are truly irreversible. These changes are …
Protecting the world's greatest salmon fishery in Bristol Bay, Alaska from large-scale mining
… habitat for more than 29 fish, 40 mammal, and 190 bird species; AWARE that the Bristol Bay watershed also contains … Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species; COMMENDING the United States Environmental …
Observing protected area norms in the Wild Heart of Europe
… and CONSIDERING Article IV of the Convention on Migratory Species, which encourages Parties to conclude agreements for … Areas, to contribute to the protection of wide- ranging species, regional ecological processes and migration routes; …
Principles and concepts of international environmental law (Part 2) - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… to remedy environmental injury: the extinction of a species of fauna or flora, erosion, loss of human life and … extends to combating the introduction of exogenous species into an ecosystem. Article V(4) of the 1976 … all measures necessary to prevent the introduction of species, alien or new, into an international watercourse …
World Wetlands Day 2017 Factsheet 2: Five wetlands that help us cope with extreme weather events
… of tiny coral polyps. Home to a quarter of all marine species, and providers of eco-tourism livelihoods, coral … providing a home for 200,000 large mammals and 400 bird species during that region’s parched winter season. 5. …