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Establishing marine protected area networks

… and marine habitats, slow the loss of endangered marine species, and restore depleted fisheries. What is an mpa … conservation and cooperation. Ecosystems, habitats and species rarely correspond to political or jurisdictional …
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Customary laws: Governing natural resource management in the northern areas

… while their crowns can be sold for Rs. 1200-1500. These species are hunted in winter. The “golden bird” is hunted for … overall has declined, due to decreases in numbers of game species. Numbers of bear and ibex are decreasing r a p i d l … wood varies according to the type of trees. For some species, there is a fine of Rs.500, whereas for others, it is …
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Human rights and the Environment: Rio + 20 - Joint Report OHCHR and UNEP

… the needs and capacities of present generations of all species with those of the future. Combining the two … clean air and water acts,85 as well as endangered species laws. As with human rights litigation, citizens sue … of nature. Environmental milieu (air, water, soil) and all species are interdependent. Harm to one aspect of the …
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Payments for Ecosystem Services - Legal and Institutional Frameworks

… countries’,1 with 15–20 per cent of the total number of species on the planet, many of which occur naturally in the … the world, with between 43,000 and 49,520 identified plant species, more than 3,000 species of fresh- water fish, 586 species of amphibians, …
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The Aarhus Convention: An implementation guide. Securing the public's rights through access to information, public participation and Access to justice for a healthy environment

… CITES Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora CJEU Court of Justice of the … of which they are part; this includes diversity within species, between species and of ecosystems”. Biodiversity includes, but is not …
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Collaboration for resilience: How collaboration among business, government and NGOs could be the key to living with turbulence and change in the 21st century

… prosperity brings, we face as a result climate change, species extinctions, fisheries collapse or, in a more … 2014) Listing of Chinook salmon under the Endangered Species Act in north-east Oregon led to near cessation of …
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The environmental impact of economic incentives for agricultural production: a comparative law study

… of reafforestation or the planting of quality forest species. Assistance is provided in the form of seedlings or … by currently under-exploited, or totally neglected, fish species. It also called for less fishery resource wastage … decree of 1964 128/ regarding the protection of aquatic species, encourages fish-farming to increase fishery …
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Briefing Note 2: Wetlands and water storage: current and future trends and issues

… of natural lakes, including valuable fish and bird species. Indeed, quite a few reservoirs have been designated … are generally less diverse and more dominated by common species than are equivalent natural lakes (Davidson & Delany …
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Persistent Organic Pollutants: Contaminated Site Investigation and Management Toolkit

… It falls within the tropical rainforest zone with various species of the mangrove swamp vegetation, although the … such as chemicals, changes in land use, disease, invasive species or climate change Risk assessment is a scientific … some metals vaporize, reacting to form other metal species, while less volatile metals remain with the soil …
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Mainstreaming Gender Equality and Equity in ABS Governance

… the use of all components of biodiversity – ecosystems, species, genes – must be equitably distributed among … to tend to household plots. Greenburg documents 140 plant species in 33 immigrant household plots. Of these, 49 species are commonly used in food preparation, including …
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