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Marine protected areas and climate change - Adaptation and mitigation synergies, opportunities and challenges
… its capacity to support life on earth – is increasingly threatened by the scale of human- induced greenhouse gas … and an increase in biodiversity at higher latitudes. Some species, populations, communities or habitats will move, … species, fisheries have no significant adverse impacts on threatened species and vulnerable ecosystems and the impacts …
Combatting the illegal poisoning of wildlife
… Congress Resolutions 3.079 Conservation of Gyps species of Vultures in South and Southeast Asia (Bangkok, … at particular species (many of which are listed as Threatened on the IUCN Red List), the consequences are … and/or regional/national extirpations of some highly threatened bird species and some species of mammals; …
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 … associated environmental values (e.g., aquatic areas, threatened species habitat, and vegetation systems). ■ Set …
Values of protected landscapes and seascapes: protected landscapes and agrobiodiversity values
… in particular: (1) the wild relatives of domesticated species (for example crop wild relatives from which … • Important crop wild relatives6; • Traditional and threatened landraces, particularly those reliant on … traditional cultural practices; and/or • Traditional and threatened livestock races, especially if they are reliant on …
Integrating mining and biodiversity conservation: Case studies from around the world
… levels of biological organisation – gene, individuals, species and ecosystem. It is through the myriad interactions … of species found nowhere else. Among the country’s various threatened ecosystems, littoral forests along the sandy … ‘Revive’ teams are assisting to restore habitat of threatened frogs CVA provides resources, skills and guidance …
The Enivronmental Crime Crisis - Threats to Sustainable Development from Illegal Exploitation and Trade in Wildlife and Forest Resources. A UNEP Rapid Assessment
… of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, the UN Office for Drugs and … ecosystems provide for future develop- ment, however, are threatened by serious and increasingly sophisticated … protect key populations of iconic endangered species threatened by poaching, such as but not limited to, rhinos, …
The greening of water law: Managing freshwater resources for people and the environment
… Diversity CMS Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species DALYs Disability-adjusted Life Years EIA … bird species found around the world, 203 are now threatened with extinction as a result of depleted wetlands … 27% of continental freshwater fauna populations are now threatened with extinction as a result of depleted and …
Monitoring and management of unselective, unsustainable and unmonitored (UUU) fisheries
… and invertebrates formerly regarded as bycatch or 'trash' species and discarded, but which now are retained for … to conserve natural resources and avoid adverse impacts on threatened species and ecosystems, consistent with the United … of species taken in UUU fisheries that are or may become threatened; d. research alternative feeds for aquaculture and …
Global Land Outlook
… temperatures, changing rainfall patterns, soil erosion, species loss and increased water scarcity will likely alter … past decade, the future of small-scale farmers has been threatened by the rise of commercial value chains, driven by … many of which we take for granted and which are now threatened by land degradation and/or declines in …
State of Biodiversity in Asia and the Pacific
… cent of its land area. It is also host to certain wildlife species unique to the region such as the giant panda, the … and the Pacific recorded the world’s highest number of threatened species. Many of the most serious problems are to … the 10 countries in the region with the highest numbers of threatened animal and plant species (figure I) are to be …