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… in the context of sustainable development 10 No net loss (or net positive impact) 11 Biodiversity offsets … Landscape in Switzerland 31 4.2.6 No net loss of fisheries habitat in Canada under the Fisheries Act 31 4.3 Facilitating … Shorebird Reserve: a wetland offset to mitigate on-site habitat losses associated with Rio Tinto's Kennecott Utah …

… Concern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Habitat change in human-dominated landscapes . . . . . . . . … . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 2 Habitat Fragmentation and the Consequences for Wildlife . . . … Victoria, Australia . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Box 2–2 Loss of breeding birds from an isolated Javan woodland, …

… to provide services: � Water scarcity � Climate change � Habitat change � Biodiversity loss and invasive species � Overexploitation of oceans � … the Earth’s land surface is covered by cultivated systems. Habitat fragmentation is most severe in Europe and least …

… our efforts to counter worrying evidence of biodiversity loss, which has its greatest impact on the poor and … widely applied • Developing integrated policies to address habitat loss and degradation, covering positive and negative … domesticated crop species are increasingly threatened by habitat fragmentation and climate change (Target 13). Key …

… apparel sector value chain directly contributing to the loss of biodiversity, in order to mitigate and proactively … constitute the major threats to global biodiversity: 1. Habitat loss and degradation: this is the largest single source of pressure on biodiversity worldwide. Habitat loss is the direct conversion of natural habitats for …

… of Wetland Types 4 Box 1. The Range of Wetland Habitat Types 5 1.2.1 Artificial Wetlands 6 1.3 Ecological … Wetland Functions 8 1.3.3 Wetland Attributes 9 2 Wetland Loss and Degradation: Extent and Causes 13 2.1 Estimates of … 23 2.3.2.1 Wetland Flora and Fauna 23 2.3.2.2 Wetland Habitat Types 24 2.3.2.3 Wetland Functions 24 2.3.2.4 Legal …

… with the aim of highlighting the economic consequences of loss of biological diversity and associated decline in … contamination of water by the ore. Fragmentation decreases habitat simply through loss of land area, reducing the … fragmentation, which results in less connectivity of habitat to allow natural migration, limits the adaptive …

… 5.4.1 Habitat degradation … electric power. Major current threats are identified as habitat loss and water pollution, in particular from sedimentation … for the value of these systems has already allowed the loss of many of the world’s wetlands and rates of species …

… of International Importance, Especially as Waterfowl Habitat. Important rivers in the Mashriq include the … assessments, the region has suffered a substantial loss of biodiversity and a degradation of habitats as a … encroachment on to native habitats, mainly from physical habitat alteration, sand dredging and reclamation to expand …