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  Caught in the web: wildlife trade on the internet

  International Fund for Animal Welfare, 2005

  The internet is now playing a central role in the activities of illegal wildlife traders.
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  2005 environmental sustainability index: benchmarking national environmental stewardship

  Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy, Yale University, 2005

  The Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI) benchmarks the ability of nations to protect the environment over the next several decades. 21 indicators of environmental sustainability are used to permit comparison across a range of issues.
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  How biodiversity and climate change interact

  SciDev.Net, 2004

  This policy brief examines the biodiversity/climate change interface from both sides. The authors firstly explore the impacts of global warming on biodiversity, and then look at how biodiversity affects climate change. Climate impacts on biodiversity can include such things as shifting ecosystem boundaries, sharp increases in the rate of extinction, and more severe pest/disease outbreaks.
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  Towards effective protected area systems: an action guide to implement the Convention on Biological Diversity Programme of Work on Protected Areas

  Convention on Biological Diversity, 2005

  This Action Guide to the Programme of Work on Protected Areas describes the targets and timetables and provides an overview of potential steps, case studies, tools and resources for implementation.The first section of the Guide briefly outlines the role and importance of protected areas, and outlines the requirements under the CBD Programme of Work.The second section provides guidance for th
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  Depend on nature: ecosystem services supporting human livelihoods

  World Conservation Union, 2005

  As the foundation of this document, the IUCN argues that investments in biodiversity conservation will help maintain the flow of ecosystem services and, in turn, will yield both immediate and long-term dividends to human wellbeing.This paper argues that to deliver internationally-agreed development goals (such as the MDGs), three key challenges need to be addressed, and for each of these three
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  The impact of trade liberalization on agricultural biological diversity: domestic support measures and their effects on agricultural biological diversity

  Convention on Biological Diversity, 2005

  This study provides an in-depth analysis of the potential implications for biodiversity of a reduction in and reform of agricultural support activities.
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  Ecosystems and human well-being: opportunities and challenges for business and industry

  Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, 2005

  This report synthesises the messages of the Millenium Ecosystem Assessment (MA) for the business community throughout the industrial and developing world.
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  An activist approach to biodiversity planning: a handbook of participatory tools used to prepare India’s national biodiversity strategy and action Plan

  Policy Power tools, 2005

  This handbook presents tools that were used to elicit participation in the planning process for India's National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (NBSAP). It describes these tools with a view to make it easier for readers to adapt them to their own settings, as well as understand the strengths and weaknesses of the tools.
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  International discussions on agricultural biodiversity - an introduction to key concepts

  Development Fund, Norway, 2005

  This report gives an overview of current international discussions and negotiations regarding agricultural biodiversity. In particular it explores the following four concepts:Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs): In the realm of agriculture, patents and plant breeders’ rights are most common.
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  The institutional paradox of community based wildlife management

  Global Development Network, 2003

  The paradox of institutional development for community based wildlife management is that a phase of co-management is a necessary requirement before community based initiatives can be established.

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