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1.
1206a.pdf
2. The Convention for Cooperation in the Protection, Management
and Development of the Marine and Coastal Environment of the
Atlantic Coast of the West, Central and Southern Africa Region
(Abidjan Convention).
3. UN General Assembly, Resolution adopted by the General
Assembly on 30 July 2015. Sixty-ninth session, 69/314. Tackling
illicit trafficking in wildlife.
asp?symbol=A/RES/69/314
4. TheArcticCouncilisaforumforcooperationonArcticenvironmental
issues and consists of eight Arctic States, six Indigenous Peoples
Organizations and observer countries, intergovernmental bodies
and NGOs. UNEP is an observer to the Arctic Council.
5. Mauritania, Cabo Verde, Senegal, The Gambia, Guinea Bissau,
Guinea, Sierra Leone
6. The 2005 MillenniumEcosystemAssessment describes ecosystem
services as “the benefits people obtain from ecosystems.
7. GESAMP advises the United Nations system on the scientific
aspects of marine environmental protection.
8. The Framework Convention for the Protection of the Marine
Environment of the Caspian Sea
9. Republic of Azerbaijan, Islamic Republic of Iran, Republic of
Kazakhstan, Russian Federation and Turkmenistan
10.
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11. Payment for ecosystem services is a conservation and management
paradigm that recognizes: (1) the need to bridge the interests of
communities connected by ecosystems, (2) the costs of securing
and maintaining the provision of different ecosystem services and
(3) that those who benefit from these services need to pay for these
costs (Bhatta et al 2014)