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1. www.environment.gov.au/minister/hunt/2015/pubs/mr2015 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. www.un.org/en/ga/search/view_doc. asp?symbol=A/RES/69/314 4. TheArcticCouncil isa forumforcooperationonArcticenvironmental 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. www.unep.org/roa/Portals/137/AMCEN15Docs/Decision%20 _7_AEO_AEIN%20_Advance.pdf 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)

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