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To help you navigate the world of Multilateral Environmental Agreements and International Environmental Law, this section offers you definitions and related information on the term concepts common to all or several Multilateral Environmental Agreements.

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A

Access and benefit sharing
Adverse effects
Afforestation
Agro-ecosystems
Agrobiodiversity
Alien species
Anthropocene
Appropriate destination
Arid ecosystems
Atmospheric ozone
Aviation

B

Ballast water
Biodiversity
Biodiversity hotspot
Biodiversity loss
Biodiversity offset
Biohazards
Biological contamination
Biological Diversity
Biological weapons
Biomass
Biomes
Biosafety
Biosphere reserves

C

Captive breeding
Carbon dioxide
Cargo ships
Certification
Chlorofluorocarbons
Coastal biodiversity
Coastal ecosystems
Connectivity conservation
Conservation of species
Conservation status
Contaminated sites
Coral reefs
Critically endangered species
Customs

D

Derivatives
Disasters
Diseases
Domestic trade
Droughts
Dumping

E

Ecolabels
Ecosystem approach
Ecosystem management
Ecosystem preservation
Ecosystem restoration
Ecosystem services
Ecosystems
Ecotourism
Effluent waste
Endangered species
Energy efficiency
Energy installations
Environmental conservation
Environmental damage
Environmental footprint
Environmental migration
Ex-situ conservation
Exports

F

Fertilizers
Flag vessels
Food
Food chains
Food shortages
Forest biodiversity
Forest conservation
Forest ecosystems
Forest management

G

Genetic diversity
Genetic resources
Glaciers
Green infrastructure

H

Habitat banks
Habitat loss
Habitat restoration
Habitats
Hazardous substances
Hunting

I

Imports
In-situ conservation
Incidental taking
Indicator species
Indigenous knowledge
Indigenous peoples
Indigenous species
Industry
Infrastructure
Introduction from the sea
Invasive alien species
Island biodiversity
Island ecosystems

L

Labelling
Light pollution
Living modified organisms

M

Marine ecosystems
Marine genetic resources
Marine protected areas
Methane
Microplastic pollution
Migration routes
Migratory species
Military activity
Mountain biodiversity
Mountain ecosystems
Multilateral system

N

National parks
Natural heritage
Nature reserves
Navigation
Nitrous oxide
Noise pollution
Non-detriment finding

O

Ozone
Ozone depleting potential

P

Payment for ecosystem service
Plastic pollution
Plastics
Polar biodiversity
Polar ecosystems
Pollution
Population growth
Production forests
Protected areas
Protection of habitat

R

Radioactive contamination
Range states
Reforestation
Registration
Reintroduction
Repopulation

S

Science
Semi-arid ecosystems
Shipping industry
Soil conservation
Soil pollution
Species
Sub-humid ecosystems
Sustainable tourism
Sustainable use

T

Taxonomy
Threatened species
Tourism
Trade
Trade in species
Traditional medicine
Transport
Transshipment
Tropical ecosystems
Tropical rainforests
Tropospheric ozone

U

Urban ecosystems

V

Vessels
Vulnerability
Vulnerable ecosystems
Vulnerable species

W

Water vapor
Waterbirds
Wetland ecosystems
Wild fauna
Wild flora
Wild meat
Wilderness areas
Wildlife
Wildlife products
Wildlife trafficking