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habitat aro important components with high social values; (c) giving special attention to protection of endangered wildlife and plants and their habitat but also recognising that most species cannot be maintained simply in isolated reserves but depend for survival primarily on the habitat quality of the ordinary countryside.
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CONCERNED about massive and widespread abuses to wild birds and their populations for trade on a world-wide scale;
URCES all governments to
(a) Sign, ratify and implement the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora and cooperate with other governments by not permitting trade in species (1) which are protected in most of their range or (ii) taken in contravention of the law in their country of origin;
(b) List the species which they will allow to be exported or
imported;
(c) Amend such lists on the basis of investigations of:
(1)
(11) (iii)
recruitment rate of the populations in the wild;
the preservation of indigenous genetic stocks; and the potential for harm of exotic birds whether as pests, through effects on native populations and ecosystems, or as vectors of diseases.
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COMMENDS the Governments of Indonesia and Papua New Guinea for their efforts and measures to protect and conserve their unique and invaluable avifauma;
RECOGNISING that Birds of Paradiso are endangered by habitat destruction and by trade ;
URGES all governments to cooperate with these efforts by prohibiting the import and trade in Birds of Paradise and their products.
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RECOGNISES the concern shown by many governments for the safe use of toxic chemicals;
RECOGNISING that the preservation of biomes, habitats and species are fundamental to the existence of natural ecosystems;
RECOMANDS that governments
(a) continue to monitor residues and their effects, publish residue
data and phase out production, distribution and use of persistent toxic chemicals; and
(b) that govemments investigate and monitor the effects of
short-lived chemicals on the environment.
RECOGNISING that many regions of the world are underlain by sedimentary rocks which may contain oil;
RECOGNISING that many of these regions also support valuable living resOUTOD 8 }