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Water lettuce is a free floating aquatic plant in rosettes of green leaves, rosettes occuring singly or connected to others by short stolons whose origins are uncertain. It forms large, dense floating mats. The plant can adapt to life in ponds, dams, lakes and quiet areas of rivers and streams, but cannot withstand salt water. Still continue with observation whether it is to survive in winter.

The Access and Benefit-Sharing Key Points Policy-Makers series has been produced to provide governments, companies, researchers, communities and others with background information to assist with the development of access and benefit-sharing measures to implement the Nagoya Protocol. The briefs are organised around central, key points on trends and practices in markets, research and development, and ABS.

The Access and Benefit-Sharing Key Points Policy-Makers series has been produced to provide governments, companies, researchers, communities and others with background information to assist with the development of access and benefit-sharing measures to implement the Nagoya Protocol. The briefs are organised around central, key points on trends and practices in markets, research and development, and ABS.

The Access and Benefit-Sharing Key Points Policy-Makers series has been produced to provide governments, companies, researchers, communities and others with background information to assist with the development of access and benefit-sharing measures to implement the Nagoya Protocol. The briefs are organised around central, key points on trends and practices in markets, research and development, and ABS.

A study tour of restoration projects was conducted for seven participants from four Polynesian countries (American Samoa, Niue, Samoa and Tonga) between March 20 and 27, 2015 to Auckland, New Zealand. All participants are involved in restoration projects in their home country, most funded under the GEF-PAS "Prevention, control and management of invasive alien species in the Pacific Islands" Project. Seven restoration sites were visited, including 3 island sites and 4 mainland sites. The site provide a range of available management options including isolated open sanctuary islands, predator-proof fenced peninsulas, virtual "fenced" reserves and urban parklands.

MPA networks, that are ecologically coherent and that protect 30 per cent of each habitat in our oceans are expected to contribute significantly to the recovery of marine biodiversity and a productive ocean (Roberts & Hawkins, 2000; Gell & Roberts, 2003; Halpern, 2003). This target has been recommended by the World Parks Congress (WPC 2014).