Although a number of international interventions exist for the sustainable management of Pakistan's natural resources, however, establishing biosphere reserves through UNESCO's MAB programme has not been fully tapped, mainly due to weak implementation at national level.

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Mr Dimin's company works with fishermen who practise sustainable fisheries management, and helps them get their catches into the sort of high-class restaurants frequented by wealthy conservationists.

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Oleg Mitvol, deputy head of Russia's environmental regulator and a member of the United Nations' International Panel for Sustainable Resource Management, said the sinking of the ships in the Kerch Strait was a serious disaster and that it would take 10 to 15 years to clean up the strait and its coastline.

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