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Urban Protected Areas: Profiles and best practice guidelines

… water 80 16. Manage wildfires 82 17. Reduce impacts of noise and artificial nighttime light; keep aware of research … by crime, vandalism, littering, dumping, and light and noise pollution; and • Are subject to such urban edge effects as …
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Energy, Ecosystems and livelihoods: Understanding linkages in the face of climate change impacts

… converted—can be a source of domestic energy and reduce pollution and greenhouse gas emissions. Collected effluent is … on local tides. Others such as disturbance effects from noise, shadows, electro- magnetic fields and changed … habitat loss at large wind farm sites; undersea noise pollution. • Tidal power plants may disrupt migratory …
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Green Infrastructure Guide for Water Management: Ecosystem-based management approaches for water-related infrastructure projects

… services such as flood control, groundwater recharge, pollution control and supply regulation (Opperman 2009). 3 … their aesthetic value, improved air quality, reduced noise pollution, water nutrient pollutant control and carbon … ¬ Aesthetic value ¬ Improved air quality ¬ Reduced noise pollution ¬ Carbon sequestration ¬ Energy savings …
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Nature-based solutions to address global societal challenges

… that tackle the drivers of biodiversity decline such as pollution and the loss of species habitats. More recently, … in environmental quality, such as heat regulation and noise abatement (Hartig et al., 2014), the promotion of … with many ecosystem services such as air purification, noise reduction, regulation of urban climate and temperature, …
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Shared resources: Issues of governance

… for the Protection of the Marine Environment against Pollution from Land-Based Sources … organic contaminants, oil pollution, heavy metals, noise, radioactivity, and acidification. Unusually, disturbance from noise also is taken into account. The Strategy identified …
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White Paper - Regional Seas Governance

… damage to the oceans is caused by sea-based and land-based pollution, unsustainable exploitation of living and … endorsed a regional cooperation approach to address marine pollution and in 1974 the UNEP Regional Seas Programme (RSP) … defined in article 1(1)(4), which for instance encompasses noise as well - but Section 1 of Part XII also contains …
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Legal aspects of Connectivity Conservation Volume 1 - A Concept Paper

… legislation 117 Box II(3)-13: Development control under pollution legislation 118 Box II(3)-14: Court attention to … Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change IPPC Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control (EU) IUCN International … of the brown bear because of the production of noise and vibrations (European Commission v Spain, case no. …
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Global Land Outlook

… 179-206. 25 Shiva, V. 2002. Water Wars: Privatization, Pollution and Profit. Pluto Press, London. 26 Weber, T. 1988. … irrigation; excessive use of agrochemicals; urban sprawl; pollution; or other direct impacts, such as mining, … preventing pollution of air, water and soil and noise nuisance; and involving the public in the planning …
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European Union overseas coastal and marine protected areas - overview of coastal and marine conservation efforts in the European Union's overseas countries and territories and outermost regions

… disturbance (e g direct or indirect impacts, underwater noise, light pollution etc ), works or facilities and capable of retaining … activities, including marine debris and nutrient pollution • by 2020, sustainably manage and protect marine …
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