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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 … ecosystems themselves. For example, a wetland receiving pollution loads that exceed its assimilative capacity may … purification (filtration and chemical conversion) Water pollution from both point and non-point sources of nutrients, …
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Law, Policy and Dryland Ecosystems in the People's Republic of China

… and soil conservation, wetland conservation, and soil pollution control; revision of provincial regulations and … Law, Water and Soil Conservation Law, Forestry Law, Water Pollution Prevention and Control Law. Once the capacity of … the sea ecosystem, and set measures to prevent and control pollution and damage of the marine environment. The …
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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) … of its participating states from initially addressing pollution, monitoring and capacity building towards …
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Governance of Shared Waters - Legal and Institutional Issues

… management issues, implying that current degradation and pollution, as well as the pressure on natural resources … to control specific sources and to ban certain types of pollution. The 1997 Convention specifies that “Watercourse … improved water management, including methods for pollution control and the adoption of other conservation …
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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 … (see Annex 1 for detailed breakdown by energy source). Pollution from burning fossil fuels and the associated … of hydro systems. It can mean an increase in air and water pollution, and land degradation. Regional conflict can also …
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Shared resources: Issues of governance

… for the Protection of the Marine Environment against Pollution from Land-Based Sources … 230 12.3.3 ASEAN Agreement on Transboundary Haze Pollution, 2002 ........................ 231 12.4 An … aspects of environmental deterioration, including marine pollution and living resources, depletion of stratospheric …
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Aspects contemporains du droit de l'environnement en Afrique de l'ouest et centrale

… le transport de déchets dangereux, l’immersion, la pollution résultant d’activités d’exploration et … que les plastiques et autres papiers de tous genres ; la pollution atmosphérique du fait d’engins motorisés polluants … des coûts environnementaux, les taxes et redevances de pollution, les permis de pollution négociables, tout comme le …
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Urban Protected Areas: Profiles and best practice guidelines

… crime, vandalism, littering, dumping, and light and noise pollution; and • Are subject to such urban edge effects as more frequent and more severe fires, air and water pollution, and the introduction of invasive alien species. … production and moderate addition of matter, usually with pollution added) 3 Highly intervened system (still includes …
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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, … activities cause immediate damage47 and often longer- term pollution. Figure 3.2: Breakdown of projected infrastructure …
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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 … MARPOL International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships MEA Millennium Ecosystem Assessment MEAM …
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