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Global Land Outlook

… and consumption, and ensuing levels of food loss/waste, further accelerate the rate of land use change, land … of storage and transport while in wealthy nations, food waste is a result of profligacy and inefficiencies towards … globally can be linked to the production of crops for export, especially commodity crops in tropical countries. …
17 Jun 2026 Literature

Shared resources: Issues of governance

… problems in negotiating the treaties on ozone, hazardous waste, climate change, and biodiversity. During the … the appropriate information at the time of the first export following such action. In 1987 the UNEP Governing … project on the Nam Theun River in Lao PDR provides for the export of 996 megawatts of electricity-generating capacity …
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Urban Protected Areas: Profiles and best practice guidelines

… in such areas as energy, housing, transportation and solid waste reuse and recycling. But the negative side is usually … efforts to cope with these problems, and seeks to have waste treatment and sediment control requirements included in … branch of the Hong Kong Government to extend a solid waste landfill into five hectares of the Clear Water Bay …
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Value : Counting ecosystems as water infrastructure

… traditional cash crops such as sugar- cane and coffee, and export crops such as melons, tobacco, cardamom, grapes and … 40 value_CAG 13.10.2004 13:30 Page 40 water transport), waste processing and filtering (sewage plants), food … of the premium attached to foreign exchange earnings from export crops, improved food security benefits, and revenues …
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Building Resilience to climate change - Ecosystem-based adaptation and lessons from the field

… together with the sugarcane industry as the largest export crop from the Fiji Islands. Like many other parts of … regular floods, siltation of the river and presence of waste oil and plastic litter in the Nadi River. Mainstreaming … communities in the identification of water and sanitation, waste management and development priorities. Discussions are …
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Green Infrastructure Guide for Water Management: Ecosystem-based management approaches for water-related infrastructure projects

… (or sometimes reduced) due to human activities – such as waste heat from industrial activities and deforestation. GI … vegetation in the soil help to break down many types of waste, eliminating pathogens and reducing the level of … and medicine (Lewis 2005; UNEP-WCMC 2006). Mangroves also export large amounts of organic matter to offshore ecosystems …
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The green belt of Europe: From vision to reality

… built into practical work on many different areas such as waste management, economic use of nature resources, new bio- … a new “factory” close to the lake by starting an export trade in reeds, and it forced farmers to bring their … consumption of resources (land, water, energy), and waste and sewage products also have a negative impact (Engels …
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Aspects contemporains du droit de l'environnement en Afrique de l'ouest et centrale

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Flow : The essentials of environmental flows

… • Sectoral fiscal incentives: Production, input and export policies that subsidise agriculture and favour …
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Ecosystems protecting infrastructure and communities - Lessons learned and guidelines for implementation

… and Burkina Faso to explore the relevance and potential to export the different local innovations in the two countries. … villages. • 32 biodigesters were provided to turn domestic waste into biogas. These benefitted about 600 community … villages, the two-way exchanges provided an opportunity to export the project’s approaches to other communities. In that …
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