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Large Marine Ecosystems: Status and Trends (Summary for Policy Makers)

… on landings (fish unloaded at ports). 2.3 Floating plastic debris is ubiquitous in the global ocean and is … floating plastics are located in east-southeast Asia. As plastic use continues to rise, appropriate waste management solutions are needed, along with improvement …
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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 … • Targeting special problems such as cigarette filters, plastic bags and beverage containers; and • Working with … and the sea. Marine animals are especially vulnerable to plastic items in which they get entangled or mistake for …
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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 … concrete pavers (PICPs), concrete grid pavers, and plastic reinforced grass pavement (Hunt and Szpir 2006). … (C) permeable interlocking concrete pavers (PiCPs), (D) plastic grid reinforced grass pavement (Hunt and Szpir 2006). …
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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 … is unavailable, introducing hermetically sealed plastic storage Box 7.9: Payment for Ecosystem Services (PES) … Table 7.3: Voluntary certification schemes bags or plastic crates for crops, using smaller metal silos, reducing …
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Law, Policy and Dryland Ecosystems in the People's Republic of China

… loss of mud and sand, as a result of abandoned soil, waste sand and slag generated from mining, quarrying, road … Committee and the State Council Notice on the State of Plastic Film Pollution in Farmlands and the Opinions for … from the misuse of chemicals, fertilizers, agricultural plastic film and sewage irrigation; promoting integrated …
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Building Resilience to climate change - Ecosystem-based adaptation and lessons from the field

… regular floods, siltation of the river and presence of waste oil and plastic litter in the Nadi River. Mainstreaming Adaptation … communities in the identification of water and sanitation, waste management and development priorities. Discussions are …
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Ecological Restoration for Protected Areas - Principles, Guidelines and Best Practices

… to address a range of development issues including health, waste management, water supply, disaster mitigation and food … reefs. The oyster mats are 0.4191 m2 aquaculture grade plastic mesh material to which 36 oyster shells, oriented …
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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

… Mangroves, sea grass beds and coral reefs provide natural waste and water quality regulation and protection systems to … and has con- ducted significant work to improve waste management Mangroves in Makeke, wallis Island © Chloé … cetaceans, turtles, fish) • Eliminate the distribution of plastic bags on markets The implementation of protected area …
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