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Guidelines - Biodiversity in Impact Assessment

… infrastructural works; • Emissions, effluents or other chemical, thermal, radiation or noise emissions - relate … external inputs such as emissions, effluents, or other chemical, radiation, thermal or noise emissions, introduction … resulting in emissions, effluents, and/or other means of chemical, radiation, thermal or noise emissions in areas …
26 May 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Ecological Restoration for Protected Areas - Principles, Guidelines and Best Practices

… build upon efforts to ‘remediate’ ecosystems (e.g., remove chemical contamination), or ‘rehabilitate’ ecosystems (e.g., … Restoration for Protected Areas Requires Physical- Chemical Modification Requires Biological Modification … re-establishing natural hydrology, or other physical and chemical conditions that support ecosystem structure and …
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Shared resources: Issues of governance

… movement of hazardous wastes and chemicals were the Chemical Manufacturers’ Association, Conseil Europeen des … Chimique, the International Chamber of Commerce, Imperial Chemical Industries, and DuPont. NGOs and industry … for a country that has acted to ban or severely restrict a chemical to notify other nations’ authorities promptly and to …
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Introduction to the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands

… acidic the oceans become. This alteration of the natural chemical balance affects marine ecosystems, such as coral …
26 May 2026 Course lesson in Biological Diversity

Law, Policy and Dryland Ecosystems in the People's Republic of China

… and their biotic environment, as well as the physical and chemical interactions within the environment. Principle 6 – … by wind and/or water; (ii) deterioration of the physical, chemical and biological or economic properties of soil; and … freeze-thaw, gravity action, artificial destruction. 2. Chemical processes – including loss of soil fertility, soil …
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Governance of Shared Waters - Legal and Institutional Issues

… the contamination of watercourses with ‘heavy’ metals, chemical waste or pesticides and fertilizers. It is also … solid (ice) and gaseous (clouds, fog or mist). From the chemical point of view, water is, in its purest form, a … planet, while preserving the hydrological, biological and chemical functions of ecosystems, adapting human activities …
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Global Land Outlook

… is also sacred. The decline of vultures in India due to chemical poisoning34 is a problem for Parsi communities, … include erosion, sealing and crusting, and compaction. Chemical degradation: processes leading to soil chemical imbalances, including salinization, loss of …
26 May 2026 Literature

Green Infrastructure Guide for Water Management: Ecosystem-based management approaches for water-related infrastructure projects

… - Water purification (filtration and chemical conversion) … quality regulation Water purification (filtration and chemical conversion) Water pollution from both point and … in sediments, soils and vegetation (filtration and chemical conversion). ▶ Protect groundwater from …
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Energy, Ecosystems and livelihoods: Understanding linkages in the face of climate change impacts

… of formerly extensive or fallow land. • Can contribute chemical pollutants into the atmosphere which affect …
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Economic valuation of ecological functions and services of natural ecosystems

… recycling of nutrients can be replaced by the use of chemical fertilizers. The cost of replacement of such … function: Processes inherent to the various biological, chemical and physical elements of a wetland such as the …
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