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Guidelines - Biodiversity in Impact Assessment

… role of biodiversity in disease transmission or biological control. Finally, biodiversity provides commodities for … play a key role in providing ecosystem services (e.g. flood protection, supply of water and raw materials, genetic … as water yield, water purification, breakdown of wastes, flood control, storm and coastal protection, soil formation …
18 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Governance of Shared Waters - Legal and Institutional Issues

… should take all necessary measures to prevent, reduce or control damage or harm to the aquatic environment whenever … e) the Rhine’s water basin, vis-à-vis it’s relevance for flood prevention and protection along the Rhine. The … arise due to natural causes such as floods or flooding. A flood can also originate from human behaviour, for example if …
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Explaining Ocean Warming: Causes, scale, effects and consequences

… feedbacks from and to temperature “Carbon dioxide is the control knob that regulates global temperature” with the … soil depth, but there are no feedbacks of temperature or flood duration on decomposition rate. The Marsh Equilibrium … as well as sea defences built to reduce erosion or flood risk. This has led to additive effects in terms of …
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Integrating mining and biodiversity conservation: Case studies from around the world

… as the first objective. It highlighted pollution control (dust suppression), reporting and biannual audit … to the environmental aspects that the organisation can control and over which it can be expected to have an … left) is the engineered, managed system for deposition and control of the tailings sediment from the mining operations …
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Mapping Biodiversity Priorities - a practical, science-based approach to national biodiversity assessment and prioritisation to inform strategy and action planning

… areas important for water supply, wetlands important for flood regulation, coastal dunes or mangroves important for … (such as food and water), regulating services (such as flood control and water purification), and cultural services (such …
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Introduction to Human Rights and the Environment - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… to ensure that activities within their jurisdiction or control do not cause damage to the environment of other … in relation to the environment and under the control of public authorities. Most States have adopted …
01 Mar 2017 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

Assessing environmental impacts - A global review of legislation

… recognition of SEAs as a tool to strengthen democratic control, little guidance is provided in many countries’ SEA … la utilidad de las EAE como herramienta para fortalecer el control democrático, la legislación en materia de EAE de … from the United Kingdom – The development of the Humber Flood Risk Management Strategy SEA systems – Legal and …
18 Jun 2026 Literature