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Integrating mining and biodiversity conservation: Case studies from around the world

… Integrating Mining and Biodiversity Conservation Case studies from around the world Contents … Studies 29 Botanical Surveys, Freeport McMoRan 30 Marine Ecosystems, BHP Billiton 32 New Partnerships 35 … – it provides alternatives to fall back on when other resources happen to fall absent. It also enables people to …
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National Regulation of Freshwater resources - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… Course to the International Legal Framework on Freshwater Resources Book: Book Unit 4 - National Implementation … set in place a legal regime regulating the use of water resources in their territory. Many existing legislations have … taken several different approaches to the protection and conservation of freshwater resources. The two most prominent …
21 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Marine and Freshwater

Mapping Biodiversity Priorities - a practical, science-based approach to national biodiversity assessment and prioritisation to inform strategy and action planning

… of biodiversity in a short space of time and with minimal resources. Key questions Answering three key questions about … The approach is based on the principles of Systematic Conservation Planning and augmented by several operating … consistency across terrestrial, inland water, coastal and marine realms. 6. Use an adaptive approach: start simply and …
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Explaining Ocean Warming: Causes, scale, effects and consequences

… IUCN GLOBAL MARINE AND POLAR PROGRAMME Edited by D. Laffoley and J. M. … Switzerland Copyright: © 2016 International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources Reproduction of this publication for educational or …
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Governance of Shared Waters - Legal and Institutional Issues

… Bonn, Germany Copyright: © 2011 International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources Reproduction of this publication for educational or … 12 1.1.4 Coastal-marine area …
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Assessing environmental impacts - A global review of legislation

… by UN Environment Law Division and UN Environment World Conservation Monitoring Centre. Director of Publication: … 116 Annex: Useful resources … under their jurisdiction or control can have on the marine environment (UNCLOS, article 206). Moreover, the … procedures to prevent, reduce and control pollution of the marine environment from mining activities in the Area (i.e. …
21 Jun 2026 Literature

Guidelines - Biodiversity in Impact Assessment

… climate change, invasive species, overexploitation of resources and many forms of pollution. Global Biodiversity … impact assessment as a key instrument for achieving the conservation, sustainable use and equitable sharing … from all sources including inter alia, terrestrial, marine and other aquatic ecosystems and the ecological …
21 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

D2 - Dams, Ecosystems and Fisheries

… upon the measures necessary to co-ordinate and ensure the conservation and development of such stocks.” Article 64(1) … are overwhelmingly dependent on the exploitation of living marine resources; and (f) the interests of developing States from …
21 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

Introduction to Human Rights and the Environment - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… by four UN organizations and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Geneva, March 2017 … to health, and indigenous rights to property, natural resources, and culture. Older human rights treaties drafted … available in their legal systems for damage caused by marine pollution. Principle 10 of the Rio Declaration states: …
01 Mar 2017 Course lesson in Environmental Governance