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Assessing environmental impacts - A global review of legislation
… such as in the case of Nigeria with respect to the oil sector. Introduction and Objectives 7 While depth and … regulations and procedures to prevent, reduce and control pollution of the marine environment from mining activities in … there is also an EIA system in place for activities in the oil and gas sector. Under the 1969 Petroleum Act, …
Introduction to Human Rights and the Environment - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… on Human and Peoples’ Rights has decided cases concerning pollution and the exclusion of indigenous peoples from their … Peoples’ Rights concluded that “an environment degraded by pollution and defaced by the destruction of all beauty and … corporations that infringe on human rights through oil pollution, and then to ensure that there is an “adequate …
Explaining Ocean Warming: Causes, scale, effects and consequences
… human migration Monsoons, forest fires and associated air pollution Positive feedback to temperature from burning peat … open water in the region also make it more attractive for oil and gas prospecting, shipping keen to exploit shorter … Arctic cetaceans overlaps with known or suspected offshore oil and gas deposits and the threats associated with oil and …
Governance of Shared Waters - Legal and Institutional Issues
… management issues, implying that current degradation and pollution, as well as the pressure on natural resources … of migratory species, air masses, electromagnetic waves or oil and gas deposits that cross over state borders into other … the proposed activity is to be carried out. 123 Oil refineries; thermal power plants and other combustion …
Guidelines - Biodiversity in Impact Assessment
… species, overexploitation of resources and many forms of pollution. Global Biodiversity Outlook 2 demonstrates that, … for the Protection of the Mediterranean Sea against Pollution from Land-based Sources. Consideration should be … Environmental High Risk Areas (sensitive areas prone to oil pollution from shipping)· • Sites identified and …