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… 2.2 Water quality regulation … can reduce flood risk and simultaneously improve water quality, recharge groundwater, support fish and wildlife and … pollination for nearby agricultural fields, improve air quality, regulate local climate (including cooling) and … the urban park forest maintained its ability to remove air pollutants over a period of 19 years, removing about 72.4 …

… products and foodstuffs. Activities towards reduction of air pollution and other environmental improvement can also … taken at the national level, such as those relating to air quality and drinking water standards, have impacts on …

… fires may include impairment of human health and safety, air and water pollution, loss of biodiversity in … amounts of vegetation for ensuring adequate flows of quality water and risk of fires burning vegetation. Critical … to the 1979 Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution on Persistent Organic Pollutants (art. 8(a)), …

… the face of ODA funding, the role of CDM in ensuring high quality projects, and the extent to which ODA might be needed … tax and investment regulations, mitigation of air pollution.” 89 Dec. 17/CP.7 Annex, para. 43 90 All CDM EB … the legal status of CERs in Chile. The Philippine Clean Air Act, which opened the door to emissions trading by …

… Act 1997, the term "environment" is defined to mean air, water, land and layers of the atmosphere; living … disposal. h. Environmental control, including control of air, water, and soil pollution in accordance with federal and … the ground of being unsafe for human consumption, or whose quality and suitability for human consumption has not been …

… for sustainable development for reducing damaging air pollution. The message of this Paragraph seems quite … on Biological Diversity does not directly refer to air pollution, implementation of Articles 7(c) and 8(l) could … on Biological Diversity the maintenance of forest quality, as part of sustainable forest management, should be …

… carbon sequestration and storage, water purification and air quality improvement; NOTING the vital and essential role of …

… . . 68 Box 5–2 Impacts of variation in ‘stopover’ habitat quality for Rufous Hummingbirds along a migration corridor in … and widespread deterioration in the quality of air, water and soils – the basic resources on which all of … obvious process, especially when viewed from the air or from an aerial photograph (Fig. 1–1). Equally, habitat …

… well as local retailers. Data was collected on the volume, quality and prices of wild products on display. These visits … consumers tend to focus more narrowly on the price and quality of wild products. Their perceptions of resource … several airlines no longer accept live cargo, e.g. Air France from 1997. A resumption of trade has been hampered …

… (because people clearly see the benefit of having high-quality natural resources); • Local action may not lead to … secure environmental services (such as water and clean air) to all humans, rural and urban, wealthy or poor. It also … from resources. • Conservation contributes to better quality of livelihoods because it guarantees availability of …