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Transitioning to a pollution-free planet

… services provided by ecosystems greatly alleviate the harmful effects of pollution on human health. Managing and … for the impact of the higher energy prices. The fuel subsidy reforms resulted in savings of 211.3 trillion … (for example with long floating barriers) • Possibility of harmful atmospheric emissions; costly and requires large …
21 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Legal aspects of Connectivity Conservation Volume 1 - A Concept Paper

… productive use for private benefit so long as it is not harmful to the community. Land is a finite commodity and … using the EU’s financial instruments, such as the LIFE subsidy instrument, to stimulate stakeholders to create … is to persuade landholders not to behave in a way harmful to the environment. It is less effective where …
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Addressing pollution: Governance frameworks, challenges and oppotunities in the context of the 2030 Agenda

… of protecting human health and the environment from the harmful effects of chemicals by 2020. Its global approach … historic baseline levels of consumption and production of harmful ozone-depleting substances have been phased out. … community is made to bear a disproportionate share of the harmful effects of pollution. Sustainable development is not …
21 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Rule: Reforming water governance

… as the right of life or the right to an environment not harmful to one’s health and wellbeing. At the same time, it … in the late 1980s and early 1990s when unsustainable and harmful changes in land use and agri- cultural practices in …
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Principles and concepts of international environmental law (Part 2) - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… concept of prevention is prior assessment of potentially harmful activities. Since the failure to exercise due …
21 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

Promoting external international responsibility with regard to the impacts on global biodiversity

… specifically Target 3: “…incentives, including subsidies, harmful to biodiversity are eliminated, phased out or …
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Legal frameworks for REDD: design and implementation at the national level

… mechanism to ensure incentives do not result in unintended harmful outcomes. 18 Ibid. Introduction 9 2. Legal clarity … projects that can be adjusted to avoid repetition of harmful actions.81 National legislation can, for instance, … of the Constitution. 148 Annex III the negative effects of harmful activities on man’s health and the environment as …
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Governance of Ecosystem Services. Lessons Learned from Cameroon, China, Costa Rica and Ecuador

… of natural resources and on companies whose activities are harmful to the environment. This applies especially in the … per hectare. For forestry services, it offered a grain subsidy for five years for cash crops, such as chestnut, tea, … pine, and cedar. The payments include a one-time cash subsidy of 750 RMB per hectare for pur- chasing seedlings …
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International ocean governance: Using international law and organisations to manage marine resources sustainably (revised)

… by scientific studies of the impacts of toxic and other harmful substances in the marine environ- ment. These … emphasis in international environmental law on toxic, harmful, and noxious substances, especially those which are … “which may reasonably be expected to result in major harmful consequences.” (Article 221) Under the LOS …
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Framework for Assessing and Improving Law for Sustainability - A Legal Component of a Natural Resource Governance Framework

… sustainability and social justice, such as advancing harmful economic developments or socially exploitative … marketplace environmental brands, and various tariff and subsidy arrangements (which often promote resource extraction … areas must establish more restrictive protection against harmful uses, and link their management to the conservation …
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