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RAMSAR Handbook 3: Laws and institutions
… Convention and addressing the problem of wetland loss and degradation. The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands aims to … between: • wetlands, people and human institutions; • land and water use within and beyond national boundaries; • … areas, environmental impact assessment and audits, land-use planning, coastal management, water resource …
Document - Freshwater Law and Governance: Global and Regional Perspectives for Sustainability
… Development Bank AFOLU Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use AMCOW African Ministers’ Council on Water CBD … 6 Lao PDR Lao People’s Democratic Republic LULUCF Land Use, Land-Use Change and Forestry MDBA Murray-Darling … REDD+ Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation, enhancement of carbon stock, sustainable …
Biodiversity, the next challenge for financial institutions ? A scoping study to assess exposure of financial institutions to biodiversity business risks and identifying options for business opportunities
… “nature, forests and landscapes”. 5) Conservation land as a result of default or debt work-out. Should … acquire a significant amount of biodiversity- sensitive land as a result of default or debt work-out situations, … create and sustain biodiversity markets, and how trends in degradation and loss of biodiversity will emerge in the …
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
… for resources, a widening awareness of environmental degradation, and a fundamental change in the nature and … of a state consists of the following components: the land (including islands and rocks), internal waters, … by ships through dumping and operational discharges, from land (through rivers) or from the exploitation of the non- …