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Global Mercury Assessment

… countries/regions. • New and updated information on artisanal and small-scale gold mining. • The use of different pollution control technologies … the amount of mercury that is cycling in the environment. Artisanal and small-scale gold mining and coal burning are …
22 Jun 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste

Technical guidelines: Technical guidelines on the environmentally sound management of wastes consisting of, containing or contaminated with mercury or mercury compounds

… Environmental and Health Assessment of Mercury Released by Artisanal and Small -Scale Gold Miners , GEF/UNDP/UNIDO, … Global Mercury Project, 2006. Manual for Training Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Miners , UNIDO, Vienna. … Converting a Resource to Refuse after 500 Years of Mining and Pollution”, Critical Reviews in Environmental …
22 Jun 2026 Document

Managing Natural World Heritage - World Heritage Resource Manual

… concerning nature and the universe; and traditional artisanal skills. A separate Convention for the Safeguarding … use of pesticides and fertilizers, major public works, mining, pollution, logging, firewood collection, etc. (iii) … due to livestock grazing, tourism and firewood collection; mining activities; hydropower projects; and loss of glaciers …
22 Jun 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

Global biodiversity outlook 4 - A mid-term assessment of progress towards the implementation of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020

… groups for both the water and forest accounts Madagascar Mining, water and forests/protected areas and coastal — … Ocean Health Index uses a portfolio of ten public goals (artisanal fishing opportunities, biodiversity, coastal … protection 69 Carbon storage 74 Natural products 31 Artisanal Fishing Opportunities 95            65 C oastal …
22 Jun 2026 Literature

Identification and gap analysis of key biodiversity areas : Targets for comprehensive protected area systems

… management units such as existing protected areas, logging/mining concessions and privately owned areas, can help … suitability (e.g., Pressey and Taffs 2001), or mining concessions. ø The main ecosystem at the site. This … or farming Marine and freshwater aquaculture – Subsistence/artisanal aquaculture – Industrial aquaculture Residential …
22 Jun 2026 Literature See it in ECOLEX · This content is provided by ECOLEX

Explaining Ocean Warming: Causes, scale, effects and consequences

… Reducing physical disturbance such as boating, fishing and mining activities to “healthy” seagrass ecosystems that … must reduce their impacts, with a shift from industrial to artisanal practices. Many fish species eat jellyfish, and … from the geo- referenced catch-and-effort dataset and artisanal catches from the nominal catches dataset (see …
22 Jun 2026 Literature See it in ECOLEX · This content is provided by ECOLEX