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Global Mercury Assessment

… and updated information on artisanal and small-scale gold mining. • The use of different pollution control technologies … cycling in the environment. Artisanal and small-scale gold mining and coal burning are the major sources of … confirms the role of artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) and coal burning as the largest components of …
16 Jun 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste

Mapping Biodiversity Priorities - a practical, science-based approach to national biodiversity assessment and prioritisation to inform strategy and action planning

… sector and other sectors, such as agriculture, forestry, mining, tourism, and urban and regional planning. One of the … ● Pressures in the marine environment can include fishing, mining, shipping, waste water discharge, coastal development, … example, by avoiding areas that have high agricultural or mining potential or that have been earmarked for expansion of …
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The Implementation cycle II - Preparatory phase

… include those concerning agriculture, fisheries, forestry, mining, energy, tourism, transport and others, while … plans such as agriculture, fisheries, forestry, mining, energy, tourism, transport and others. It implies …
16 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Biological Diversity

State of Biodiversity in Africa

… still illegally hunted for bushmeat. Furthermore, logging, mining, hunting and human population growth are placing … species. The effects, however, of grazing, agriculture and mining, the fragmentation of wildlife habitats by roads, the …
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Managing Natural World Heritage - World Heritage Resource Manual

… 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 … included traditional grazing activities and pre-existing mining concessions. This created a management paradox: how to …
16 Jun 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

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

… Converting a Resource to Refuse after 500 Years of Mining and Pollution”, Critical Reviews in Environmental … Environmental Engineering Research , Vol. 47, pp. 267-272. Mining, Minerals and Sustainable Development project (MMSD Project), 2002. Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining, documents on mining and sustainable development from …
16 Jun 2026 Document

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 … site for alternative uses, such as forestry, agriculture, mining, etc.) and social/ political considerations (e.g., …
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European models of good practice in protected areas

… a waterfall with a short trail and an exhibit on copper- mining. Rangers take visitors along this trail but noth- ing …
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State of Biodiversity in Latin America and the Caribbean

… fishing, health, transportation, infrastructure and mining. Mainstreaming therefore needs to be seen as the …
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A moving target : Genetic resources and options for tracking and monitoring their international flows

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