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Technical guidelines: General technical guidelines on the environmentally sound management of wastes of wastes consisting of, containing or contaminated with persistent organic pollutants
… the UNECE 1979 Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution ; (b) 2003 Protocol on Pollutant Release and … and PCTs Finland Council of State Decision (101/1997) on oil waste management · Contains limit values for PCBs in regenerated oil and in oil wastes destined for incineration Finland …
Global Mercury Assessment
… a contribution to international efforts to reduce mercury pollution. This summary report and the accompanying Technical … not previously included, such as aluminium production, oil refining, and contaminated sites. • More and better … production; secondary metals production and ferro-alloys; oil and gas extraction and transport; and industrial and some …
Global biodiversity outlook 4 - A mid-term assessment of progress towards the implementation of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020
… degradation and biodiver- sity loss (Target 7). Nutrient pollution has stabilized in parts of Europe and North America … mainly attributed to large-scale agro-industry, especially oil palm plantations, while in other areas increased demand … and bird populations.¹²⁰ Overall, damage from marine oil spills has declined, due to better tanker design and …
Climate Change and POPs: Predicting the Impacts
… that sea ice melting will facilitate more ship traffic and oil and gas exploration, which will probably cause increased … such as climate change, habitat loss and fragmentation and pollution. It is likely that a combined exposure to these … will increase. Inuit children play on a pile of empty oil drums. Moriussaq, nw Greenland IMPACT OF CliMATe CHAnGe …
Explaining Ocean Warming: Causes, scale, effects and consequences
… human migration Monsoons, forest fires and associated air pollution Positive feedback to temperature from burning peat … open water in the region also make it more attractive for oil and gas prospecting, shipping keen to exploit shorter … Arctic cetaceans overlaps with known or suspected offshore oil and gas deposits and the threats associated with oil and …
European models of good practice in protected areas
… change to it will be from other causes, such as from air pollution, climate change and change in groundwater. Studies … on the chemical aspects of the environment, notably on pollution, changes in species population and in entomology. … reg- ulated solutions to the problem of used motor oil and the association of jewellers requesting studies and …
A moving target : Genetic resources and options for tracking and monitoring their international flows
… hundreds of mil- lions of dollars in future contracts on oil exploration during the last weeks of his administration. The money now, the oil production later. Fortunately, the Ecuadorian … audacity to publish in Nature his findings of transgenic pollution, thereby risking corporate grants at UC-Berkeley …
Guidelines for public use measurement and reporting at parks and protected areas
… and resource protection concerns, e.g., site hardening, pollution abatement, etc. Establishing and maintaining public … pearls, shells) Salvage of historic shipwrecks Mining Oil and gas extraction The permit requirements may include …
Identification and gap analysis of key biodiversity areas : Targets for comprehensive protected area systems
… exotic species are wreaking havoc with native communities; pollution is altering biogeochemical and climate cycles; and … Tourism and recreation areas Energy production and mining Oil and gas drilling Mining and quarrying Renewable energy … Problematic native species Introduced genetic material Pollution Domestic and urban waste water Industrial and …