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Assessing environmental impacts - A global review of legislation
… or restore; and where significant residual impacts remain, offset. (CSBI 2013) viii procedural requirements, this can … context 17 greenhouse gas emissions, to evaluate less carbon-intensive options [33]. 2.3 Regional developments … be implemented in order to avoid, minimise, restore, and offset negative environmental impacts and ideally trigger …
UNEP’s Compendium of Innovative Laws: promoting Green Economy & Sustainable Development
… Our distribution policy aims to reduce UNEP’s carbon footprint. UNEP’s Compendium of Innovative Laws: … Box 6: Best Practice: South Korea Framework Act on Low Carbon Green Growth (2010) Case Study Box 7: Case study: The … reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and establishing emission offset programs, such as emissions sequestration and storage, …
EU Environmental Policies and Strategies in South-Eastern Europe - Training guidelines for involving CSOs from SEE in the implementation of EU nature-related legislation
… forests, hedgerows and shelterbelts, can act to sequester carbon and creates soils, substrate and vegetation with the potential to retain carbon. Ecological networks can provide physical measures for … of the EIA, compensation measures are designed to offset the negative impacts of the projects. 41 Figure 4 …
Marine litter legislation: a toolkit for policy makers
… National Legislation and Policies 17 Contribute to a low carbon economy by treating “waste as a resource”; Improve … lost, or unusable fishing gear by providing funding to offset costs.327 The gear is then recycled and used to … S., Y. Li, Junyan Hu, and Tracy P.Y. Mok. 2011. “Carbon footprint of shopping (grocery) bags in China, Hong …
Wildlife law and the empowerment of the poor
… food or shelter, alter vegetation composition, change carbon storage or water quality, or affect other critical … Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP) is then to be designed to offset any harmful effects the proposed activity might have … reduction and expenses incurred by the minister may be offset by the sale of carcasses of any destroyed game (Game …