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Integrated coastal management law: Establishing and strengthening national legal frameworks for integrated coastal management
… frequency and intensity of storms. As a result, coastal erosion and flooding has increased, threatening coastal human … Indirect benefits from coastal ecosystems such as erosion control and waste treatment were estimated to … mining, excessive water consumption and watershed erosion; • global climate change, which is producing a …
EU Environmental Policies and Strategies in South-Eastern Europe - Training guidelines for involving CSOs from SEE in the implementation of EU nature-related legislation
… of services. These include shelter and the reduction of erosion, pollination, adaptation to climate change, corridors … food sources, and stabilize soil to prevent or reduce erosion; - it may contribute to landscape aesthetics, … of fauna and flora species and for human security: soil erosion, catchments of underground water areas protection, …
RAMSAR Handbook 3: Laws and institutions
… of coastal areas (storm absorption, natural flood defence, erosion and sedimentation processes). Legislation commonly … of banks, shores and wetland vegetation to minimise erosion and associated problems and to maintain wetland … the modification of the soil profile that could cause erosion and degradation of watersheds; • requiring the …
Forest fires and the law: a guide for national drafters based on the fire management voluntary guidelines
… ecosystems, site degradation, desertification and soil erosion and depletion of terrestrial carbon by fires burning … (art. 5). Secondary effects of forest fires include soil erosion, which may certainly affect the attainment of the … of the system, including a risk to water quality due to erosion following the fire; � condition class 2 federal land …
Managing Natural World Heritage - World Heritage Resource Manual
… adversely affect the ecosystem’s capacity to prevent soil erosion and provide clean water. • Benefits from resource use … of water resources for drinking and irrigation, and erosion control; • disaster mitigation; • climate change … has been exposed as a result of folding, faulting and the erosion of surrounding rock’. Yet, the less scientific …
UNEP’s Compendium of Innovative Laws: promoting Green Economy & Sustainable Development
… agriculture will increase yield and prevent land soil erosion, water scarcity and overall land degradation hence … freshwater species found in Croatia Figure 6: Coastal erosion negatively affects breeding sites for various … agriculture will increase yield and prevent land soil erosion, water scarcity and overall land degradation hence …
Development of an analytical tool to assess national biosecurity legislation
… for coordinating efforts to stop the rate of genetic erosion by promoting conservation activities. It is vested by … types facing immediate danger of extinction and genetic erosion. The institute was renamed the Biological Diversity …