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Marine litter legislation: a toolkit for policy makers

… 4. Managing Waste Disposal into the Marine Environment … their composition: nurdles have been found to contain organic micropollutants, such as polychlorinated biphenyls … is likely to destroy or reduce amenities of the area.”251 Organic waste also is subject to legislation, and it is …
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UNEP’s Compendium of Innovative Laws: promoting Green Economy & Sustainable Development

… impacts, increasing resource efficiency and reducing waste. This compilation will then support legal drafters and … Act, RSY 2000 E-12. 42 Costa Rica  Environmental Organic Law No. 7554 of November 13, 1995 DRC Congo  … No. 17.283 of November 28, 2000 Venezuela  Environmental Organic Law In Singapore, the Environmental Protection and …
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Enforcement of Environmental Law: Good Practices from Africa,Central Asia, ASEAN Countries and China

… the closure of facilities observed discharging untreated waste. Kyrgyzstan: Mobile sensors are used for monitoring in … regional water pollutant discharges and regional solid waste pollutant discharge rankings, with search facilities … non-compliances, and auditing in term of hazardous waste generated, stored on-site and the amounts of waste
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Governing natural resources and the processes and institutions that affect them : North-West Frontier Province. Legislation.

… River Rules 1952 261 5.1.2.17 Hazara Management of Waste Land (Guzaras) Rules 1950 265 5.1.2.18 NWFP Protection … water and land; (b) all layers of the atmosphere; (c) all organic and inorganic matter and living organisms; (d) the … Law in Pakistan I N.W.F.P (u) “wild-life” includes organic resources, animals, birds, reptiles, vegetation, soil …
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Rule: Reforming water governance

… of flood and drought by storing water and to carry away waste. However, as human numbers grew and as society … usually by requiring permits for water withdrawals or waste disposal. 50 2. Water law must be consistent with … iron and steel, industrial minerals, inorganic chemicals, organic chemicals, and pulp and paper. They also include …
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Integrated coastal management law: Establishing and strengthening national legal frameworks for integrated coastal management

… plans for fisheries, energy, transportation, waste disposal, tourism, etc. ICM should also include the … from coastal ecosystems such as erosion control and waste treatment were estimated to contribute a further 134 … of coastal ecosystems and by the use of oceans to deposit waste. This in turn is being driven by increased population …
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A2 - Integrating Environmental Concerns in National Water Law

… regulation of the siting and operation of landfills and waste dumps regulation of urban land development, as regards … Namibia, a licence is required to construct and operate a waste disposal site above or near an aquifer. In addition, … landowners must (a) store and deal with wastewater, solid waste, manure, or other obnoxious materials that may pollute …
22 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

The burden of proof in natural resources legislation: Some critical issues for fisheries law

… Procedure7, under which a potential dumper of industrial waste in the North East Atlantic region has to prove, among …
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Perspectives and guidelines on food legislation, with a new model food law

… FOR STANDARDIZATION VI. INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF ORGANIC AGRICULTURE MOVEMENTS VII. UNITED NATIONS SPECIALIZED … IAC IFOAM Accreditation Criteria for Certification of Organic Production and Processing IBS IFOAM Basic Standards … must also be made for the removal and storage of food waste and other refuse. In addition, food hygiene regulations …
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Forest fires and the law: a guide for national drafters based on the fire management voluntary guidelines

… as major stationary sources of emissions of the persistent organic pollutant PAH (polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons), … on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution on Persistent Organic Pollutants (art. 8(a)), which entered into force in … purposes. The use of fire for land clearing, forest waste disposal and rural work is only admitted in the …
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