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Judges and the rule of law. Creating the links: Environment, human rights and poverty

… of complex topics ranging from natural resource damages to pollution preven- tion, public participation in decision … such as rising of water-tables, salinity, waterlogging, soil erosion, ozone depletion and climatic changes. The … quarries in Doon Valley on the grounds that it would cause soil erosion, deforestation and river silting. The Supreme …
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Conservation and sustainable development in mountain areas

… for coordination and the management of water and soil resources. A key activity is to generate the information … helping to combat erosion and provide nutrients to soil. Europe: the successful promotion of ‘Tome des Bauges’ … and park encroachment, but also against indirect threats: pollution and human activities in protected areas. It is …
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Water as a human right?

… for the future, as growing demands outstrip supplies and pollution continues to contaminate rivers, lakes and … have the right to protection and preservation of the air, soil, water, sea-ice, flora and fauna, and the essential … mining operation contaminating the water supplies and the soil violated nearby residents’ constitutional right to …
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Poverty and conservation: Landscapes, people and power

… sources dry up, become choked with silt or contaminated by pollution, the provision of this essential basic resource … and Gillusson 1985; Kikula 1986; Maro 1997). • Declining soil fertility: Over 90 percent of the people depend on … but the extent of arable land is decreasing due to soil erosion and loss of soil fertility, combined with poor …
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Poverty, equity and rights in conservation : Technical papers and case studies

… can emigrate or acquire means to limit the impact of pollution (Kapp, 1972). They can also avoid financial damages … (through, for example, the institutionalisation of a pollution credit market). 63 See section 2.5.4, p. 22. 64 … ´, in Hanna et al. (1996), 13–34. Dales J.H. (1968), Pollution, Property and Prices : An Essay in Policy-Making …
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