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Mitigating the impacts of oil palm expansion and operations on biodiversity
… WCC-2016-Res-061-EN Mitigating the impacts of oil palm expansion and operations on biodiversity RECOGNISING that oil palm is the most productive commercially grown … forest fragmentation, peatland degradation, water pollution, biodiversity loss, forest fires, and greenhouse …
Global Land Outlook
… 179-206. 25 Shiva, V. 2002. Water Wars: Privatization, Pollution and Profit. Pluto Press, London. 26 Weber, T. 1988. … driver,14 especially the production of beef, soybeans, and oil palm.15 Although the net area devoted to agriculture … of deforestation, forest degradation, and soil erosion.48 Oil and gas extraction – in addition to their role in …
Governing natural resources and the processes and institutions that affect them : North-West Frontier Province. Legislation.
… and other natural resources as well as the control of pollution and hazardous materials. The environmental legal … administration, and operate as provincial laws. Mineral oil and natural gas are included in the Federal Legislative … mines and oilfields. Exploitation of minerals other than oil and natural gas, therefore, is a provincial subject. Laws …
The impact of disasters and crises on agriculture and food security
… and nuclear emergencies, dam failures, industrial pollution, oil spills, and so on. à conFlicTs And proTrAcTEd crisEs … accidents, land-based pollutants, and wilful discharge of oil, petroleum products and chemicals also impact fisheries …
Values of protected landscapes and seascapes: protected landscapes and agrobiodiversity values
… Other threats are reported too: population pressures, pollution, climate change, ethnic tensions, loss of cultural … exacerbated by the opportunities offered by the booming oil exploitation further down the river, a group of … their efforts to protect their rain forest home from the oil industry, mining companies, and colonists. Cofan are …