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Integrating Economics into Resource and Environmental Management Some Recent Experiences in the Pacific

… economic considerations in environmental or economic development efforts. We all know that Pacific islanders rely … or mitigation in the future. In the case of Navua, Fiji (a rural centre about one hour west of Fiji’s capital, Suva), an … and it is the single most important employer in the rural areas. The sugar industry, at its peak, had over 23,000 …
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Safe Havens: Protected Areas for Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation

… pragmatic solutions to our most pressing environment and development challenges. IUCN’s work focuses on valuing and … freehold property values in the study area (which includes rural residential and rural properties) reveals a substantial number of properties …
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Environmental Guidance Note for Disaster Risk Reduction - Healthy Ecosystems for Human Security

… pragmatic solutions to our most pressing environment and development challenges. IUCN works on biodiversity, climate … of risk affecting poverty and disasters: - vulnerable rural livelihoods - poor urban and local governance - … populations are more at risk to disasters – those in rural areas are also heavily dependent on ecosystem services …
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Helping nature help us - Transforming disaster risk reduction through ecosystem management

… is likely that the current trend will persist, undermining development and economic growth and putting more and more … of stakeholders from the national to local levels, such as rural development planning divisions, disaster management … impacted upon the amount of sediment originating from rural roads in the Phewa Lake watershed that eventually …
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Assessment and control of biological invasion risks

… assembly rules based on plant ecological traits in a rural landscape R. Tanaka and F. Koike 86 Assessment of the …
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Global Mercury Assessment

… its subsequent pathways and fate is a further significant development as these topics were not addressed in the 2008 … 2005 to USD 1100 per ounce in 2010), along with increased rural poverty, may indeed have caused more activity in this … mercury Decrease of 1.4-1.8% per year North America, rural sites 1995-2005 Total gaseous mercury Decrease of 2.2% …
18 Jun 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste

Persistent Organic Pollutants: Contaminated Site Investigation and Management Toolkit

… received from the staff of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization, especially Mohamed N.A. Eisa and … from the ministry groundwater section (more relevant for rural properties); g) municipal service plans (if relevant); … from the ministry groundwater section (more relevant for rural properties); g) municipal service plans (if relevant); …
18 Jun 2026 Document

Guidance on alternatives to perfluorooctane sulfonate and its derivatives

… (�) Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. 2006. Results of the 2006 OECD Survey on … United Kingdom Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and Environment Agency for England and Wales. … United Kingdom Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and Environment Agency for England and Wales.. …
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