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… more widely and wisely. To soil scientists, the continuing depletion and removal of natural vegetation, loss of … Sea 202 ■ 1985 Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer 203 ■ 1989 ILO Convention (No. 169) concerning …

… 64 “Biosphere”, the world’s largest ecosystem, refers to a layer of the Earth’s surface; the Man and the Biosphere … 132 E.g., PRC National Program for Phasing-out Ozone Depleting Substances; more than 100 policies and measures have been promulgated to protect the ozone layer and establish a base for developing and …

… mining. This leads to soil degradation by nutrient depletion. On sloping lands, if no anti-erosion measures are … trade in hazardous wastes, endangered species, the ozone layer, and wetlands. These are all issues that relate, in one …

… importance of natural capital to – and the effect of its depletion on – human welfare; and to explore the costs and … majority of nutrients are found in the biomass and in the layer of dead and decomposing matter on the forest floor. The … and scattering effects of atmospheric gases, in particular ozone, oxygen and water vapour, of the scattering of air …