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Energy subsidies: Lessons learned in assessing their impact and designing policy reforms

… radioactive substances. Some types of renewables may have adverse environmental consequences too, such as the … And removing subsidies to coal can have a devastating effect on employment and incomes in local communities that … any measures to deal with pollution were adopted. The adverse environmental effects in the region were compounded …
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Legal and institutional aspects of urban and peri-urban foresty and greening

… Deforestation" ..... 11 Box 6: By-laws currently in effect within the City of Toronto ........ 17 Box 7: National … transpiration, trees help to offset the "heat island effect" of urban areas. Trees are also effective in reducing … are converted to urban land use. In order to minimize adverse hydrologic effects of urbanization, city planners can …
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The environmental impact of economic incentives for agricultural production: a comparative law study

… is therefore extremely relative. When evaluating the effect of an economic incentive, particular attention should, … within acceptable boundaries. 48/ The incentives do in effect, therefore, act either positively or negatively, and … for contributions to the cultivation of the soil in adverse conditions. 235/ These contributions, which are paid …
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Payments for Ecosystem Services - Legal and Institutional Frameworks

… appropriate service providers, to clarify the cause-effect relationship between payments for upstream activities … activities would be made once the PES contract went into effect, Fundación NATURA agreed to become a party to the … possession by the local authority• - Usucapion (or adverse possession): This requires the peaceful possession of …
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CITES and CBNRM. Proceedings of an international symposium on “The relevance of CBNRM to the conservation and sustainable use of CITES-listed species in exporting countries”

… to the conservation of endangered species. The net effect of this is the de-facto prohibition of commercial … identified the unsustainable hunting of bushmeat, and its effect on non-target species, as a priority to be addressed … the ‘fence and fine’ approach to conservation has had an adverse effect on food security and livelihoods of people …
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