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Draft International Covenant on Environment and Development - Implementing Sustainable Development - Fifth Edition: Updated text (4th Revision)

… . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 ARTICLE 30: POLLUTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . … . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 ARTICLE 31: NOISE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . … that is toxic, hazardous, or bioaccumulative . ARTICLE 31 NOISE Parties shall take all appropriate measures to minimize …
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Mediterranean strategy for sustainable development 2016-2015: Investing in environmental sustainability to achieve social and economic development

… to the ocean, and therefore particularly sensitive to pollution. In addition, its mild climate makes it home to a … and sprawl, chemical contamination, marine litter, marine noise, invasive non-indigenous species, and, overexploitation … and increased risks from marine pollution and marine noise ➢ Loss of biodiversity ➢ Ecosystem fragmentation and …
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Sustainable tourism in protected areas: Guidelines for planning and management

… � reduced infant mortality; � elimination of water and air pollution; � increased access to recreation sites, protected … and air pollution n Firewood collection n Visual and noise impacts n Overfishing, undersized fishing n Impacts on … visitors. n Disturbance can be of several kinds: noise, visual or harassing behaviour. n The impact can last …
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UNEP’s Compendium of Innovative Laws: promoting Green Economy & Sustainable Development

… and private investments that reduce carbon emissions and pollution, enhance energy and resource efficiency, and … air and water, freedom from excessive and unnecessary noise, and the natural, scenic, historic, and esthetic … of Article2 Of the Clean Air Conservation Act, noise and vibration control facilities under subparagraph 4 …
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GEO yearbook 2003

… sites, and reducing disturbances, habitat loss and pollution. The seventh meeting of the Conference of the … is affected by air pollution problems, as well traffic noise, road accidents, congestion and reduction in physical … should focus on reducing emissions, congestion, noise, road deaths and injuries, and on enhanced mobility …
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Biodiversity management in the cement and aggregates sector: Regulatory tools.

… in biodiversity in ad- joining habitats (e.g. through noise or dust pollu- tion or through habitat fragmentation). … sources; 6. dumping of non-mineral solid waste; 7. water pollution; and 8. threats to habitat by uncontrolled fires. … natural habitats; and incidents of air, water or soil pollution spilling over into the site. The aim of a company …
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Energy law and sustainable development

… the 1979 Geneva Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution, and its Protocols. 1302 U.N.T.S. 217, 18 I.L.M. … problems in terms of accidents and injury, health, noise, congestion and loss of productivity similar to those … so that little impact occurs on the land. However, the noise can be heard for considerable distances, depending on …
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Case studies on bioenergy policy and law: options for sustainability

… application of fertilizers and pesticides; increased water pollution and eutrophication; soil degradation and erosion; … of effluent in water sources, air quality, control of noise and vibration, and control of noxious smells, inter … assessment process. It regulates aspects such as air and noise, water and other types of pollution and hazardous waste …
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Guidebook for policy and legislative development on conservation and sustainable use of freshwater resources

… greater than the energy crisis faces us: the depletion and pollution of the planet’s limited supply of fresh water. Its … relation to a discharge of a contaminant or an emission of noise, means the best method for preventing or minimizing the … liquids, solids, and micro-organisms) or energy (excluding noise) or heat, that either by itself or in combination with …
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