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Freshwater Law and Governance: Global and Regional Perspectives for Sustainability

… 4.1.5. Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (Stockholm Convention) … from water;275 and eroded soil is an important water pollutant. The convention’s linkage to water is further …
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GEO yearbook 2003

… Slovak Republic and Slovenia. The Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants enters into force on 17 May. A ‘dirty … are still high (Figure 20) (OECD 2002). The decrease in pollutant levels has usually been brought about through …
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Our sustainable future: the role of the Basel Convention

… exposure to carcinogens such as dioxins and furans; (b) Persistent organic pollutants and other obsolete pesticides and heavy … Convention on Climate Change; (c) Global impacts of persistent organic pollutants will be reduced through efforts …
20 May 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste

Pastoralism and the Green Economy - a natural nexus?

… of vegetation, bush encroachment, carbon release from soil organic matter decomposition, biodiversity loss, and adverse … first using organochlorines such as DDT and later less persistent chemicals such as endosulfans and pyrethroids. … pastoral populations under-developed, including with persistent failures in basic health and education. The post …
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Draft International Covenant on Environment and Development - Implementing Sustainable Development - Fifth Edition: Updated text (4th Revision)

… and Other Central and Eastern European Countries POPs Persistent Organic Pollutants REIO Regional Economic Integration … in the level of protection . The ban on a particular pollutant could be lifted when it is demonstrated that it no …
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Principles and concepts of international environmental law (Part 1) - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… Convention and the 2001 Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (“POPs”), among others. … International Lakes, and the 2001 Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (“POPs”). Also, the …
20 May 2026 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

Mapping the linkages between oceans and other Sustainable Development Goals: A preliminary exploration

… metals, long-lived and harmful chemicals and materials, persistent organic pollutants and other toxins that accumulate in the … polyaromatic hydrocarbons, and other environmentally persistent substances entering the marine food chain (Fleming …
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Embedding the Environment in Sustainable Development Goals

… and/or destruction of habitat), and the build-up of persistent organic pollutants in soils and water (pesticide application … (NPP) - the net amount of solar energy converted to plant organic matter through photosynthesis. The NPP has been …
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3rd UNCCD Scientific Conference: Book of abstracts

… dynamics, Impact on carbon and nutrient cycling: soil organic carbon dynamics, greenhouse gas emission and feedback … a whole with Nkambe plateau inclusive is attributed to a persistent reduction of water supply and to the likelihood … In the three studied depths in the 4 sampling sites pollutant concentrations were higher in the horizon layer …
20 May 2026 Document in Climate and Atmosphere

Energy law and sustainable development

… created over short time-frames by bacteria acting on organic material such as garbage in dumps, bacteria in the … phase [El Niño] episodes being relatively more frequent, persistent, and intense than the opposite cool phase. • In … in cities and ozone depletion. While coal is the major pollutant amongst traditional energy supply systems, lesser …
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