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Compilation of Internationally agreed environmental Goals and Objectives

… 16 1. Air pollution and air quality … are covered in the compilation: (a) Air pollution and air quality; (b) Biodiversity; (c) Chemicals and wastes; … the right to life, the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health, food, adequate …
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Manual of Compliance with and Enforcement of Multilateral Environmental Agreements

… .... 141 The Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution (LRTAP) .... 142 The UNECE Convention on Access … law. Additionally, most national laws apply a standard approach regarding potential conflicts between … reporting, recalculations, uncertainties, and data quality. The reporting tables annexed to the Guidelines aim …
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Third report on the protection of the atmosphere

… its scope or even elaborating a new, global convention on air pollution.” 15 In regard to the 2013 understanding, 16 … See Birgit Lode et al., “Clean Air for All? Air Quality in the 2030 Agenda, and in International Law”, Review … 53 19. In its previous work analysing the due diligence standard, the Commission considered it to be “a diligence …
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UNEP - Our Planet Magazine - Making Our Future Chemical Safe - Edition from Sept 2015

… Council, the economic toll of health costs associated with air pollution in the United States alone is US$120 billion … all stages of a product’s life, is becoming the new standard. “Rather than judging against a few basic criteria, … is a much more thorough understanding of suppliers and the quality of their products. By knowing in detail the chemistry …
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Sources of international water law

… indication or reference to freshwaters which meet the standard illustrated at the outset of this Foreword, or to a … and with as little reference as possible to the different quality of the merchandize, in order that a minute … effects on human health and safety, flora, fauna, soil, air, water, climate, landscape and historical monuments or …
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Shared resources: Issues of governance

… many of the older agreements lack provisions on water quality management, monitoring, public participation, … agency. The Commission today also addresses transboundary air pollution. Namibia and South Africa also have created a … out various forms of environmental assessment as its standard procedure for ensuring satisfactory environmental …
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The greening of water law: Managing freshwater resources for people and the environment

… Hence, when water resources suffer degradation in quality or quantity, they can have profound consequences for … the principle appeared in the Trail Smelter transboundary air pollution case between Canada and the United States. … of the no significant harm rule, the same evidentiary standard is typically required to establish the degree of …
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Guidebook for policy and legislative development on conservation and sustainable use of freshwater resources

… linked to the use and availability of water. Water quality reveals everything, right or wrong, that we do. Its … The first approach prescribes a specific quality standard for a particular watercourse, effectively … of integrated and interconnected relations of land, air, water and biological diversity; 4. encouragement of …
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International environmental governance: An international regime for protected areas

… protected areas in coastal and marine areas has become standard; n standard also has become the call for applying an … nations felt the consequences of heavy pollution in the air and waterways containing toxins killing marine life among … increase with the result that in some cases the quality of management is compromised. In many parts of the …
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Guidelines for Protected Areas Legislation

… the past few decades the global extent, distribution and quality of management of protected areas has expanded despite … to individual sites under comparable conditions in standard ways. • Cost-effectiveness, efficiency and equity: … wood, etc.) and the ecosystem services (e.g., clean air and water, climate regulation, nutrient cycling, etc.) on …
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