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The greening of water law: Managing freshwater resources for people and the environment

… cooperative programme in water research, water resources management, education and capacity-building. tHe GreeninG of … next 50 years. Rivers carry most land-based impacts into coastal areas and the oceans, thereby threatening other … 10–20 per cent global increase in river nitrogen flows to coastal ecosystems, continuing the trend of an increase of 29 …
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Guidelines for Protected Areas Legislation

… and sustainable development 16 2 Perpetual integrity 17 3 Management principles with legal application 19 3.1 System … first offshore MPA 214 Box III(2)-3: New Zealand’s MPAs—coastal versus deepwater zones 215 Box III(2)-4: Great … 217 Box III(2)-6: CBD Programme of Work on Marine and Coastal Biodiversity—MPAs and national legislation 231 Box …
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Shared resources: Issues of governance

… 4 1.3 Ecosystem protection and management … 8 1.3.3 Coastal and marine ecosystems … Denmark, Germany, and the Netherlands. In 1987, the three coastal States entered into an administrative agreement on a … a programmatic approach, and the ecosystem approach. 1.3.3 Coastal and marine ecosystems Efforts to protect the marine …
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A guide to the complementarities between the Convention on Migratory Species and the Convention on Biological Diversity

… Intersect with all CBD Thematic Areas 17 4.1 Marine and Coastal Biodiversity 17 4.2 Inland Waters Biodiversity 19 4.3 … of migratory species through specific conservation and management plans for individual and groups of migratory … The habitats of migratory species are found in marine and coastal ecosystems, inland waters ecosystems, forest …
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Compilation of Internationally agreed environmental Goals and Objectives

… (such as the International Conference on Chemicals Management which adopted the Strategic Approach to … biomass, forests and oceans as well as other terrestrial, coastal and marine ecosystems; (e) Cooperate in preparing for … develop and elaborate appropriate and integrated plans for coastal zone management, water resources and agriculture, and …
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Introduction to the Rotterdam Convention - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… protein and moderates global climatic change. Marine and coastal areas are home to a wide variety of ecosystems, for … demographic trends of increasing population densities in coastal areas pose further problems to the marine … one single authority, it is often essential that fisheries management authorities cooperate in order to align their …
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Guidebook for policy and legislative development on conservation and sustainable use of freshwater resources

… this need. At its core lie three components: assessment, management and co-ordination of actions. All three components … comprising rain-, surface- and ground waters, and coastal and marine waters. The importance of environmental … also include the necessary links between river basin and coastal water resources management. The Environmental Law …
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Third report on the protection of the atmosphere

… exists in respect of all other States, but among these the coastal State which is particularly affected by the pollution … in the Protection and Development of the Marine and Coastal Environment of the West and Central African Region … 1983 (article 12); 142 (h) Convention for the Protection, Management and Development of the Marine and Coastal
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Glossary of terms for negotiators of multilateral environmental agreements

… and promoting human health), conservation and resource management, major groups (e.g. women, indigenous people, … and ad hoc coalition of 43 small island and low-lying coastal States In the UNFCCC 12 process. These nations are … scales for the reduction of the environmental hotspots in coastal areas”). 50 who furthermore have maintained, at least …
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Role of Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs) in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

… on Persistent Organic Pollutants and others) Sound management of chemicals and wastes and related impacts on the … including marine debris and nutrient pollution Index of coastal eutrophication and floating plastic debris density … 14.2 By 2020, sustainably manage and protect marine and coastal ecosystems to avoid significant adverse impacts, …
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