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UNEP - Our Planet Magazine - Making Our Future Chemical Safe - Edition from Sept 2015

… the whole life cycle of the toxic metal, including its mining, use, atmospheric emissions and disposal. It requires … caused by chemical agents. High-risk industries include mining, chemicals, construction and textiles.  However, … for example—can be as lethal as in manufacturing or mining. Almost no sector is exempt. Hundreds of thousands of …
16 Jun 2026 Document

Introduction to the Rotterdam Convention - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… and agricultural activivites Population Deforestation and mining Tourism and infrastructure development Fisheries … alone is already a serious concern. Deforestation and mining Deforestation and mining, even if occurring many hundreds of kilometres inland, …
16 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Chemicals and Waste

Shared resources: Issues of governance

… 22 2.4.2 Offshore mining and drilling … as trade, transport, agriculture, industrial development, mining, and tourism in the community (Article112, 1(e)). The … most destructive to mountain areas, such as extractive mining and large-scale dams, have few or no international …
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Guidebook for policy and legislative development on conservation and sustainable use of freshwater resources

… in coastal areas may also be affected by over-pumping, or mining. Mining of groundwater occurs when withdrawals exceed the … rank: domestic, waterworks, mineral trading, irrigation, mining, industrial, power, hydraulicking, storage, …
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Compilation of Internationally agreed environmental Goals and Objectives

… Also see section on biodiversity Agenda 21, chap. 12 Mining [46. Mining, minerals and metals are important to the economic and … for modern living.] Enhancing the contribution of mining, minerals and metals to sustainable development …
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The greening of water law: Managing freshwater resources for people and the environment

… in the recharge zone that might pollute the aquifer; mining activities that could destroy the aquifer matrix and, … Metals e.g., cadmium, lead, zinc, copper Industries and mining sites Persist in sediments and wetlands. They poison … n. 94, Annex. 76 tHe GreeninG of Water laW the aquifer; mining activities that could destroy the aquifer matrix and, …
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Guidelines for Protected Areas Legislation

… above and below ground as well as under water, including mining or other extractive activities, underwater noise, … the use of pesticides and fertilizers, major public works, mining, pollution, logging, or firewood collection. • Human … what happens to the resources on their lands including mining and forestry. The governing body for each community is …
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International environmental governance: An international regime for protected areas

… companies from seeking logging permits or starting mining operations: indeed the announcement by a govern - ment … latter reaction was with respect to the issue of uranium mining in an area contained within but excised from Kakadu … of national production and incomes. 3 Gutierrez, R. “Mining in Protected Areas of Australia and the Philippines” …
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Manual of Compliance with and Enforcement of Multilateral Environmental Agreements

… the Australian Greenhouse Challenge and the Australian mining industry’s Code for Environmental Management) and … a process for publicly disclosing the performance of mining and manufacturing companies with respect to … laws in Ghana. The pilot phase focuses on surface mining and activities resulting in discharge of effluent and …
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Synergies Success Stories - Enhancing cooperation and coordination among the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions

… the themes of chemicals, transport, waste management, mining and the ten-year framework of programmes on …
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