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South African indigenous community win environmental rights case over mining company

09 Dec 2018 News in Land and Agriculture

Addressing pollution: Governance frameworks, challenges and oppotunities in the context of the 2030 Agenda

… looking at specific transboundary water basins, while land and soil pollution is indirectly addressed by the United … of chemicals by 2020. Its global approach covers all agricultural and industrial chemicals throughout their life … of ozone-depleting substances has avoided reductions in agricultural and fishery yields. During the period 1987 to …
25 May 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

On dangerous ground _ Global Witness

… DEADLY ENVIRONMENT: THE KILLING AND CRIMINALIZATION OF LAND AND ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENDERS WORLDWIDE ON DANGEROUS … where communities are being encroached on by ranches and agricultural plantations or gangs of illegal loggers. The … way to thousands of illegal logging camps2 whilst the agricultural frontier is pushing further into previously …
25 May 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

E2 - Prevention of Aquifer Pollution

… will discuss how the whole array of actors involved in land-use and pollution management has to be involved in … with accuracy. The prime cause of diffuse pollution is agricultural use of pesticides/herbicides and fertilizers, … phosphorus fertilizers and to prescribe the use of best agricultural and environmental practices. The whole array of …
25 May 2026 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

Transitioning to a pollution-free planet

… hazardous pollutants, and pollution of air, water and land that emanates from man-made activity and that degrades … wastewater and reduce excess nutrient runoff from agricultural systems into the marine environment 26. Restore … markets with productions sites. For example for ecosan Agricultural runoff and Waste Integrated pest management, …
25 May 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Towards a Pollution Free Planet - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… Environment Programme of age; nutrient over-enrichment of land and water is causing shifts in ecosystems and loss of … permafrosts. 1.2 Land and soil pollution product of poor agricultural practices, dumping of waste from households, … degrade soil biodiversity and functioning, and can reduce agricultural productivity, thus negatively impacting …
25 May 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Guidelines - Biodiversity in Impact Assessment

… Protection of the Mediterranean Sea against Pollution from Land-based Sources. Consideration should be given to … or cultivated species, and species with medicinal, agricultural, or other economic, social, cultural or … of such a trigger would be trade liberalisation in the agricultural sector and the effects this might have on …
25 May 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

MEA Negotiator’s Handbook

… 6-6 6.1.6.2. International Fund for Agricultural Development .. 6-6 6.1.6.3. International … Antarctica, for example is considered terra nullius or land that is not the sovereign territory of any country, like … consideration. Decision VI/5 of COP VI of the CBD, on Agricultural biological diversity: … Moreover, funding for …
25 May 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

A2 - Integrating Environmental Concerns in National Water Law

… or “diffuse” sources. These include: regulation of agricultural land use and practices regulation of the siting and operation … in those areas of a code or codes should observe “good agricultural practice” to be drawn up by EU members states in …
25 May 2026 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

E1 - Regulation of the Environment - Support Function of Groundwater Systems

… aquifer. It can also result in the subsidence of overlying land, which can destroy the storage and transmission … from various land-based human activities, such as, agricultural, industrial, and mining activities, can … water wells), activities in aquifer recharge zones (e.g., agricultural and industrial activities), activities involving …
25 May 2026 Course lesson in Environmental Governance