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Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders_2016 Report
… from climate change, biodiversity loss and environmental pollution to poverty eradication. They would also ensure that … in relation to the extractive and mining industries, palm oil cultivation and deforestation proved to be most at risk … to construction projects such as hydroelectric dams, oil and gas pipelines and aqueducts. Other areas in which …
Framework principles on Human Rights and the environment
… the quality of the environment, including air and water; pollution, waste, chemicals and other potentially harmful … quality, the global climate, freshwater quality, marine pollution, waste, toxic substances, protected areas, conser- … art. 3 (1). 22 For example, a decision to allow massive oil pollution in the pursuit of economic de- velopment could …
Mr. Michael Frost, Analysis on the situation of Environmental Human Rights Defenders
… the Americas 11 communications from Honduras Palm oil cultivation Mining industries Deforestation 10 … lands **Construction projects = hydroelectric dams, oil and gas pipelines and aqueducts Other areas in which … forced evictions, nuclear power and environmental pollution. guatemala 37 communications 19 type of threats …
Introduction to Human Rights and the Environment - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… on Human and Peoples’ Rights has decided cases concerning pollution and the exclusion of indigenous peoples from their … Peoples’ Rights concluded that “an environment degraded by pollution and defaced by the destruction of all beauty and … corporations that infringe on human rights through oil pollution, and then to ensure that there is an “adequate …
Guidelines - Biodiversity in Impact Assessment
… species, overexploitation of resources and many forms of pollution. Global Biodiversity Outlook 2 demonstrates that, … for the Protection of the Mediterranean Sea against Pollution from Land-based Sources. Consideration should be … Environmental High Risk Areas (sensitive areas prone to oil pollution from shipping)· • Sites identified and …
International Environmental law-making and Diplomacy Review
… 10 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution, Geneva, November 13 1979, in force 16 March 1983, … regional seas, endan- gered species, and transboundary air pollution) all date back to the beginnings of international … 25 Years of the Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution (United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, …