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

… reduced visibility, impaired photosynthesis, reduced plant growth, toxicity build-up in food chain Breathing disorders, … blue-green algae changing habitats, toxicity, reduction in population size of species such as frogs, feminization of … changes to species distributions and functions, widespread population impacts affecting habitats and maintenance of …
17 Jul 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

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

… they reduce the resource and environmental footprint of growth, but they can also have income and job impacts on … in rural areas by 2040. As a result, the share of India’s population exposed to air with a high concentration of fine … Sustainable development is not possible without a healthy population. Goal 10 – the inequality goal – includes the …
17 Jul 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Guidelines - Biodiversity in Impact Assessment

… by internal ecosystem processes (nutrient and energy flow, population dynamics, etc.). In addition, human processes can … or the maximum allowable disturbance level of a resource, population, or ecosystem, taking into account the full … Biophysical processes such as soil formation, forest (re)growth, genetic erosion and evolutionary processes, effects …
17 Jul 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Transitioning to a pollution-free planet

… that promote and enable a radical decoupling of economic growth from natural resource consumption and environmental … regularly practised outdoor sports compared to the general population (De Pretto et al. 2015). In both cases, the groups … quality factors, the social costs of each pollutant and population density in the municipality in which the facility …
17 Jul 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

MEA Negotiator’s Handbook

… 1-8 1.1.1.4. Growth of law-making in international environmental matters … protect and improve environment for the benefi t of their population. Principle 14 Rational planning constitutes an … should be applied in those regions where the rate of population growth or excessive population concentrations are …
17 Jul 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

On dangerous ground _ Global Witness

… identity and way of life. Less than 6% of the world’s population is estimated to be indigenous peoples, but their … responded to earlier threats against the victims.106 The growth in energy demand has driven the construction of large … and was accused by a local administrator of inciting the population to revolt.172 In June 2015, a report by the …
17 Jul 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

D2 - Dams, Ecosystems and Fisheries

… is reduced. Slack water conditions can result in algae growth and reduced oxygen levels that impact fisheries. The … economic needs of the watercourse States concerned; 2. The population dependent on the watercourse in each watercourse …
17 Jul 2026 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

Introduction to the international legal framework on Environmental Impact Assessment

… degradation of natural resources caused by rapid population growth, industrialization, agricultural development, and …
17 Jul 2026 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

Introduction to International Environmental Governance (IEG) - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… ecosystems are under increasing stress due to growing population and extension of agricultural land into forest and … natural resources as essential to the long-term economic growth and social development of their countries and the … purposes of the Association: (1) to accelerate economic growth, social progress and cultural development in the …
01 Sep 2017 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders_2016 Report

… North. In a globalized world, the quest for economic growth has resulted in a neo-colonial environment that … a commodity-based approach, prioritizing economic growth and midterm profits, and rights-based approaches, …
17 Jul 2026 Document in Environmental Governance