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… dual track of actions: • Targeted interventions, based on risk assessments and scientific evidence of impacts, to … in enabling and guiding actions and including pollution management into development agendas, states and local … pollutants based on what could be done to reduce their risk to human health and ecosystems. Possible near-term …

… Nations Environment Programme 2017). Pollution puts at risk the possibility of achieving these outcomes and hence … as well as increasing the costs of clean up. Improved risk assessment of new pollution sources is also urgently … pharmaceuticals, such as antibiotics used for livestock management. These degrade soil biodiversity and functioning, …

… has provided a platform for countries to share air quality management experiences, good practices and lessons learned. A … Significant progress has been achieved in the areas of risk reduction, governance, capacity building and technical … in coastal communities in the developing world (Seas at Risk 2016). Freshwater Access to clean drinking water and …

… 3.2 Objectives of biodiversity management … and supported. The precautionary principle asks for a risk-averse and cautious approach in cases where impacts … example where societal stakes are high and biodiversity at risk is minimal, e.g. non-threatened or replaceable). Local, …

… to the resolution should fully consider the heightened risk posed by business activities to environmental human … or ineffective protection measures available for EHRDs at risk • In almost every affected Latin American country, … Integrate HRBA to their policies for fund allocation and management; condition their funds on such an approach in …

… deaths in more countries 8 Key Questions 10 > Who is at risk? 10 > What’s driving the attacks? 10 > Who is … are failing in their duty to protect activists at risk. They are permitting a level of impunity that allows the … navigate specific laws and contexts, establish risk management procedures, and design effective grievance …

… Groups of environmental human rights defenders at higher risk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 V. Empowering … to the resolution to fully consider the heightened risk posed by business activities to environmental human … approach in their policies for fund allocation and management; condition their funds on such an approach, in …

… is required for landfills. The aim is to minimize the risk of water pollution (1997 amendment to the 1959 Water … and fertilizers to cropland in areas zoned as “water management areas” (see 3.7) is restricted. The purpose is to … water resources such as a watershed or a wetland, from the risk of contamination (Water Act, 2011). In Palestine, zoning …

… InforMEA is steered by the MEA Information and Knowledge Management (IKM) Initiative with the support of UN … resources are the second largest group of defenders at risk of being killed (A/HRC/4/37), and that their situation … and adjudicating abuse by business enterprises, or risk breaching their international obligations” (A/ HRC/4/35, …

… with resources to protect defenders under threat, such as risk assessments, legal aid, security provi- sion and … Human Rights Violations18 should address the heightened risk posed by business activities to environmental and land … than we have documented. Killings reflect the most extreme risk faced by land and environmental defenders but last year …