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… role of biodiversity in disease transmission or biological control. Finally, biodiversity provides commodities for … play a key role in providing ecosystem services (e.g. flood protection, supply of water and raw materials, genetic … as water yield, water purification, breakdown of wastes, flood control, storm and coastal protection, soil formation …

… London, and the German Hanseatic towns situated in the flood plains of vast deltas are but a few examples. In … covered or saturated by water - marshes, bogs, swamps, flood plains and the like. For centuries mankind had viewed … governments, and it is governments who, in various ways, control land use within their borders. It is therefore …

… phasing out of lead in fuel (Box 5). Traditional pollution control that relies on end-of-pipe technologies has been … Programme 2017b). Environmental technologies that help to control and prevent pollution also bring tremendous trade and … America and the Caribbean. The benefits of water pollution control amounted to 7.4 billion (2015 prices). This includes …

… group, the FARC.3 Areas previously under guerrilla control are now eyed enviously by extractive companies and … INDUSTRIES AT THE HEART OF THE VIOLENCE Conflicts over the control of land and natural resources were an underlying … web of militias and paramilitary groups are jostling to control the territories it leaves behind. This brings them …

… Boundary Waters Treaty, each country reserved the right to control the use of waters within its jurisdiction while … the USA. These projects would also provide irrigation and flood control benefits in the USA, all of which would not be … Canada to a lump sum payment for various downstream (flood control) benefits. Canada would also claim half of the …

… for example, water storage; storm protection and flood mitigation; shoreline stabilization and erosion control; groundwater recharge and discharge; water … Untere Lobau (Austria), Moravské luhy (Morava flood plains) (Slovak Republic), Mokrady dolního Podyjí …

… of ecosystems” (article 2(2)). In order to prevent, control and reduce transboundary impact, State parties are … obligation contained in article 21 to prevent, reduce and control the pollution of an international watercourse. With … watercourses, natural or artificial reservoirs, springs, flood plains and wetlands in general. The 2014 Japanese Water …

… regulation of climate through the storing of carbon and control of local rainfall, the removal of pollutants by … n Pollinate crops and plants, and disperse seeds n Control agricultural pests and diseases n Produce food (such …

… to ensure that activities within their jurisdiction and control respect the environment of other States or of areas beyond national control is now part of the corpus of international law … to ensure that activities within their jurisdiction and control respect the environment of other States or of areas …

… to ensure that activities within their jurisdiction and control respect the environment of other States or of areas beyond national control is now part of the corpus of international law … to ensure that activities within their jurisdiction and control respect the environment of other States or of areas …