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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 … Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land-based Activities (GPA). However, global and regional … 2012). • Well-planned and appropriate ecosystem restoration, compared to the loss of ecosystem services, may …
25 May 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Case Study - Inland Wetlands in India

… of India of ecosystems. For instance, when forest land is diverted or Afforestation (CA) over at least equal land area as the diverted forest land. In addition, a Net … large emphasis has been laid on the conservation, restoration and development of forests. Table 1 presents the …
25 May 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

D1 - Ecosystem Approach and Ecosystem Services

… V/6 of 2000 Principle 1: The objectives of management of land, water and living resources are a matter of societal … Convention for the Prevention of Marine Pollution from Land-Based Sources (Paris Convention), the 1979 Convention on … land-based activities” and to “ensure the conservation, restoration and sustainable use of terrestrial and inland …
25 May 2026 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

Document - The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands: its History and Development

… - lakes, ponds, rivers and coastal fringes - and any land which is regularly or intermittently covered or … and it is governments who, in various ways, control land use within their borders. It is therefore surprising how … administrative devices; the management, utilization and restoration of wetlands; the role of man-made aquatic …
25 May 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

Guidelines - Biodiversity in Impact Assessment

… Protection of the Mediterranean Sea against Pollution from Land-based Sources. Consideration should be given to … approach is an approach for integrated management of land, water and living resources that promotes conservation … invasive, alien and/or genetically modified species, (vii) restoration. - indirect drivers of change which can in turn …
25 May 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Ramsar Convention Manual, 6th Edition

… where the water table is at or near the surface of the land, or where the land is covered by shallow water. The Ramsar Convention takes … with development aid agencies; • to establish wetland restoration projects. c) Fostering communication about …
25 May 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

Transitioning to a pollution-free planet

… hazardous pollutants, and pollution of air, water and land that emanates from man-made activity and that degrades … ii. Areas of pollution (air, water, marine and coastal, land/soil) including the cross-cutting categories of … soil management activities including preservation and restoration at the global, regional and local levels. …
25 May 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

A2 - Integrating Environmental Concerns in National Water Law

… sources. These include: regulation of agricultural land use and practices regulation of the siting and operation of landfills and waste dumps regulation of urban land development, as regards the control of stormwater runoff … or surface waters. Also regulated are changes in land cultivation, and the application and storage of …
25 May 2026 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

On dangerous ground _ Global Witness

… DEADLY ENVIRONMENT: THE KILLING AND CRIMINALIZATION OF LAND AND ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENDERS WORLDWIDE ON DANGEROUS … environmental campaigner and activist on indigenous land rights. Last year she was awarded the Goldman … as the world’s most dangerous country per capita to be a land and environmental defender. This report is dedicated to …
25 May 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Managing Natural World Heritage - World Heritage Resource Manual

… International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property (ICCROM) UNESCO World … an outstanding example of a traditional human settlement, land-use, or sea-use which is representative of a culture (or … often led to communities being forcibly relocated from land that had in some cases been their traditional homelands …
25 May 2026 Document in Biological Diversity