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… 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 …

… 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 …

… small-scale gold mining. • The use of different pollution control technologies in different countries and regions have … in particular its partnership areas on mercury control from coal combustion, reducing mercury in artisanal … been revised and improved. Differences in air pollution control technologies and differences in the mercury content …

… 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 …

… such as water purification and retention, erosion control, and can reduce flooding and unnatural wild fires n …

… Network and GRID-Arendal. The Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and … on waste man- agement. The Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and … aluminium sludge were released into the Danube river and flood plain, contaminating 800 hectares of fertile ar- able …

… conservation and crop improvement, working on disease control and ways to prevent further loss of genetic resources … herbicides or even just different regimes for the physical control of weeds.60 The effective conservation of PGRFA … On-farm diversity is largely under the management control of farmers. The International Treaty aims at …

… Conservation and Management related policy frameworks that control, manage or aim to enhance various other ecosystem … and cultural services, like storm protection, erosion control, tourism and support functions such as climate … Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972; Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974; The Territorial Waters, …

… have sovereign rights to legislate, manage, exploit and control access to their natural resources, including PGRFA. l … sovereign states to legislate, manage, exploit and control access to the natural resources within their borders. … institu- tions holding plant genetic resources under their control were expected to adopt policies that would allow …

… be subject to the highest international standards of care control and management. Within the two definitions of … as by human settlement, construction of reservoirs which flood important parts of the property, industrial and … acceptable level of pollution and the management response control of agricultural chemicals or human waste as …