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UNEP Guide for Negotiators of Multilateral Environmental Agreements

… MARPOL International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships MOP Meeting of the Parties NGO … use of particular natural resources -- such as wildlife, air and the marine environment. Examples include the 1971 … (Annex III), sewage (Annex IV), garbage (Annex VI), air pollution from ships (Annex VII)). n Framework …
25 May 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

Manuel Destiné aux Points Focaux Nationaux de la CMS et de ses instruments

… écologique (par exemple, au niveau du climat et de la pollution). En outre, elles réalisent un certain nombre de … la faune sauvage, le braconnage et la pêche illégale, la pollution, les débris marins, l’empoisonnement, la … marin et de ses organismes vivants contre la pollution et l’altération physique ; Reconnaissant en outre …
25 May 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

Factsheet - Ecosystem Services

… local rainfall, the removal of pollutants by filtering the air and water, and protection from disasters such as … of energy and biomass fuels n Decompose waste and detoxify pollution n Generate, maintain and renew soil fertility … seafood) n Produce wood and fibre n Produce oxygen, purify air and water n Give cultural, intellectual, artistic and …
25 May 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

Additional Reading - Strategic Plan 2011-2020, including Aichi Biodiversity Targets

… for food security, human health, the provision of clean air and water; it contributes to local livelihoods, and … ensuring con- servation of biodiversity. By 2020, pollution, including from excess nutri- ents, has been …
25 May 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

Food and Agriculture Organization (2017), IPPC Procedure Manual for Standard Setting

… 103 10. General Considerations for Heated Air Treatments … more slowly. However, in commercial practice with heated air treatments the entire load heats up relatively slowly … genetic resources, while also reducing soil, air and water pollution. Countries and regions must enhance their …
25 May 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

Ramsar Convention Manual, 6th Edition

… ecosystems, owing mainly to ongoing drainage, conversion, pollution, and over-exploitation of their resources. The … sources, such as agricultural, industrial or domestic pollution, may occur at considerable distances from wetland … Connections” initiative, has provided subsidized air travel to participants in meetings of the Ramsar …
25 May 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

An Explanatory Guide to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

… dustrial practice, including diminution of environmental pollution; and � significant environmental benefits, includ- … diversity but also other parts of the environment such as air, water and soils. The reference to “conservation and … of UNCLOS. Article I, sections 1-5, of the International Air Services Transit Agreement lay down the extent and limits …
25 May 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

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

… were considered to be disease- ridden places, their “bad air” blamed for malaria. Only the relatively few people that … powerful and often extremely destructive through drainage, pollution and excessive hunting. However, agricultural crops … Convention, as well as new threats such as increased pollution by pesticides, it was decided that a G. V. T. …
25 May 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

Publication - An Explanatory Guide to the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing

… underlying continental shelf Sovereignty extends to the air space, water column, seabed and subsoil allowing for the …
25 May 2026 Document in Biological Diversity