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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

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

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

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

Convention text of the Minamata Convention on Mercury

… reduce emissions and releases of mercury to air, water and land and the impact of such emissions and releases on the … mercury compounds, often expressed as “total mercury”, to land and water from the relevant point sources not addressed … health promotion, thereby minimizing the need for dental restoration; (ii) Setting national objectives aiming at …
25 May 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste

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

The Minamata Convention on Mercury and its implementation in the Latin America and Caribbean region

… President, Suriname), Judith Torres (Ministry of Housing, Land Planning and Environment, Uruguay), Luis Chinchay … (Art. 7) Emissions to air (Art. 8) Releases to water and land (Art. 9) Environmentally sound interim storage of … health promotion,in order to minimize the need for dental restoration, promotion of the use of cost –effective and …
25 May 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste

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

E1 - Regulation of the Environment - Support Function of Groundwater Systems

… aquifer. It can also result in the subsidence of overlying land, which can destroy the storage and transmission … negatively affected. Further, contamination from various land-based human activities, such as, agricultural, … of aquifer pollution; (h) direct the owner or occupier of land to seal off any borehole situated on the land – (i) …
25 May 2026 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

Ratification and Implementation Guidelines

… 61 61 62 64 64 64 64 66 66 Article 9: Releases Sources of Land and Water Releases Covered Required Control Measures for … 7); 5. Emissions (to air) (Article 8); 6. Releases (to land and water) (Article 9); 7. Environmentally sound interim … health promotion, thereby minimizing the need for dental restoration; Note: The prevention of dental caries (tooth …
25 May 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste