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E2 - Prevention of Aquifer Pollution

… and obtain your certificate. E2 - Prevention of Aquifer Pollution Author: Kerstin Mechlem Scope: This class … disposal and other impacting activities. In the field of oil and gas exploration and production, State oil and gas regulations protect groundwater resources through …
22 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

Transitioning to a pollution-free planet

… 49 Towards a Pollution-Free Planet 3 Transitioning towards a … Coalition 2016). Biotechnology is being used for cleaning oil-contaminated environments using bacteria or fungi for … and maintenance costs are relatively high Large-scale oil spills New generation trawler to recover oil spills 100% …
22 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Introduction to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants

… The exploitation of non-living marine resources such as oil, gas, sand, gravel, and diamonds and other precious … to be related to resource exploitation, for example by oil rigs, but could also take the form of land reclamation, … and indiscriminate fishing practices, marine pollution, invasive alien species and climate change. …
22 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Chemicals and Waste

Addressing pollution: Governance frameworks, challenges and oppotunities in the context of the 2030 Agenda

… 34 Towards a Pollution-Free Planet 2 The first Principles of both the 1972 … more than 80 countries. Governments, the oil and auto industries, and civil society have worked … change in household energy, cooling, bricks production, oil and gas production, agriculture, transport, solid waste, …
22 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Towards a Pollution Free Planet - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… Towards a Pollution-Free Planet The health of people and the planet is … been great strides in global Earth observation and marine oil spills and pollution from mine tailings, as well … human water ecosystems. Heavy metals and pollutants from oil and gas exploration and oil sands can accumulate in …
22 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Vital Waste Graphics 3

… living on this planet, more consumption, more waste, more pollution, less land available for landfills, and fewer … counterparts, still almost exclusively produced from oil. The increase of crude oil prices seems to have little effect on this trend. Indeed …
22 Jun 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste

Global Mercury Assessment

… a contribution to international efforts to reduce mercury pollution. This summary report and the accompanying Technical … not previously included, such as aluminium production, oil refining, and contaminated sites. • More and better … production; secondary metals production and ferro-alloys; oil and gas extraction and transport; and industrial and some …
22 Jun 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste

Introduction to the Basel Convention - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… Course to the International Legal Framework on Marine Pollution Book: Book - Unit 1 – Introduction … is dumping. Pollution from vessels can take the forms of oil, chemicals, lost cargo and equipment, sewage, garbage, … big supertankers, carrying a full cargo of 120,000 tons of oil. On 18 March, she struck Pollard’s Rock in the Seven …
22 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Chemicals and Waste

On dangerous ground _ Global Witness

… As demand for products like timber, minerals and palm oil continues, governments, companies and criminal gangs are … steps of the local court building. He had spoken out about pollution of the La Pasión River allegedly caused by the palm oil company Reforestadora de Palmas del Petén, S.A. (REPSA). …
22 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Defenders of the Earth

… – with 33 defenders killed after having opposed mining and oil projects – though the number of murders associated with … factor in almost every killing in 2016. Mining and oil are again linked to more murders – 33 cases in 2016 – … to take responsibility for displacing people and causing pollution. Out of desperation, the Adivasi began to blockade …
22 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance