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Global Mercury Assessment

… soils and tailings, it may be re-mobilized by leaching and erosion. In addition, mining may disturb mercury- containing … than would otherwise have become available from natural erosion. A key factor in these processes is the local … or intermediate, to determine the relative importance of erosion. The tropical and subtropical countries which have …
25 May 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste

Introduction to the International Legal Framework on Marine Biodiversity - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… hundreds of kilometres inland, often lead to widespread erosion and thereby large increases in sediment load in … due to a combination of lack of sediment input, enhanced erosion and severe reduction in nutrient load. Such problems …
25 May 2026 Course lesson in Marine and Freshwater

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

… hundreds of kilometres inland, often lead to widespread erosion and thereby large increases in sediment load in … due to a combination of lack of sediment input, enhanced erosion and severe reduction in nutrient load. Such problems …
25 May 2026 Course lesson in Chemicals and Waste

Introduction to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants

… hundreds of kilometres inland, often lead to widespread erosion and thereby large increases in sediment load in … due to a combination of lack of sediment input, enhanced erosion and severe reduction in nutrient load. Such problems …
25 May 2026 Course lesson in Chemicals and Waste

UN Watercourses Convention User’s Guide

… flood or ice conditions, water- borne diseases, siltation, erosion, salt-water intrusion, drought or desertification. … ‘control’ such as regulating flow, floods, pollution and erosion, saline intrusion, and mitigating drought.92 The … change occurs over a long period of time (by accretion and erosion) then the general rule is the territorial boundary of …
25 May 2026 Document in Marine and Freshwater

Introduction to Freshwater Resources - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… For example, deforestation can increase runoff, causing erosion of soil which can lead to increased turbidity of …
25 May 2026 Course lesson in Marine and Freshwater

United Nations Convention on the Law of the Non-Navigational Uses of International Watercourses - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… conditions as floods, ice hazards, water-borne diseases, erosion, salt-water intrusion, drought and desertification, …
25 May 2026 Course lesson in Marine and Freshwater

Document - Freshwater Law and Governance: Global and Regional Perspectives for Sustainability

… this norm, see MCCAFFREY, supra, at 446-462. 53 preventing erosion of its banks, pollution, flooding from deforestation … aims to prevent land degradation, including soil erosion from water;275 and eroded soil is an important water … resources as well, including recharge of aquifers and soil erosion into watercourses. Well- maintained natural forests …
25 May 2026 Document in Marine and Freshwater

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

… systems (rivers, lakes, creeks) through soil leaching and erosion, and through sediment suspension. Globally, it is …
25 May 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste