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3rd UNCCD Scientific Conference: Book of abstracts

… the objective is to maintain and improve the quantity and quality of productive land. The conference called for … 2,300 scientists, working in the fields of agriculture, food, biodiversity and the environment, much of their work … 43 10 AEOLIAN DESERTIFICATION AND ITS CONTROL IN NORTHER CHINA WANG, TAO …
21 Jun 2026 Document in Climate and Atmosphere

UN Watercourses Convention User’s Guide

… such as health, environment, education, agriculture, food, energy, fisheries and industrial water users. “I have … reading 171 Article 21 | Prevention, Reduction and Control of Pollution 173 21.1 Commentary 173 21.2 Application … 166 Figure 4.2 | The World Health Organisation Water Quality Standards 178 Figure 5.1 | Effects of climate change …
21 Jun 2026 Document in Marine and Freshwater

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

… 68 3 4.1.1. Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and … for Europe ENSO El Niño Southern Oscillation FAO Food and Agriculture Organization FCPF Forest Carbon … Facility GHG Greenhouse Gas GLWQA Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement GWP Global Water Partnership GWPO Global …
21 Jun 2026 Document in Marine and Freshwater

Handbook for the 1979 Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution and its Protocols

… 29 Section IV Protocol concerning the Control of Emissions of Nitrogen Oxides or their … carried on or contemplated therein. Article 6: Air quAlity mAnAgement Taking into account articles 2 to 5, the … (e.g. domestic heating and small industrial boilers); (e) Food industry; (f ) Iron and steel industry; (g) Handling and …
21 Jun 2026 Document in Climate and Atmosphere

Regulation of Freshwater at the Regional and Subregional Levels - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… scope The Helsinki Convention deals with the prevention, control and reduction of transboundary impacts relating to … required to establish national and local targets for the quality of drinking water and the quality of discharges, as … of the regional economy and poverty alleviation, food security and industrial development. It was established …
21 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Marine and Freshwater

Scientific Assessment Report - UNECE Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution - Summary for policy makers

… than the number of lethal traffic accidents. The costs of control are generally far less than the damage costs to … 95% of the EU population is living in areas above WHO air quality guideline levels of PM2.5 and ozone (O3) The loss in … etc.). Due to accumulation of some toxics along food chains and in individuals even low environmental …
21 Jun 2026 Document in Climate and Atmosphere

Handbook for the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer

… � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 3 Article 2: Control Measures�� � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � … substance is not available in sufficient quantity and quality from existing stocks of banked or recycled controlled … the only ozone-depleting substance directly connected to food security (production and post-harvest applications), and …
21 Jun 2026 Document in Climate and Atmosphere

Handbook of The Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer

… to ensure that activities within their jurisdiction or control do not cause damage to the environment of other … and other terrestrial ecosystems and (b) the aquatic food web and fisheries, as well as possible inhibition of … variables by the maintenance of programmes of high- quality meteorological surface measurements; (viii) Trace …
21 Jun 2026 Document in Climate and Atmosphere

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

… use, and thus to water quantity, rather than to water quality. However, as is clear from that text that equitable … both drinking water and water required for production of food in order to prevent starvation.” … environment include that States must “prevent, reduce and control the pollution of an international watercourse that …
21 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Marine and Freshwater

Instruments adopted under the auspices of FAO

… fisheries development, marketing, trade, energy use, food hygiene and quality, a safe working environment, marine pollution and … have the obligation to exercise effective jurisdiction and control over administrative, technical and social matters on …
21 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Marine and Freshwater