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South African indigenous community win environmental rights case over mining company

09 Dec 2018 News in Land and Agriculture

Land-Based Sources of Marine Pollution - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… course and obtain your certificate. Book - Unit 5 - Land-Based Sources of Marine Pollution Book - Unit 3 - Land-Based Sources of Marine Pollution Site: UNITED NATIONS … Legal Framework on Marine Pollution Book: Book - Unit 5 - Land-Based Sources of Marine Pollution …
25 May 2026 Course lesson in Marine and Freshwater

Factsheet - Global Programme of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land-based Activities

… Action …for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land-based Activities Background In 1995 over 108 governments … and preserve the marine environment from the impacts of land-based activities … Setting as their common goal sustained and effective action to deal with all land-based impacts upon the marine environment, specifically …
25 May 2026 Document in Marine and Freshwater

UN Watercourses Convention User’s Guide

… persons 85 2.2 Application 85 2.2.1 Scope scenario – Which land based water use activities are covered by the … management of land and water resources’.38 Burgeoning agricultural production due to greater demand for food within … dammed, stored and diverted to supply domestic, municipal, agricultural, energy or industrial uses. Some of the diverted …
25 May 2026 Document in Marine and Freshwater

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

… Other uses 2. Impact of human activities Industrial and agricultural activivites Population Deforestation and mining … for example by oil rigs, but could also take the form of land reclamation, artificial islands or installations for … invasive alien species and climate change. Industrial and agricultural activivites Industrial activity and modern …
25 May 2026 Course lesson in Marine and Freshwater

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

… Development Bank AFOLU Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use AMCOW African Ministers’ Council on Water CBD … areas, particularly as sea levels rise. Alterations in agricultural patterns engendered by climate change are likely … food. Large sovereign and commercial investments in agricultural lands in developing countries, and thus in the …
25 May 2026 Document in Marine and Freshwater

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

… local and regional climate patterns. When water returns to land through precipitation, it may either remain on the … sources of freshwater pollution include untreated sewage, agricultural run-off and discharge of chemical substances. … of uses for convenience: domestic uses; industrial uses; agricultural uses; recreational uses; navigational uses; …
25 May 2026 Course lesson in Marine and Freshwater

White Paper - Regional Seas Governance

… damage to the oceans is caused by sea-based and land-based pollution, unsustainable exploitation of living … acidification, ocean warming, marine debris, industrial, agricultural and urban run-offs, accidental oil spills, … management derives from wildlife management, born on land, involving direct manipulation of the habitat and …
25 May 2026 Document in Marine and Freshwater

Introduction to Marine Pollution - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… seabed. The sovereignty of a state extends, beyond its land territory and its internal waters, to a belt of sea … coastal state comprises the submerged prolongation of the land territory of the coastal state - the seabed and subsoil … contribution to marine pollution load (by mass) are: land-based (82%), vessel-based (9%), dumping of waste at sea …
25 May 2026 Course lesson in Marine and Freshwater

Introduction to the International Legal Framework on Marine Pollution

… seabed. The sovereignty of a state extends, beyond its land territory and its internal waters, to a belt of sea … coastal state comprises the submerged prolongation of the land territory of the coastal state - the seabed and subsoil … contribution to marine pollution load (by mass) are: land-based (82%), vessel-based (9%), dumping of waste at sea …
25 May 2026 Course lesson in Marine and Freshwater