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Transitioning to a pollution-free planet

… storms 10. Reduce emissions of ammonium and methane from agriculture 11. Designate and expand green spaces in urban areas 12. Enhance climate change activities of … provision of pollution regulation across rural as well as urban landscapes. Efficient agriculture techniques, organic …
31 May 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

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

… cooling, bricks production, oil and gas production, agriculture, transport, solid waste, and national/local … energy efficiency. Under the scenario, most people in urban areas gain access to efficient cookstoves by 2030, and … positive economic, social and environmental links between urban, peri-urban and rural areas by strengthening national …
31 May 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Guidelines - Biodiversity in Impact Assessment

… to people: • Extractive reserves (forests, marine, agriculture) • Areas of indigenous interest • Touristic … mangroves) (service: protecting coastal hinterlands) • Urban or peri-urban parks (service: recreational facilities to urban
31 May 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

E2 - Prevention of Aquifer Pollution

… public health and meeting economic and social needs (agriculture, industry, recreation etc.), as well protecting … and abstraction, point- source pollution (mainly from urban sources such as municipal sewage treatment plants, … of nitrates and phosphorus in soils. Stormwater runoff in urban areas and airborne pollution transmitted by …
31 May 2026 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

National Regulation of Freshwater resources - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… integrated water law. Conserve water through rational urban development policies Build in ways to collaborate with … into a single law. Conserve water through rational urban development policies There are well-known examples of …
31 May 2026 Course lesson in Marine and Freshwater

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

… This problem is becoming more serious, particularly in urban areas where the need to provide adequate and safe … fertilizers, pesticides and other chemicals used in agriculture), may filter into groundwater, which could be … decrease infiltration of water from streams into aquifers. Agriculture may result in the direct or indirect discharge of …
31 May 2026 Course lesson in Marine and Freshwater

On dangerous ground _ Global Witness

… to Survival International BRAZIL – ONE OF WORLD’S LARGEST AGRICULTURE AND TIMBER EXPORTERS In 2013, the last time a … Protests in Ethiopia as Students Defend Farmers from Urban ‘Master Plan’. Available from: … dents-defend-farmers- from-urban-master-plan (accessed 21 April 2016) 163 The Guardian …
31 May 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

A2 - Integrating Environmental Concerns in National Water Law

… and operation of landfills and waste dumps regulation of urban land development, as regards the control of stormwater … 91/676 (of 1991) on water pollution from nitrates used in agriculture provides for the designation by EU member states …
31 May 2026 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

Introductory presentation to the SEA Protocol

… sectors, from land-use planning to transport and from agriculture to industry, covering everything from oil … the distinction between the two is not always clear. Is an urban regeneration project really a programme of smaller … Yes Yes (4.2) Is the plan or programme being prepared for agriculture, forestry, fisheries, energy, industry including …
31 May 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

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

… sewage outfalls, industrial discharges, runoff from urban storm water and agriculture, river borne and airborne pollution and litter. …
31 May 2026 Course lesson in Marine and Freshwater