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Wetlands, water and the law. Using law to advance wetland conservation and wise use

… have come under increasing pressure for conversion to alternative land use. By 1985, the drainage of available … wetland benefits if conservation is to be chosen over alternative uses of the wetland or the water supply that … on the wetland; deposit in, on or under any wetland any substance likely to have an adverse impact on the …
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An Explanatory Guide to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

… of its future users, and feedback on whether the text, in substance and format, facilitated the understanding of the … the objective of the Protocol is not undermined by such alternative arrange- ments. Parties may not use a separate … particularly access to electronic in- formation systems, alternative non- electronic information systems, and re- …
17 Jun 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

An explanatory guide to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

… of its future users, and feedback on whether the text, in substance and format, facilitated the understanding of the … the objective of the Protocol is not undermined by such alternative arrange- ments. Parties may not use a separate … particularly access to electronic in- formation systems, alternative non- electronic information systems, and re- …
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Technical guidelines on specially engineered landfill (D5)

… there will be enough time to provide warning and alternative drinking water supplies to communities that rely …
17 Jun 2026 Document

Land and water - the rights interface

… the state ..................................... 22 3.2 Substance … consideration should be given to its replacement with an alternative: "the web of interests". Land and water – the … outside urban areas are weak, un-enforced or both. An alternative, more ambitious, and in many ways more holistic …
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Recycling used lead-acid batteries: health considerations (WHO)

… from working around lead, together with provisions for alternative employment or compensation. 30 / RECYCLING USED … with consequent repercussions if it is stopped and no alternative is provided. The Basel Convention Secretariat …
17 Jun 2026 Document

Marine Pollution and Ballast Waters

… also why it was regarded as inappropriate to lay down its substance in an Annex to MARPOL 73/78. Treatment in this …
17 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Marine and Freshwater

Modern water rights : Theory and practice

… and which enabled them to experience at first hand the substance and effects of the South African reforms. Modern … is simply to wait for the rights to expire. A more costly alternative would be for the water administration to cancel a … Irrigation Management Institute, Colombo. Perry C.J. 1996. Alternative Approaches to Cost Sharing for Water Service to …
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A moving target : Genetic resources and options for tracking and monitoring their international flows

… the situation, for example, if the genetic resource is an alternative to the salicylates in aspirin. Does possible use … uncertainty and to devise strate- gies for dealing with alternative scenarios. Such alter- native scenarios may … sition (e.g., whether it is made of gold or some other substance and how “pure” the gold is).45 One might take the …
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Conservation with justice - A rights-based approach

… of the reasonable alternatives, including a no-action alternative; information on the environment likely to be significantly affected and alternative sites; potential conservation or environmental … goal. Guiding questions here might include: – What actions/alternative strategies can the proponent use to avoid or at …
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