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Auditing the Implementation of Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs): A Primer for Auditors

… of flora and fauna, and reduced desertification and pollution. Benefits to environmental governance include the … Annexes that address different types of pollution (e.g., oil (Annex I), noxious liquid substances (Annex II), harmful … seas, including dumping, oil and  exhaust pollution. Its stated object is:  …
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MEA Negotiator’s Handbook

… Ghandi said in Stockholm, ’Poverty is the worst form of pollution.’ Conversely, sustainable economic development is … the MARPOL Convention and the International Convention on Oil Pollution Preparedness, Response and Cooperation. In 2001 … from sugar) or combustible oils produced by plants (e.g. oil extracted from soybeans). They are considered renewable …
18 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Guidelines on Biofuels and Invasive Species

… distillation of starches and sugars to produce ethanol, or oil extraction and transesterification to produce biodiesel. … food crops such as corn (maize), sugar cane, soy, palm oil and rapeseed; or from inedible feedstocks such as …
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Speaking a common language: The uses and performance of the IUCN system of management categories for protected areas

… fishing industry and environmental information held by the oil and gas industry) and providing better mechanisms for … forest: i.e. industrial plantations for timber, food, oil palm etc = Forest Protected Area 121 IUCN, and … outside protected areas that affects their ecology through pollution or other impacts – Mining leases that buffer …
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Towards a strategy for high seas marine protected areas: Proceedings of the IUCN, WCPA and WWF Experts Workshop on High Seas Marine Protected Areas

… is expected to double in twenty years. Ship generated pollution including spills, intentional discharges, and noise … From the energy side, there are increasing amounts of oil being transported in aging ships run by mirage companies … to identify and to hold responsible for damage from oil spills. The Prestige oil spill highlighted this system in …
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Acting Now!

… • Removal of cement kiln dust from stack gases • Various pollution controls of the flue gas: a) particulate (PM) … products • Waste disposal of mercury containing products Oil Coal combustion Oil and natural gas combustion Artisanal and small-scale gold …
18 Jun 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste

E-waste Inspection and Enforcement Manual - Developed in the framework of the SBC E-waste Africa project

… impacts in the short as well as the long term and to the pollution of soil, air, ground and surface waters and the … which are assigned to annex VIII entry A 4060 “Waste oil/water, hydrocarbons/water mixtures, emulsions”. The waste … abatement Recovery of components from catalysts Used oil re-refining or other reuses of previously used oil Land …
18 Jun 2026 Document

Developing a Global Soil Regime

… became more aware of the phenomena of air and water pollution. More recently, the issues of climate change, loss … illnesses from hazardous chemicals and air, water and soil pollution and contamination’; SDG 12 ‘Ensure sustainable … account of new scientific knowledge with regard to soil pollution and its consequences for the environment, adaption …
18 Jun 2026 Literature

Synergies Success Stories - Enhancing cooperation and coordination among the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions

… MARPOL International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships MEA Multilateral Environmental Agreement … disposed of in 2010 . In order to reduce the environmental pollution in the world caused by the export of waste … and inefficiency of policies to ensure the environmental pollution caused by chemicals and wastes is reduced . 21 …
18 Jun 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste

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

… protocols on land-based activities and sources of marine pollution. The Third Intergovernmental Review on the … of coastal and marine ecosystems from land-based pollution and activities; • Capacity-building and technology … to protect the marine environment from land-based pollution and activities; and • Awareness-raising and …
18 Jun 2026 Document in Marine and Freshwater