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Judicial handbook on environmental law

… 37 4.5 Prior Informed Consent 38 4.6 Environmental Impact Assessment 38 4.7 Land Use Regulation 40 4.7.1 National and … protection, including environmental impact and risk assessment, prior licensing, and emission standards. At … and harmfulness of waste, uses a single method such as risk assessment for estimating and comparing environmental …
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Cost and benefits of ecosystem based adaptation: The case of the Philippines

… Pangilinan, Programme Manager, Climate Change & Disaster Risk Reduction, Conservation International, Philippines 4 … co-benefits such as clean water and food for communities, risk reduction options and benefits, and other services … as women, children and the elderly. The Fourth and Fifth Assessment Reports of the IPCC highlight the fact that …
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Responsible governance of tenure and the law - A guide for lawyers and other legal service providers

… the Guidelines . . . . . . . . . 29 3.1.1 Why undertake an assessment of national law? . . . . . . . . 29 3.1.2 What … in connection with due diligence processes. Tenure risk can affect businesses in important ways, including in the form of financial risk, reputational risk, political risk (i.e. contract …
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ITTO/IUCN guidelines for the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity in tropical timber production forests

… compared to smaller populations and therefore a lower risk of extinction. The inflow of individuals and genes from … same total area. Small, isolated populations are at a high risk of local extinction. Forest fragments are also … can provide valuable support to biodiversity assessment and monitoring. Biodiversity monitoring in …
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Pastoralism and the Green Economy - a natural nexus?

… ......... Livestock Unit MA: ........ Millennium Ecosystem Assessment MDG: ..... Millennium Development Goal NAMA: ... … is not generated at the cost of increasing environmental risk, ecological scarcity or social disparity. Considerations … in which material wealth does not increase environmental risk, ecological scarcity or social disparity—will require …
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Invasive Alien Species - a threat to biodiversity

… ecosystems upon which we depend. ! e Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (2005) concluded that the relative impact of … worldwide. Invasive alien species pose a particular risk to Small Island Developing States by threatening the … community for several years now because of the risk of HPAI causing an in# uenza pandemic in human …
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UNEP - Our Planet Magazine - Making Our Future Chemical Safe - Edition from Sept 2015

… (2010-2015), aims at sound chemicals management based upon risk control; prevention strategies, including adjust- ment … for monitoring and supervision. In addition, pollution and risk control of chemicals is mostly achieved through … implemented this year, it is required that the risk assessment of existing chemicals be conducted, the priority …
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International ocean governance: Using international law and organisations to manage marine resources sustainably (revised)

… 11 Institutional Roles: Risk Assessment – IAEA, GESAMP, IFCS, IOMC, OECD … of Ships Airborne Pollution — II.B.5. Environmental Impact Assessment — II.B.7. II.B.3. Land-Based Sources and … prevention, broadly defined). Institutional Roles: Risk Assessment The major international institutional …
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A Global Register of Competences for Protected Area Practitioners

… category) EC European Commission EIA Environmental impact assessment EQF European Qualifications Framework EU European … types of indicator. PPP 3.6 Direct the development of risk/disaster assessments and contingency plans. ● … potential threats and risks to the PA and their impacts. ● Risk assessment and contingency planning techniques and …
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The SHPF toolkit - A toolkit to help you to monitor and report incidents of pesticide poisoning caused by Severely Hazardous Pesticide Formulations in your country under Article 6 of the Rotterdam Convention

… to target resources more effectively and bring about risk reduction. Collecting data will also help your … use. Such practices often have a large bearing on the risk of exposure, such as the example below. Recommended … similar conditions often find it beneficial to share risk assessment data, for example. Cross border movement of …
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