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Urban Protected Areas: Profiles and best practice guidelines

… pragmatic solutions to our most pressing environment and development challenges. IUCN works on biodiversity, climate … on the results of local research on littering behaviour. Clean up litter frequently and provide plenty of containers. … local government land-use regulation. Although no standing mechanism exists for consulting with planning authorities, …
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Customary laws: Governing natural resource management in the northern areas

… in the Northern Areas C u s t o m a r y Planning & Development Dept., Northern Areas Governing Natural Resource … Spring water is preferred for drinking purposes, as it is clean and clear, relatively warm in winters and cold in the … perceptions, includes all haram (polluted) and halal (clean) animals that live in forests. Twenty per cent of the …
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Atmospheric Brown Clouds (ABC) Emission Inventory Manual

… Veerabhadran Ramanathan Henning Rodhe Emission Inventory Development Team Ram M. Shrestha Nguyen Thi Kim Oanh Rajendra … Wet and dry deposition is the main atmospheric removal mechanism for NH3 and ammonium. 2.5.6 carbon MonoxiDe (co) … emission factor = 0.012 kg/t. f If quenching uncontrolled (clean water) is involved, use PM10 emission factor = 0.17 …
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An introduction to the African Convention on the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources

… Integrating environmental conservation and socio-economic development 7 2. Conservation and sustainable use of … bodies 17 1.2 Dispute settlement 19 1.3 Compliance mechanism 19 1.4 Financial mechanisms 19 2. Implementation … for ensuring the protection of fundamental rights to a clean environment.61 Public participation is a means to …
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Factsheet on Human Rights and the Environment

… objectives that are at the core of sustainable development. The mutually supportive nature of these … to health; alternative formulations include rights to a clean, safe, favorable or wholesome environment. Some States … Committee operates a relatively effective complaints mechanism, which has interpreted and developed the …
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A guide to designing legal and institutional frameworks on alien invasive species

… 64 5.3.4 Measures Associated with Infrastructure Development … or the benefits freely provided by ecosystem services (clean and abundant water, clean air, sedi- ment control...) … rules, enforced by a com- pulsory dispute settlement mechanism, designed to ensure that governments extend free …
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The green economy and corporate, social and environmental responsibility

… change and major environmental problems is the consumer development model, which threatens to destroy the bases of … CONCERNED because these CSER programmes have become a mechanism taken advantage of by some companies with negative … who do not comply with environmental regulations, to clean up their image; and BEARING IN MIND that the CSER tools …
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Pastoralism and the Green Economy - a natural nexus?

… 2 Social equity as the platform for sustainable development … Supporting the growth of markets and supply chains for clean energy products in remote pastoral drylands is likely … the UN Convention on Biological Diversity and provide a mechanism to contribute towards the Global Plan of Action for …
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Global Land Outlook

… to land use, management, and planning for sustainable development and human security. Finally, this Outlook could … such as the rights to a healthy life, nutritious food, clean water, and cultural identity. A significant proportion … and Reyers, B. 2009. On fair, effective and efficient REDD mechanism design. Carbon Balance and Management 4 (11): 1-11. …
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Legislative and regulatory options for animal welfare

… for animal welfare by Jessica Vapnek Megan Chapman for the Development Law Service FAO Legal Office TABLE OF CONTENTS … demand for animal protein inexorably rises as the level of development increases. Animal welfare concerns also garner … . . . . (sec. 24) This sort of decentralized enforcement mechanism may make more sense in certain national contexts …
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