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Spring: Managing groundwater sustainability

… unwanted impacts on others. Zoning is used to ensure that land uses are compatible with protection of vulnerable … to extract groundwater, mechanisms to control pollution, land-use zoning and the means of enforcing rules through the … for ecosystem services can be used to reward farmers and land managers for protecting groundwater recharge zones. …
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Mr. John Knox, Policy Brief_Universal Human Rights Group

… had been killed as a result of protecting their rights to land and the environment. global Witness emphasised that this … that clearly connected the murder to an environment or land use issue.7 as a result, global Witness concluded that … deadly environment: the killing and criminalization of land and environmental defenders worldwide (20 June 2016). _ …
04 Aug 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Mapping Biodiversity Priorities - a practical, science-based approach to national biodiversity assessment and prioritisation to inform strategy and action planning

… condition where possible. Constraints e.g. conflicting land-uses Opportunities e.g. conservation initiatives Step 5: … document has broader relevance to anyone operating in a land, catchment or ocean management or spatial planning role, … at finer scales for other applications, such as informing land-use planning at the local level. The methods are …
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Persistent Organic Pollutants: Contaminated Site Investigation and Management Toolkit

… Professor and Vice Head of Institute, Contaminated Land Management, University of Natural Resources and Applied … Initiatives 12 1.4 Policy and Legal Issues Associated with Land Acquisition 12 1.5 Permissible Levels of POPs in the … and with the development of suitable technologies for land remediation in accordance with best available techniques …
04 Aug 2026 Document

Biodiversity management in the cement and aggregates sector: Regulatory tools.

… from industrial areas to degraded and agricultural land to pristine natural environments. The system aims to … whether the overall biodiversity suitability of the global land- holdings over which a company has management control is … two levels of monitoring: (1) monitoring across company land- holdings to provide an overview of changes to …
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RAMSAR Handbook 3: Laws and institutions

… between: • wetlands, people and human institutions; • land and water use within and beyond national boundaries; • … areas, environmental impact assessment and audits, land-use planning, coastal management, water resource … Ministerial technical / planning guidelines Rules on land tenure and resource use Contracts and concessions …
04 Aug 2026 Document

International ocean governance: Using international law and organisations to manage marine resources sustainably (revised)

… II.B.5. Environmental Impact Assessment — II.B.7. II.B.3. Land-Based Sources and Activities … — II.B.7. II.B.5. Airborne Sources: Ships, Aircraft, Land-Based Sources, and Offshore Facilities … 98 II-4 Pollution From Land-Based Sources and Activities … the Marine Environment 1990: Contributions by Sea-Based, Land-Based, and Atmospheric Activities …
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Community Protocols for Environmental Sustainability: A Guide for Policymakers

… which a well-defined environmental service (ES) or form of land use likely to secure that service is bought by at least … 2). The IUCN adopts a broader definition: “an area of land and/or sea especially dedicated to the protection and … on matters including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander land and sea management and for working with Aboriginal and …
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A Gateway to Payments for Ecosystem Services. Using Payments for Ecosystem Services for Livelihoods and Landscapes

… will inevitably involve trade-offs among the different land-use types, each of which provides a different mix of … managed landscapes, where agriculture is often a major land use. Ecosystem services, however, can often highlight … There could be a whole lot of different competing land uses that would compromise a sustainable supply of …
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Framework for Assessing and Improving Law for Sustainability - A Legal Component of a Natural Resource Governance Framework

… and terrestrial ecosystems as well as weather patterns. Land, air, freshwater and marine pollution further threatens … biocapacity – the amount of biologically productive land and sea area that is available to regenerate these … for Indigenous people’s access to government resources or land. These can further expand the interpretation of the …
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