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… Convention for the Prevention of Marine Pollution from Land-Based Sources (Paris), UKTS 64 (1978), Cmnd. 7251; 13 … Protection of the Mediterranean Sea Against Pollution from Land-Based Sources (Athens), 19 ILM (1980), 869. In force on … urgency of taking effective action to prevent the rapid degradation of coastal areas world-wide; and • the underlying …

… advice provided by Jacob J. Burke, Senior Officer in the Land and Water Development Division of FAO, on points of … purposes of this Convention: (a) "desertification" means land degradation in arid, semi-arid and dry sub- humid areas …

… and sustainable use of renewable resources 8 2.1 Land, soil and water 8 2.2 Species and genetic diversity 9 … spectrum of issues ranging from sustainable management of land and soil, water, air and biological resources, and seeks … current issues into a continent-wide view of environmental degradation and promotes modern solutions to maintain and …

… can be regarded as a strategy for the management of land, water and living resources that promotes conservation … of areas that are host to valuable biodiversity with local land-use needs through the delineation of core areas, buffer … analysis workshop on the main causes of environmental degradation and loss of biodiversity in the Terai. Working …

… Area REDD Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation REDD+ REDD including the role of conservation, … to the influence of the shallow depths, and proximity to land and river flows. MAJOR CHANGES IN MARINE ECOSYSTEMS … of new designations of MPAs in the open ocean far from land. This report intends to provide the best available …

… of Action for the Protection of Marine Environment from Land- based Activities GPA/IGR-2 - Global Programme of Action for the Protection of Marine Environment from Land-based Activities/Second Intergovernmental Review Meeting … Developing States (SIDS), 2013, further identified the degradation of the coastal marine environment and inadequate …

… movement of hazardous waste, as well as the environmental degradation caused by transnational corporations . The CEL … by employing strategies for integrated management of land, water and living resources for environmental … feed production; (c) ensure that agricultural and pasture land is primarily used for food and feed production; (d) take …

… diseases, climate change and rapid environmental degradation. Inadequate responses have left us all more … for example, is directly linked to its infrastructure, land-tenure, healthcare and capacity to manage natural … has led to rapid environmental degradation, pushing land and water resources past natural boundaries and setting …

… This includes biodiversity conservation priorities, sound land use (and seascape) decision-making and sensitivity maps. … and above all through landscape-level, integrated land-use planning. 10.2 Additionality A biodiversity offset … on inter alia its remaining extent, rates of loss/degradation, restoration potential. Choices may also depend …

… nature conservation, pollution control and abatement, and land use. Certainly until recently it has not been the … by humankind: the demands which its people place upon the land for food, timber, minerals, water supplies, building … with great speed – the combined effect of which is: • the degradation of distinctive landscape features; • the …