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Issues in water law reform
… reservoirs, embankments, walls or other structures be modified to allow water to pass over, under or through them. … a sufficient condition to ensure stewardship in dynamic living systems. Kirby and Blyth (1987), in a -47- highly … superior social objectives such as the benefits of living in a society that emphasizes happiness and security …
The green belt of Europe: From vision to reality
… While landscapes all over Europe have been shaped and modified by processes of intensive agricultural (and … of economic development and the adjustment of standards of living. This can be at the expense of our environment when … life in and around protected areas. A growing standard of living also makes for an increasing pressure on the …
Law, Policy and Dryland Ecosystems in the People's Republic of China
… means “a dynamic complex of plant, animal and micro-organism communities and their non-living environment interacting as a functional unit”. The 5th … to apply the six-step assessment procedure,26 which was modified to accommodate the principles of IEM in the …
Protected landscapes and cultural and spiritual values
… arts and crafts, culture encompasses lifestyles, ways of living together, value systems and traditions” (UNESCO 2001). … by cultural transmission, about the relationships of living beings (including humans) with one another and with … allowed to an intensive-use zone which may be considerably modified and also includes an external buffer zone. The …
Legal aspects in the implementation of CDM Forestry Principles
… integrity and provide tangible benefits to local people living in degraded or deforested landscapes. It differs from … the host Government. For example, the use of genetically modified plants or saplings is not excluded by UNFCCC COP decisions. The choice to use or not to use genetically modified plants of saplings is left to the host country, …
Synergies Success Stories - Enhancing cooperation and coordination among the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions
… chemicals, hazardous wastes, ODS, endangered species and living modified organisms is an international problem with serious … of trade in ODS, toxic chemicals, hazardous waste, living modified organisms and endangered species are similar …
International trade rules and the agriculture sector: selected implementation issues
… reduction in protection could reduce the number of people living in poverty by as much as 13 percent by 2015." Beyond … over an agreed transition period while maintaining a modified version of it for so-called 107 July Package, para. … let us examine the possibilities of what the term "micro-organism" would mean. According to the Concise Oxford …
A moving target : Genetic resources and options for tracking and monitoring their international flows
… General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade GMO genetically modified organism GR genetic resource IDHGD International Declaration … which was defined in the CBD as: “...the variability among living organisms from all sources including, inter alia, …
National Blue Carbon Policy Assessment Madagascar
… Both GELOSE and GCF are widely used by communities living in or adjacent to mangrove areas. Note that GELOSE … (NSSMB), first established in 1996 and based on improving living standards by reducing poverty and conserving and … of the country so as to compensate the populations living within areas where the use of resources is strictly …
First report on the protection of the atmosphere
… for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973, as modified by the Protocol of 1978 relating thereto (MARPOL … the environment is not an abstraction but represents the living space, the quality of life and the very health of … effects of such a nature as to endanger human health, harm living resources and ecosystems and material property and …