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An introduction to the African Convention on the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources
… impact on the environment 11 3.1 Control of pollution and waste management 11 3.2 Military and hostile activities 12 4. … Convention on the Control of Transbound- ary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal, 1989. 24 … reduce the adverse effects of radioactive, toxic and other hazardous substances and waste. In order to achieve this …
The Aarhus Convention: An implementation guide. Securing the public's rights through access to information, public participation and Access to justice for a healthy environment
… is held by public authorities, including information on hazardous materials and activities in their communities, and … measures to ensure that no storage or disposal of hazardous materials takes place in the lands or territories … concerned a plant for the treatment of toxic industrial waste, the ECHR held: Breaches of the right to respect for …
Global Land Outlook
… and consumption, and ensuing levels of food loss/waste, further accelerate the rate of land use change, land … action to reduce risks associated with the use of Highly Hazardous Pesticides, including phase outs.206 Policy makers … reach USD 90 billion if no action is taken to control hazardous pesticides and poor practices.208 2. Irrigation and …
Legal and institutional aspects of urban and peri-urban foresty and greening
… projects, are also addressed, although the liability for "hazardous trees" still remains unresolved in many … do not contain provisions on liability for damages from "hazardous trees" incurred by people or properties. In some … is the sanitation department which is responsible for waste management, including the management of garden waste …
Position document for Rotterdam Convention COP8 Meeting - 2017
… of society, it has also brought numerous potentially hazardous products, used daily, and which are too often far … called blue asbestos), which is defined as the most hazardous fibre and responsible for more deaths than any … the whole process into a deceptive smokescreen with a waste of energy and resources (including the taxpayer’s money …
Forest fires and the law: a guide for national drafters based on the fire management voluntary guidelines
… purposes. The use of fire for land clearing, forest waste disposal and rural work is only admitted in the … impacts on the environment, which either was caused by hazardous and poisonous material or resulted in hazardous and poisonous waste, that person shall be …
Building Resilience to climate change - Ecosystem-based adaptation and lessons from the field
… regular floods, siltation of the river and presence of waste oil and plastic litter in the Nadi River. Mainstreaming … communities in the identification of water and sanitation, waste management and development priorities. Discussions are … then be left with the expensive task of remediating the waste disposal systems on waterfront lots and restoring them. …
Environmental Security and the Role of Law
… Legal Regimes for the Environmentally Sound Management of Hazardous Chemicals and Waste: A Practitioner’s Perspective’, Review 2004, 89–101; … 2007, 79–90; Iwona Rummel-Bulska, ‘The Basel Convention on Hazardous Wastes: Problems, Negotiations and Solutions’, …
Water-related conflict and security in Southern Africa: The SADC Protocol on shared watercourses
… Legal Regimes for the Environmentally Sound Management of Hazardous Chemicals and Waste: A Practitioner’s Perspective’, Review 2004, 89–101; … 2007, 79–90; Iwona Rummel-Bulska, ‘The Basel Convention on Hazardous Wastes: Problems, Negotiations and Solutions’, …