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Judges and Environmenal Law: a Handbook for the Sri Lankan Judiciary

… filling is never done properly. It has been estimated that illegal gem mining is as widespread as legally allowed mining … increasing efficiency, reducing wastage and eliminating illegal tapping can also contribute to energy conservation. … landfills and poor collection and sorting of waste. Illegal open dumps are common, with wetlands o en being the …
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Wetlands, water and the law. Using law to advance wetland conservation and wise use

… areas.50 Wetland acreage is also lost through official or illegal dumping of waste. Problems of this type are directly … provisions. This should inter alia set penalties for illegal practices, establish procedures and criteria for the … healthy aquatic ecosystem. In parts of the United States, logging concessions now contain enforceable standards that …
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Managing MIDAs - Harmonising the Management of Multi-Internationally Designated Areas: Ramsar Sites, World Heritage Sites, Biosphere Reserves and UNESCO Global Geoparks

… are game poaching, killing elephants for their tusks, illegal pastoralism in protected areas, spread of … patrolling rangers should be instituted to help reduce illegal activities (such as ivory poaching) across national … for monitoring new introductions. Activities such as logging for fuel wood due to lack of cooking gas, the killing …
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Evaluating effectiveness : A framework for assessing management effectiveness of protected areas

… no permanent settlements in protected areas and no logging, although reindeer herding and subsistence hunting is … in a third of protected areas), encroachment and logging (mainly illegal, but also legal logging), with collection of …
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Poverty, equity and rights in conservation : Technical papers and case studies

… protecting the borders surrounding the areas against illegal activities that threatened protected species. At the … from their territories, foreign groups, etc.) leading to illegal activities such as land clearing, exploitation of … when future access is uncertain? The accelerated pace of logging in northern Pakistan, for example, reflects both …
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Climate Change Vulnerability of Migratory Species

… to poor  environmental governance  in  some  countries  illegal hunting  is  still  a  large  concern.  In  …
20 Jun 2026 Document

Energy law and sustainable development

… various kinds of biodiversity exploitation, ranging from logging to hunting. Using petrol-driven chainsaws, just a few … into the park which already faced intense pressures from illegal logging and slash-and-burn colonizing. While the … stick again in 2000, to the US it was again viewed as an illegal cartel. OPEC did move closer to the image of a …
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Integration of groundwater management into transboundary basin organizations in Africa - Training manual

… such as salt mobilization on land clearance, water logging, salinization from irrigated agriculture Fully … conditions encountered, and reduced likelihood of illegal well construction. This is normally done through … ACTORS AUTHORITY JUDICIARY Lawfull Users ■ express appeal Illegal Users ■ comply ■ express appeal Affected Stakeholders …
20 Jun 2026 Literature

Culture and wetlands: A Ramsar guidance document

… both from domestic sources and from cultivation; forest logging is increas- ing the inflow of silt, while shallow … decreased freshwater flow into the lake. Overfishing and illegal fishing practices are quite common. The result is a …
20 Jun 2026 Document

Safe Havens: Protected Areas for Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation

… to promote the protection of these ecosystems by reducing illegal harvesting to avoid further stress on the ecosystem. … forests in the upper catchment, wildlife hunting and the illegal collection of stones and boulders from the lower … by illegal activities such as wildlife poaching and timber logging, land cover change from forest to agricultural land, …
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