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Environmental Guidance Note for Disaster Risk Reduction - Healthy Ecosystems for Human Security

… against extreme events will depend on an ecosystem’s health and the intensity of the event. Degraded ecosystems … • Sufficient nutritious food • Shelter • Access to goods Health • Strength • Feeling well • Access to clean air and … between human well- being, human security, livelihoods, health and intangible benefits such as equality and freedom …
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UNEP Policy and Strategy for Gender Equality and the Environment 2014-2017, February 2015

… rights to land and water, education; employment; health; and economic and social benefits. CEDAW provisions … and waste to minimize impacts on the environment and human health. Sub programme overview: 180. As a part of system-wide … UNEP will work to lessen the environmental and human health impacts of chemicals and waste taking into …
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Combatting the illegal poisoning of wildlife

… the essential role of chemicals in maintaining world health, including responsible pesticide use to support … crisis and have potential consequences for human health; CONCERNED that, despite evidence of severe wildlife … of poison to Africa’s biodiversity, ecosystems and human health, to raise the profile of this critical issue and to …
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Freshwater Law and Governance: Global and Regional Perspectives for Sustainability

… its territory on which those birds depend may affect the health and productivity of a wetland located on the same … 2003 and has two protocols: the 1999 Protocol on Water and Health, Protocol on Water and Health to the 1992 Convention on the Protection and Use of …
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Rule: Reforming water governance

… How a country manages its water resources determines the health of its people, the success of its economy, the … clean drinking water and sanitation, the basics of good health, while poor water management can increase disease and … water to the surrounding four schools and a local health centre, the project has led to a dramatic improvement …
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Report of the ad hoc technical expert group on risk assessment and risk management under the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

… of small scale farming; (k) Guidance on integrating human health into the environmental risk assessment; (l) Guidance on health impacts of LMOs and herbicides that are part of the … Office of the Gene Technology Regulator Department of Health and Ageing MDP 54, GPO Box 9848 Canberra ACT 2601 …
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Gaps in international environmental law and environment-related instruments: towards a global pact for the environment - Report of the Secretary-General

… of preventing the degradation of the environment and human health that may be caused by certain dangerous activities and … in ecosystems and significant negative effect on human health and the environment.97 The Minamata Convention on … sources of mercury pollution in order to protect human health and the environment. 99 Reporting is the principal …
18 Jun 2026 Document

Final: Gaps in international environmental law and environment-related instruments: towards a global pact for the environment

… of preventing the degradation of the environment and human health that may be caused by certain dangerous activities and … in ecosystems and significant negative effect on human health and the environment.97 The Minamata Convention on … sources of mercury pollution in order to protect human health and the environment. 99 Reporting is the principal …
18 Jun 2026 Document

Glossary of terms for negotiators of multilateral environmental agreements

… economic dimensions (combating poverty and promoting human health), conservation and resource management, major groups … affect plant genetic resources, plant, animal or human health, or the environment. Biosafety Protocol Protocol to … use of biodiversity, taking also into account human health. 17 Biosphere reserves Sites recognized under UNESCO’s …
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UNEP. The first 40 years

… this acidification, fish and other organisms died and the health and productivity of forests’ soils and trees was also … than the title, as its author documented the damage to health and the environment that could be caused by the … these cities face the prospect of water contamination and health hazards which will make them unfit for human …
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