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Mediterranean strategy for sustainable development 2016-2015: Investing in environmental sustainability to achieve social and economic development

… for conservation and use of indigenous or traditional plant varieties and domestic animal breeds, valuing … impact on the health of the Mediterranean Sea. With its variety of coastal and marine ecosystems, the Mediterranean … approximately 8,500 macroscopic fauna, over 1,300 plant species and 2,500 species from other taxonomic groups. …
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Guidebook for policy and legislative development on conservation and sustainable use of freshwater resources

… is a difficult task. This is so not only because of the variety and complexity of the issues that must be addressed … channel, embankment, filter, filterbed, pipeline, pumping plant, purification plant, plant for the generation of hydro-electric power, …
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The economic lives of smallholder farmers - An analysis based on household data from nine countries

… profits. And agriculture involves many decisions: What to plant, which inputs to use and how, when to plow, to seed, to … tillage, and animals can be fed crop by-products and other plant material. In addition, livestock are assets that can be …
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The greening of water law: Managing freshwater resources for people and the environment

… of greening water law by presenting and assessing a variety of legal, procedural and policy mechanisms, for both … to chew itself to death over thirst for narcotic qat plant, The Guardian (26 February 2010), available at … recommended replacing an existing waste water treatment plant’s secondary treatment section (percolation beds and …
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Principles of phytosanitary legislation

… Italy. © FAO 1999 PREFACE The classic principles governing plant health control were thrown into complete turmoil by the … will have immediate consequences on quarantine and plant movements. These are the Agreement on the Application … while at the same time offering consumers the widest variety of safe food, supplying producers with inputs that …
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Drafting legislation for sustainable soils: A guide

… through the soil, is critical for soil fertility, soil-plant relationships etc, whereas the amount of water that … directed to soil indicates that States have adopted a wide variety of legislative approaches to deal with specific soil … medium between the atmosphere, ground water and plant cover; soils are a biological habitat and gene reserve. …
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The status of climate change litigation - A global review

… engaged with a multiplicity of legal theories relying on a variety of sources of legal rights and obligations. 96 Am. … plaintiff claimed that the license for a coal-fired power plant should be interpreted as containing a common law condition which limited the plant’s CO2 emissions to the level that would be achieved by …
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Judges and the rule of law. Creating the links: Environment, human rights and poverty

… from greater public participation and enhanced rights of a variety of public and private stake- holders in resource … to medium-term future to adjudicate disputes related to a variety of issues with which they are not familiar and for … public officials of this country). • Our forests teem with plant and animal life. In one study conducted on the wealth …
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Significant Trade in Wildlife: A Review of selected species in CITES Appendix II - Volume 2 Reptiles and Invertibrates

… the Group should restrict its attention to fauna, as a Plant Working Group was already in existence. The conclusions … and Williams, 1957). The diet includes grasses, a variety of succulents, also fallen fruit and crop plants such … 1978). Best (1984) provides a table of over 31 species of plant consumed by P. expansa . The growth rate in the wild …
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Culture and wetlands: A Ramsar guidance document

… the extinction crisis of the planet’s species and genetic variety, the world’s cultural diversity, principally the variety and wealth of languages and associated cultural … and agricultural practices, including the development of plant species and animal breeds. Traditional know- ledge is …
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