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RAMSAR Handbook 3: Laws and institutions

… by the Conference of the Parties. Laws must also recognize traditional practices that rely upon wetlands and their … indigenous and local communities: in such cases, replacing traditional management approaches with public agency controls … for such coordination. Small island states often have traditional institutions governing the use and ownership of …
18 Jun 2026 Document

Addressing pollution: Governance frameworks, challenges and oppotunities in the context of the 2030 Agenda

… layer (Box 7) and the phasing out of lead in fuel (Box 5). Traditional pollution control that relies on end-of-pipe … are identical or have the same functionality as when using traditional technologies and processes, while also reducing … taking science to various communities; incorporating traditional, business, and other knowledge into science; and …
18 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Human rights and the Environment: Rio + 20 - Joint Report OHCHR and UNEP

… soil nutrients, and fossil fuels, are capital assets. Yet, traditional national economic accounts do not measure I N T E … communities: women, children, aged, and infirm.94 Because traditional national economies do not account for economic … indigenous and tribal peoples who have remained in their traditional territories, the invasion of the outside world …
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Effective planning strategies for managing environmental risk associated with geophisical and other imaging surveys - A resource guide for managers

… projects worldwide. Combining the latest science with the traditional knowledge of local communities, these projects … itself. This assessment can easily take the form of traditional post- survey reports, as well as data analyses … to oil and gas industry noise. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, 730, 523-528. …
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Transitioning to a pollution-free planet

… entrepreneurs and initiatives such as Hawa Dawa (“air medicine”), which aims to empower citizens, organizations and … For example, a recent project in Nepal replacing traditional brick kilns that had collapsed in the 2015 … coal consumption by up to 50 per cent when compared to traditional kilns (Climate and Clean Air Coalition 2016). …
18 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Transboundary Conservation. A systematic and integrated approach

… ecosystems, together with associated cultural values and traditional natural resource management systems. Generally … . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28 Box 9 Traditional knowledge supports conservation in the … Area. This endangered species is poached for meat, medicine and the wildlife trade. Cooperation between the two …
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Transboundary Water Governance - Adaptation to Climate Change

… sites of scenic beauty valued for recreation, or sites for traditional ceremonies) are also important, although they are … in the face of such uncertainty requires a shift from traditional paradigms that attempt to reduce uncertainties to … under mosquito nets, and in some areas, anti-parasitic medicine has almost entirely eliminated parasitic …
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A Gateway to Payments for Ecosystem Services. Using Payments for Ecosystem Services for Livelihoods and Landscapes

… services are the provision of genetic resources for medicine and biotechnology, plant pollination, carbon … as the author argues PES should be favored over the traditional regulatory and tax-based approaches.” � Scherr, … the relationship between urban/modern consumers and rural/traditional land stewards. With such a spatially malleable …
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Water as a human right?

… of the instruments included in the following analysis are traditional human rights instruments. Instruments arising in the humanitarian law arena, as well as more traditional environmental legal instruments, where the … 1990). drinking water and electricity and the shortage of medicine as alleged in communication 100/93 constitutes a …
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Guidelines - Biodiversity in Impact Assessment

… is minimal, e.g. non-threatened or replaceable). Local, traditional and indigenous knowledge is used in the impact … difficult; • Legal systems: may be in conflict with traditional systems, and cause confusion about rights and … difficult; -Legal systems: may be in conflict with traditional systems, and cause confusion about rights and …
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