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Energy subsidies: Lessons learned in assessing their impact and designing policy reforms
… of transport projects that facilitate road, rail and water transit can also be substantial with direct benefit to … as well as other forms of environmental damage, such as water contamination and spoiling of the landscape. Recent … firms – TotalFinaElf, Shell and Mobil – largely control inland distribution.77 The growth of LPG use in Senegal has …
GEO yearbook 2003
… likely if diseases spread through flooding, contaminated water and lack of sanitation in the aftermath. A UNEP Asian … YEAR BOOK 2004/5iv issues in the CSD thematic cluster of water, sanitation and human settlements for 2004/5. Science … with Jordan, Wadi as Sirhan is a remnant of an ancient inland sea and is underlain by four aquifers, two of which …
UNEP’s Compendium of Innovative Laws: promoting Green Economy & Sustainable Development
… 111 3.6 Water Regulation … of Natural Resources Table 1: Specific Right to Food and Water Table 2: Duties of Citizens in Conserving the … the state, as well as the use of marine resources and inland water resources. Additionally, the American state of … Order further provides for: development and management of inland fisheries; offences and penalties; powers of …
European Union overseas coastal and marine protected areas - overview of coastal and marine conservation efforts in the European Union's overseas countries and territories and outermost regions
… measuring the breadth of the territorial sea) is the low-water line along the coast as marked on large- scale charts … ongoing 2 Last mangroves found around 5 ponds and saline inland waters, listed as ZNIEFF (zone naturelle d’intérêt … site) In addition, restoration activities also take place inland to revegetate old mining sites in order to limit …
Values of protected landscapes and seascapes: protected landscapes and agrobiodiversity values
… secure access to critical agricultural inputs including water and seeds, facilitation of organic farming and animal … Farming: a strategy for improved agricultural and water productivity amongst small-holder farmers in drought … growing days, versus only 80 to 120 growing days farther inland.1 Vegetation gener- ally falls within the temperate …
Integration of groundwater management into transboundary basin organizations in Africa - Training manual
… for Economic Cooperation and Development ■■ GWP – Global Water Partnership ■■ IGRAC – International Groundwater … Centre ■■ imawesa – Improved Management of Agricultural Water in Eastern and Southern Africa ■■ IWMI – International … trade-offs and prediction of impacts and recommendations. Inland CoastalTerrestrial GDE Estaurine GDE Marine GDE …
Speaking a common language: The uses and performance of the IUCN system of management categories for protected areas
… services, such as soil protection and drinking water supplies, and secure homes for vulnerable human … some order into this rapidly developing use of land and water, IUCN The World Conservation Union developed a system … especially the most endangered types (coastal, marine and inland waters, bogs, mires and fens, wet and dry grasslands, …
Compendiums on Human Rights and the Environment - Selected International legal materials and cases (Advanced Version)
… respect to toxic waste, indigenous peoples rights, food, water and climate change. Further, in March 2012, during its … and cultural and social rights such as rights to health, water, food, and culture. On occasion, human rights … to Suriname by Dutch colonists), who have occupied inland Suriname since the early 1700s. The Association of …
Large-scale marine protected areas - Guidelines for design and management
… species, both terrestrial and marine, and has deep water seamounts with areas of high biological diversity and … range of important ecosystems in both shallow and deep water, reaching abyssal depths of up to 6,400 meters 9 … 11 By 2020, at least 17% of the world’s terrestrial and inland water areas and 10% of coastal and marine areas, …
Managing MIDAs - Harmonising the Management of Multi-Internationally Designated Areas: Ramsar Sites, World Heritage Sites, Biosphere Reserves and UNESCO Global Geoparks
… that people can enjoy ambient natural environment, clean water and clear skies. Furthermore, we aim to contribute to … in these areas only reinforce the degradation of air, water and soil quality, the noise pollution, the pressures of … stipulates that, by 2020, at least 17% of terrestrial and inland water areas and 10% of coastal and marine areas, …