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Evaluation of Mexican Environmental Law Enforcement and Compliance after NAFTA

… enacted a number of new environmental laws: the General Wildlife Act of 2000;7 the General Act for the Sustainable … Protection General Act of 1988 (in Spanish LGEEPA); the Wildlife General Act of 2000 (in Spanish LGVS); the …
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Global Mercury Assessment

… environment is the main route of exposure to humans and wildlife. It is in aquatic systems that the inorganic mercury … environment is the main route of exposure to humans and wildlife, because it is in water that inorganic mercury is … which presents the greatest health risk to humans and wildlife, is mainly formed in aquatic environments through …
18 Jun 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste

Addressing the problems of access : Protecting sources, while giving users certainty

… which have since been de facto amended by the newer Wildlife Act.]29 2.1.2.1 Extent of scope and coverage 30 The … Petit et al., 2001; Benavidez, in Carrizosa, 2002. 29 2001 Wildlife Law, discussed in Benavidez, in Carrizosa, 2002. 30 … (under general laws on conservation of nature, forests, wildlife or the environment in general). In such …
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Marine litter legislation: a toolkit for policy makers

… with the requirements for QEII Trust status; recognised wildlife habitats; national/regional and local parks and … of contaminants from the site could severely affect fish/wildlife/aquatic re- sources.”170 Proper landfill design and … For example, the Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife has established guidelines to minimize the …
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UNEP’s Compendium of Innovative Laws: promoting Green Economy & Sustainable Development

… environment and safeguard the water, air, land, forest and wildlife of Nigeria”. Read together with Article 24 Cap A.9 … is in balance with their regeneration capacity (…) The wildlife of Botswana will be managed for the sustainable … 85 ii. Precautionary Principle Leatch v National Parks and Wildlife Services, 138 one of the earliest cases in the world …
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Addressing pollution: Governance frameworks, challenges and oppotunities in the context of the 2030 Agenda

… dangerous climate change and reducing the exposure of wildlife and plants to ultraviolet light will also have … articles. However, its objectives to reduce pressures on wildlife would include reduction of pressures resulting from … 12. Bern Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats (1979). 13. River Basin …
18 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

An introduction to the African Convention on the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources

… of protection (class B). 16 Lyster, S., International Wildlife Law, IUCN, 1985, at 113. Origins and history of the … several ways, it was a precursor to modern international wildlife law21 in the sense that it acknowledged, early on, … such measures should include penalties for trade in wildlife taken or obtained in violation of an international …
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Nature-based solutions to address global societal challenges

… on Protected Areas, The Nature Conservancy, UNDP, Wildlife Conservation Society, the World Bank and WWF (Dudley … to its floodplain, improve base river flows, create rich wildlife habitat, improve aesthetics and offer recreational … Creation Group that included Natural England, RSPB, local wildlife groups, academics, local authority officers working …
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Global Land Outlook

… estimated 80 per cent of the tourism market is centered on wildlife, with the overall tourism industry generating a … of land resources; a degraded landscape or disappearing wildlife will no longer be attractive to visitors. 8. Raw … Shooting in the Dark? Working Paper number 26. Wildlife Conservation Society, New York. 38 Millennium …
18 Jun 2026 Literature

UNEP. The first 40 years

… freeways, the loss of wilderness, and the extinction of wildlife suddenly realized they shared common values. The … supplies, degradation of agricultural lands, depletion of wildlife and fisheries, and, perhaps most urgent, the … of export, transit and import of rare or threatened wildlife species or their skins and trophies”.48 A first …
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