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D2 - Dams, Ecosystems and Fisheries

… fisheries/aquatic habitat and fishers; (3) international environmental impact assessment obligations relating to the … gain a deeper appreciation of how emerging international environmental impact assessment norms can help to improve the … environmental harm may include obstruction of fish migration and changes to instream flow regimes that …
17 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

Special Rapporteur on the Environment_2016 Report

… issues relevant to human rights, such as climate- induced migration. In October 2015, the Nansen Initiative, … is the first climate agreement, and one of the first environmental agreements of any kind, to explicitly recognize … obligations to protect the enjoyment of human rights from environmental harm (A/HRC/25/53). These obligations encompass …
17 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Introduction to Human Rights and the Environment - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… Research (UNITAR) based on its course “Human Rights and Environmental Protection for Sustainable Development”, which … At the end of this lesson you will be able to: Explain how environmental harm can interfere with the enjoyment of human … environmental harm on certain community and in relation to migration, whether those impacts may result in displacement …
01 Mar 2017 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

Guidelines - Biodiversity in Impact Assessment

… on Biological Diversity and the Netherlands Commission for Environmental Assessment, in collaboration with the … Biological Diversity; © 2006, Netherlands Commission for Environmental Assessment. The designations employed and the … temporary (temporary workers), seasonal in-migration (tourism) or opportunistic in-migration
17 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

E2 - Prevention of Aquifer Pollution

… as arsenic or fluoride or induce saline intrusion or the migration of lower quality or brackish waters. Therefore, … Site: UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION PORTAL ON MULTILATERAL ENVIRONMENTAL AGREEMENTS Course:The "Greening" of Water Law: … groundwater-dependent ecosystems in order to meet environmental needs and to maintain ecosystem services. 2.4. …
17 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

Global Land Outlook

… of population growth, climate change, urbanization, migration, and conflict to food, energy, and water … With our current trends in production, urbanization, and environmental degradation, we are losing and wasting too much … human habitation. Land degradation decreases resilience to environmental stresses: increased vulnerability, especially …
17 Jun 2026 Literature

A Review of Migratory Bird Flyways and Priorities for Management - TS No. 27

… without prior permission from the United Nations Environmental Programme. DISCLAIMER The contents of this … a better understanding of the complex phenome- non of bird migration and the development on international policy. I … consumption, as an ecological adaptation to different environmental conditions and as a way to exploit food …
17 Jun 2026 Document

Climate Change Vulnerability of Migratory Species

… dependent on them for as a mechanism to aid migration.     … implications of potential mis‐match between species migration and optimal  food abundance. Where certain  … change will impact on reproductive success and important environmental triggers or phenological cues.   3. …
17 Jun 2026 Document

Safe Havens: Protected Areas for Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation

… practice. IUCN is the world’s oldest and largest global environmental organization, with more than 1,200 government … 116 Human perturbation and environmental governance of the coastal lagoon of A … Australian expression for what has been termed ‘amenity migration’ in the United States, Canada and Europe (Esparza & …
17 Jun 2026 Literature See it in ECOLEX · This content is provided by ECOLEX

Desertification: the invisible frontline

… future water demands, diffuse ethnic tensions or reverse migration flows. • over 1 billion people today have no access … • by 2050, 200 million people may be permanently displaced environmental migrants mIgraTIon – FIghT or Flee • by 2020 an … • by 2050, 200 million people may be permanently displaced environmental migrants naTIonal securITy – breakIng DoWn Many …
17 Jun 2026 Document in Climate and Atmosphere