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Law, Policy and Dryland Ecosystems in the People's Republic of China

… and their biotic environment, as well as the physical and chemical interactions within the environment. Principle 6 – … by wind and/or water; (ii) deterioration of the physical, chemical and biological or economic properties of soil; and … freeze-thaw, gravity action, artificial destruction. 2. Chemical processes – including loss of soil fertility, soil …
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Technical guidelines: Technical guidelines on the environmentally sound management of wastes containing or contaminated with unintentionally produced polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins, polychlorinated dibenzofurans, hexachlorobenzene, polychlorinated biph

… or toxaphene or with hexachlorobenzene as an industrial chemical . [Pesticide POPs technical guidelines] UNEP, 2015b. … 613 Methods for organic chemical analysis of municipal and industrial wastewater … PCBs in exhaust gas that are generated by combustion and chemical reactions and are discharged to flues, stacks or …
27 May 2026 Document

Technical Guidelines on wastes collected from households (Y46)

… the gases through an electrostatic precipitator or wet (chemical) scrubbing. In addition to such control equipment, …
27 May 2026 Document

Invasive Alien Species - a growing threat in Regional Seas

… harvesting, or the creation of physical barriers • Chemical control, including chemical dosing, use of toxic baits, and application of …
27 May 2026 Literature

Embedding the Environment in Sustainable Development Goals

… much of the developing world, the accumulation of chemical wastes, or the on-going unsustainable consumption of … accompanied by its requirements for water, synthetic chemical fertilizers, herbicides and intensive use of …
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Case Study - Opportunities provided by the Nagoya Protocol in specific cases of the pharmaceutical, cosmetics and agricultural sector

… biomolecule. Nereus Pharmaceuticals filed patents on its chemical synthesis and initiated clinical studies. In 2014, … (see below) Since 2007: Filing of US patents on the chemical synthesis of Salinospor- amide A and analogs by …
27 May 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

Governance of Shared Waters - Legal and Institutional Issues

… the contamination of watercourses with ‘heavy’ metals, chemical waste or pesticides and fertilizers. It is also … solid (ice) and gaseous (clouds, fog or mist). From the chemical point of view, water is, in its purest form, a … planet, while preserving the hydrological, biological and chemical functions of ecosystems, adapting human activities …
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Transboundary Air Pollution - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

27 May 2026 Course lesson in Climate and Atmosphere

Global Land Outlook

… is also sacred. The decline of vultures in India due to chemical poisoning34 is a problem for Parsi communities, … include erosion, sealing and crusting, and compaction. Chemical degradation: processes leading to soil chemical imbalances, including salinization, loss of …
27 May 2026 Literature

A guide to designing legal and institutional frameworks on alien invasive species

… ful in ecological terms because its leaf litter contains chemical exudates and prevents other species from growing. … assessment models are still fairly primitive, based on chemical models that do not always ac- count for processes of … of equipment; destruction of infested mate- rial; direct chemical or other control of the invasive organisms; closure …
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