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International environmental governance: An international regime for protected areas
… generates nearly a third of all global greenhouse gas emissions, has refused to ratify the Kyoto Protocol on the … approved by the EC and false claims can be prosecuted by trading standard officers. Certification therefore provides a …
Rule: Reforming water governance
… damaging overuse of water. Step 7: Enable sharing and trading of water rights water banks and leases of water … spectrum of water poli- cies including provisions for trading water abstraction permits and prioritizing … develop uniform criteria for dumping effluents and emissions, adopt preventive measures to protect human health …
ITTO/IUCN guidelines for the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity in tropical timber production forests
… closures. Fires also increase forest-based greenhouse gas emissions. Additional measures that can be taken to combat … activities of their staff to prevent them from hunting or trading in wildlife products. Pragmatism has led WWF and the …
The Green Customs Guide to Multilateral Environmental Agreements
… aware that their traditional role as guardians of the trading system is evolving into a more nuanced one … shipped as part of a commercial transaction or under a trading relationship. Because the Convention regulates … stratospheric ozone layer, caused by chlorine and bromine emissions from human activities, was inflicting considerable …
Flow : The essentials of environmental flows
… • Impacts on ecosystem and biodiversity • Impacts on emissions of pollutants • Impacts on water-borne disease … credits, allocating these credits and facilitating their trading. In the Edwards Aquifer of Texas, this approach has … Water markets can contribute to environmental flows. Trading of water is not a universal phenomenon, but formal …
Wetlands, water and the law. Using law to advance wetland conservation and wise use
… clams in the production of tiles.63 In some cases, global trading patterns have altered the balance of production … at a safe level, over the long term, and to limit emissions of greenhouse gases by developed countries in … the main activities are pastoralism, agriculture, hunting, trading and fishing. Under a project developed jointly by …
Integration of groundwater management into transboundary basin organizations in Africa - Training manual
… revenue for resource man- agement; ■■ Possible subsequent trading of abstraction rights to promote more efficient water … if the subsurface contaminant load generated by man- made emissions (waste dumping, discharges and leakages) is … based on predictions under the medium-high greenhouse gas emissions scenario, annual mean air temperature between 2080 …