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

… protects child health and safety by reducing harmful emissions from the burning of kerosene and firewood in homes, …
01 Mar 2017 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

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 …
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Biodiversity for Business: A guide to using knowledge products delivered through IUCN

… such as EN8 (Water withdrawal), or EN16 (Greenhouse gas emissions). More information: http://www.globalreporting.org …
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Guidelines for species conservation planning - version 1.0

… in future climate scenarios because of alternative emissions paths that may be followed), whereas others are …
17 Jun 2026 Literature

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 …
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