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Share - Managing water across boundaries

… will provide greater benefits. These benefits can be environmental (benefits to the river), economic (benefits … the IUCN Water and Nature Initiative (WANI) and the IUCN Environmental Law Centre to strengthen transboundary water … authorities and transposition into domestic law are standard practice under international law (see Chapter 4). …
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Governance of Shared Waters - Legal and Institutional Issues

… IUCN Environmental Law Programme Environmental Law Centre Godesberger Allee 108-112 53175 … ciples. One of these principles determines that the latter standard revokes the previous standard, i.e. it takes …
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Mitigating the impacts of oil palm expansion and operations on biodiversity

… peoples and local communities, effective implementation of environmental regulations, appropriate plantation design, … and support to the small-holder sector to improve its environmental performance; The World Conservation Congress, … on Ecosystem Management (CEM) and the Commission on Environmental, Economic and Social Policy (CEESP), to conduct …
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Invasive Alien Species - a threat to biodiversity

… as being a signi" cant component of human-induced global environmental change. While there is no doubt that the … D.; R. Zuniga and D., Morrison (2005). “Update on the environmental and economic costs associated with … Organization for Animal Health (OIE) is the international standard setting body recognized by the World Trade …
29 Jul 2026 Literature

Technical guidelines on incineration on land (D10)

… in view of meeting both industrial production and environmental protection requirements. These industrial … of pollution. Site selection. It should be subject to an environmental impact assessment. The incinerator should be … combustion and synthesis in the exhaust gases which have environmental impact potential can be absorbed and adsorbed …
29 Jul 2026 Document

Energy subsidies: Lessons learned in assessing their impact and designing policy reforms

… end-use technologies are growing in response to environmental concerns, particularly climate change and local … perfectly. In particular, they do not take account of any environmental and social benefits and costs that might be … costs of the reform are weighed against the benefits. The standard decision rule is that if total benefits of the …
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Biodiversity Risks and Opportunities in the Apparel Sector

… stakeholders in the apparel sector of the social and environmental sustainability challenges faced by complex … the pressure to take action to address both social and environmental challenges. This report aims at providing a … supply chains. Identify what would be the most suitable standard and certification systems, based on company’s areas …
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Scientific Assessment Report - UNECE Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution - Summary for policy makers

… to health and nature Air pollution is still the number one environmental cause of premature deaths in Europe. A … some toxics along food chains and in individuals even low environmental concentrations can lead to significant … impact on employment will be negligible. In the long run environmental policy will favour the economy as it stimulates …
29 Jul 2026 Document in Climate and Atmosphere

National Blue Carbon Policy Assessment Madagascar

… Constitution of the Republic of Madagascar 10 2.2 National Environmental Action Plan 10 2.3 Environmental Charter 10 2.4 Forestry legislation 13 2.5 … USGS United States Geological Service VCS Verified Carbon Standard WIO Western Indian Ocean Region WWF World Wide Fund …
29 Jul 2026 Literature

Marine litter legislation: a toolkit for policy makers

… Acknowledgments This report was developed by the Environmental Law Institute (ELI) for the United Nations … 6.3 Environmental Impact Assessment … ASTM D7081-05 was the sole performance specification standard referring to the biodegradation of plastic materials … and physical processes of nature.”162 Among other standard practices, sanitary landfills should compact wastes, …
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