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Nature-based solutions to address climate change

… risk of landslides; wetlands regulate flooding and protect water resources during droughts, and mangroves and dunes act … mitigate heat waves by cooling the air while improving its quality. If protected and sustainably managed, ecosystems … play their regulating role in flood control by fostering water infiltration. This avoids the overflow of drainage …
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Case Study - Inland Wetlands in India

… of inland wetlands 46 for sustainable management of water resources 50 Ousteri wetland, Puducherry 52 53 Jammu … MoUD Ministry of Urban Development MoWR Ministry of Water Resources MPA Marine Protected Areas MSC Marine … degradation of land and forest area and impacted the water quality in the Bhadra River on account of siltation and …
19 Jun 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

Stockholm Declaration (of the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment)

… benefits of development and the opportunity to enhance the quality of life. Wrongly or heedlessly applied, the same … regions of the earth: dangerous levels of pollution in water, air, earth and living beings; major and undesirable … 2 The natural resources of the earth, including the air, water, land, flora and fauna and especially representative …
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Principles of phytosanitary legislation

… parties involved and giving the whole system one essential quality: the legal certainty of the transactions. Does this … in Asia, 197I (E*) 34. Systematic index of international water resources 2. Wildlife and national park legislation in … Propiedad, tenencia y redistribución de tierras en la 10. Water law in selected European countries (Belgium, …
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The Ecosystem Approach: Island voices Island choices

… including food, fuel, construction materials, clean water and air, and protection from natural hazards. … – a strategy for the integrated management of land, water and living resources that places human needs at its … scientific organization 5% 19 Rating the most important quality of islands Respondents were asked to identify what …
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Solutions in focus: Transboundary protected area solutions

… invasive river plant 16 Israel, Jordan and Palestine: Good Water Neighbors: Rehabilitating the Jordan River through … the transboundary improvement of nature and landscape quality by connecting and valorizing habitats. An agreement … for reptiles and amphibians and renaturalization of water bodies. Transboundary sustainable tourism To encourage …
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Legislating for property rights in fisheries

… the value of their harvest by only landing the best quality catch, instead of simply harvesting greater … 337 confirmed that state territory was bounded by the low-water mark, and Commonwealth fisheries jurisdiction extended … a presumption that the bed of all wetlands and bodies of water, other than Indian reserves or national parks, are …
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World Wildlife Crime Report - Trafficking in protected species

… of seizure data, and not all seizure data are of equal quality. With these limitations in mind, World WISE is used … - -- The Indian rat snake (Ptyas mucosus) - -- The common water monitor (Varanus salvator) - -- The blood python … recorded in World WISE. In terms of legal CITES trade, water monitors, reticulated pythons, blood pythons, and …
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Regulation of Freshwater at the Regional and Subregional Levels - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… Measures Principles Other obligations The Protocol on Water and Health The Protocol on Civil Liability 2. Protocol … use. An important example of regulation of transboundary water resources at the regional level is the 1992 Convention … required to establish national and local targets for the quality of drinking water and the quality of discharges, as …
19 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Marine and Freshwater

Maritime Traffic Effects on Biodiversity in the Mediterranean Sea. Volume 2 - Legal Mechanisms to Address Maritime Impacts on Mediterranean Biodiversity

… and acronyms AFS Anti-fouling substances BWM Ballast water management CBD Convention on Biological Diversity CMS … and other legitimate uses of the sea, impairment of quality for use of sea water and reduction of amenities’ (Article 1(4)). Dumping is …
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