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UNEP’s Compendium of Innovative Laws: promoting Green Economy & Sustainable Development

… 324 6.9 Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation … take place without the necessary environmental and social mitigation, and from which environmental damage is observed, … the prevention of global warming by means of conserving wetland, grassland, etc. which absorb and fix much carbon …
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Special Issue on Wildlife Trafficking II

… water diversion . . .; (2) Destruction or degradation of wetland vegetation used by the turtles for nesting, basking, … agency policy represent a complex scheme of permitting, mitigation, and sanctions, including administrative, civil, …
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Towards sustainable fisheries law: a comparative analysis

… With a coastline of 500-650 km and a variety of marine and wetland habitats, the marine sub-sector is host to … Kenyan EEZ is about 230,000 km2.2 A variety of marine and wetland habitats occur along the Kenyan coast including coral … Gradually much of the research is focusing on the mitigation of damage to Indian Ocean coral reefs, which are …
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The Aarhus Convention: An implementation guide. Securing the public's rights through access to information, public participation and Access to justice for a healthy environment

… Information to enable the public to take preventive or mitigation measures can, inter alia, include safety … rs to ck 145 A rt ic le 6 For example, a permit to fill a wetland may be ancillary to the construction of a factory, … provide an opportunity to receive public comments on the wetland aspect of the project. In that case, article 6, …
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Forest fires and the law: a guide for national drafters based on the fire management voluntary guidelines

… in which they operate (art. 7). With regard to control and mitigation activities, Regulation No. 4/2001 requires those … and an organizational unit for wildfire prevention and mitigation (art. 14). Moreover, they must monitor the … by forest or land wildfire is obliged to ensure wildfire mitigation in the area in which they operate (art. 18). It is …
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Marine litter legislation: a toolkit for policy makers

… prohibiting them from being built in flood plains and wetland areas, where floods could transport garbage into …
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The impact of disasters and crises on agriculture and food security

… target our investments in resilience, preparedness and mitigation. This report provides the latest data on the … yet exist for such assessments, the section on mitigation through forest conservation takes a more detailed … look at the role of forests in DRR and disaster impact mitigation. Mitigation through forest conservation: the role …
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Responsible governance of tenure and the law - A guide for lawyers and other legal service providers

… as well as laws relating to climate change adaptation and mitigation. The assessment began by mapping out the ways in …
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Water as a human right?

… of wetlands deprives catchments of their natural flood mitigation system and filtration system adversely affecting …
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Legal frameworks for REDD: design and implementation at the national level

… Reporting and Verification NAMA Nationally-Appropriate Mitigation Action NGO Non-Governmental Organization NTFP … may be a relatively inexpensive climate change mitigation option, comparing favourably with the costs of … as a potentially effective and low-cost climate change mitigation option.9 This publication identifies and analyzes …
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