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UN Watercourses Convention User’s Guide

… 171 Article 21 | Prevention, Reduction and Control of Pollution 173 21.1 Commentary 173 21.2 Application 179 21.2.1 … 164-172 Article 21 - Prevention, reduction and control of pollution 1. For the purpose of this article, “pollution of … such as nuclear reactor accidents, toxic chemical spills, oil spills or forest fires. Where necessary, specific safety …
17 Jun 2026 Document in Marine and Freshwater

Croatia and marine protected areas: Legal and insituttional framework assessment for conservation of coastal and marine biodiversity and establishment of MPAs

… to enforce regulations in Marine Protected Areas (e.g. pollution), they need to be identified and applied using … for the Protection of the Mediterranean Sea against Pollution (Barcelona 1976 revised on 10 June 1995 as the … biological and landscape diversity. Any opencast mining, oil or gas field or any other project related to exploitation …
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Judges and the rule of law. Creating the links: Environment, human rights and poverty

… of complex topics ranging from natural resource damages to pollution preven- tion, public participation in decision … identifica- tion of environmental conflicts, due to pollution or misuse of resources, and their exami- nation at … 2000 on, such actions started to be proposed by victims of oil pollution at Baía da Guanabara (Rio de Janeiro state) …
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Payments for Ecosystem Services - Legal and Institutional Frameworks

… and control policies may be effective in controlling pollution from well-defined point sources, such as factories … only refer to nonrenewable natural resources, such as oil and gas, or if the property right limitation will apply … alterations to the soils, and, in certain areas, oil spills due to oil exploration. 1 1 ACTO. 2004. Strategic …
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The greening of water law: Managing freshwater resources for people and the environment

… 43 3. Pollution prevention and abatement … ............................................. 86 2. Pollution prevention and abatement … and loss in the past 50 years, destroyed by overuse, pollution and other human activities. This being said, there … in 1995 that “If the wars of this century were fought over oil, the wars of the next century will be fought over water.” …
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Sustainable tourism in protected areas: Guidelines for planning and management

… change. Ultimately, the availability and cost of fuel oil will be an important limitation on long-term travel … � reduced infant mortality; � elimination of water and air pollution; � increased access to recreation sites, protected … sewage or litter in rivers, lakes or oceans. n Release of oil and fuel from ships and smaller craft. n Propeller-driven …
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Document - The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands: its History and Development

… powerful and often extremely destructive through drainage, pollution and excessive hunting. However, agricultural crops … Convention, as well as new threats such as increased pollution by pesticides, it was decided that a G. V. T. … of international importance and general threats, such as oil and pesticide pollution. It was also agreed that lists of …
17 Jun 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

Plant genetic resources and food security: stakeholder perspectives on the international treaty on plant genetic resources for food and agriculture

… many important food crops, such as sorghum, millet, yam, oil palm, sesame, date, pea and rice (FAO, 1997). It remains … (5); major starch crops (7); minor starch crops (3); oil crops (5); fruits (3); shrub fruits (6); tree fruits … salt, drought, cold and heat, as a means to reduce pollution and biodiversity loss. Crops that are genetically …
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Transboundary Conservation. A systematic and integrated approach

… scale agricultural initiatives, and the adverse effects of pollution by fertilisers and pesticides. Local communities … a border war in the same area over the control of the oil-rich Bakassi peninsula as recently as the 1990s, this … K. (2013). Marine Conservation Planning and the Offshore Oil & Gas, Deep-Sea Mining and Shipping Industries in the …
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Wilderness Protected Areas: Management Guidelines for IUCN categories 1b protected areas

… impact on the planet is now so pervasive (as a result of pollution, climate change, rampant industrial infrastructure, … levels of industrial activity, such as roads, mining, oil and gas development, logging, and hydropower projects, as … or diverting them for irrigation; mining; and oil and gas exploration and exploitation. Pastoralism …
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