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Environmental Governance

… particularly those that cross political borders such as air pollution and biodiversity loss, will require new global, …
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Guidelines for applying protected area management categories

… from low-flying aircraft, helicopter flights or hot-air balloons; and limiting human activity below the surface … on the world’s oceans through fishing pressure and pollution. If the impacts of transboundary air pollution and climate change are factored in, the entire …
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Indigenous and traditional peoples and climate change

… events are going to be more intense as a result of higher air temperature and its consequential higher capacity to hold … and can be easily damaged by light or temperature changes, pollution or chemical changes in the water. The exceptionally … obvious. The Arctic has experienced a warming trend in air temperature of as much as 5°C during the 20th century, …
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Community - based incentives for nature conservation

… disposal of industrial effluents or by-products into land, air and water. For example, in Case Study 4, urban and industrial pollution are major issues in wetlands management. 2.2.2 … contain inadequate consideration of waste management and pollution control, and environmental sector policies which …
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Review of laws, policies and economic instruments related to payment for ecosystem services in Vietnam

… 1992 Constitution provides that all resources including air, land, forests, rivers, lakes and other water supplies, … No. 67/2003/ND-CP, 13/06/2003, limiting environmental pollution caused by waste water, guiding the economical use … 31. Decision No. 64/2003/QD-TTg, guiding the control of pollution and waste 32. Decision No. 34/2002/QD-BNNPTNT, …
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Promoting responsible investment in agriculture and food systems - Guide to assess national regulatory frameworks affecting larger-scale private investments

… nimizing and remedying, as appropriate, negative impacts on air, land, soil,  water, forests and biodiversity;  ii. … degradation,  deforestation, water resource depletion and pollution. They can also pose threats to human,  … distribution  stages  can  contaminate the environment ‐ air, land, and waterways.     …
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Mr. Michael Frost, Analysis on the situation of Environmental Human Rights Defenders

… human rights relating to the environment, including water, air, land, flora and fauna. Land and environmental rights are … forced evictions, nuclear power and environmental pollution. guatemala 37 communications 19 type of threats … and long-term approach of development where land, water, air and forests are not reduced to mere marketable goods. The …
26 May 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Speaking a common language: The uses and performance of the IUCN system of management categories for protected areas

… outside protected areas that affects their ecology through pollution or other impacts – Mining leases that buffer … changes to vegetation, secondary effects from chemical pollution and the impact of mining tailings and the social … is possible. These can range from primary impacts such as air, land and water pollution to habitat loss and …
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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 … from the Portuguese ‘serviços ambientais’. 80 81 cited as air quality, climate regulation, water regulation and … taxes and contributions, and, recently, tradable air pollution quotas. Although PES pilot projects have been …
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Handbook for the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer

… shall be restricted to the servicing of refrigeration and air-conditioning equipment existing on 1 January 2020; (b) … shall be restricted to the servicing of refrigeration and air-conditioning equipment existing on 1 January 2020. 7. As … shall be restricted to the servicing of refrigeration and air-conditioning equipment existing on 1 January 2030; 22 …
26 May 2026 Document in Climate and Atmosphere