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Cooperation for the conservation and protection of coral reefs worldwide

… and territories, and are home to around 25% of all known marine species and occupy only 0.2% of the world’s ocean … the difficulties involved in protecting coral reefs and marine ecosystems, and Aichi Biodiversity Target 10, which … overfishing, destructive fishing practices and pollution”; BEARING IN MIND the outcome document of the …
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Issues in water law reform

… - known as a zero-revenue auction - is used to deepen air pollution markets. Under this mechanism, every year, each … Act of 3 August 1866, applicable to both continental and marine waters, and by the Water Act of 13 June 1879, … concerning wetlands to those partly or fully formed by marine waters. The Regulation of the Hydraulic Public Domain …
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GUIDANCE on feasible flame-retardant alternatives to commercial pentabromodiphenyl ether - 2009 (UNEP/POPS/COP.4/INF24)

… alternative flame retardants to c-PentaBDE. The Norwegian Pollution Control Authority (SFT) has therefore commissioned … for chemical processing plants mouldings, military and marine applications: construction panels Rubber … foamed pipes for insulation. Paints/lacquers Coatings Marine and industry lacquers for protection of containers …
19 Jun 2026 Document

Building Resilience to climate change - Ecosystem-based adaptation and lessons from the field

… Chapter 8 - Ecosystem-based Adaptation in the Seaflower Marine Protected Area, 99 San Andres Archipelago, Colombia A … Climate Warming and Disease Risks for Terrestrial and Marine Biota. Science 296:2158–2162. Heller, N.E. and E.S. … tourists, reducing negative impacts from sedimentation and pollution, and conserving resources essential for the …
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Advancing the Species Conservation Agenda. An overview of the IUCN SSC Network 2009 – 2012

… a serious escalation in rhino poaching; Costa Rica on marine turtle conservation; Argentina concerning draft … neglected taxa: Prominence of hitherto under- represented marine, freshwater, plants and invertebrate species … stretch of water, are highly threatened due to upstream pollution. Molluscs such as these provide important functions …
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Counting coastal ecosystems as an economic part of development infrastructure

… of the richest and most extensive tropical coastal and marine ecosystems in the world. It is therefore hardly … habitat clearance and conversion, and land-based and marine sources of pollution have all taken their toll on South and Southeast …
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Technical Guidelines on wastes collected from households (Y46)

… can have adverse environmental impacts, such as: - Air pollution and unpleasant odors; - Potential health hazards … effects or health hazards; - Contamination of the marine environment through direct or indirect discharge of … operations, and to prevent household waste causing pollution or damage to human health, it is most important to …
19 Jun 2026 Document

Freshwater Law and Governance: Global and Regional Perspectives for Sustainability

… 5.4.1. Nutrient and pollution reduction in the Black Sea “dead zone”..........91 … Waters focus area includes both freshwater and marine systems and was established to assist countries to … surface water basins, groundwater basins, and coastal and marine systems to enable the sharing of benefits from their …
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A critique of transboundary natural resource management in Southern Africa

… on natural resources will result in over-exploitation and pollution. They argue that there is already uncon- trolled … the man- agement of land, terrestrial, aquatic and marine resources cannot be surrendered to global experts and … a global commons. The “regional commons” include rivers, marine resources, forests and wildlife that were once freely …
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POPs and PIC Chemicals

… to have the potential to provoke sex reversal in some marine fish at high concentration levels. In addition, TBT …
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