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… can, if not treated and correctly disposed of, contaminate land and water bodies. Used acid with high concentrations of lead is often dumped on land or released into waterways. Lead can enter the food … where there are high levels of exposure and limited or no access to diagnosis and treatment (Haefliger et al., 2009; …

… where the water table is at or near the surface of the land, or where the land is covered by shallow water. The Ramsar Convention takes … water jeopardizes human well-being and the environment. Access to safe water, human health, food production, economic …

… and top-down strategies 47 3.2.4 The role of NGOs 49 3.2.5 Land tenure factors 50 3.2.6 Choosing instruments 51 Key … protection of environmental flows 103 Key messages 104 3.2 Land Use Planning Legislation 105 Introduction 105 3.2.1 … for the protections that may provide so long as reasonable access to and use of the site for cultural purposes is …

… laws and the removal of formal barriers, ensuring equal access to environmental justice, the reform of institutions … resources, including access to ownership and control over land and other forms of property, credit, inheritance and … in redressing environmental imbalance: insecure land and tenure rights; obstructed access to natural resource …

… Mondial IMELS Italian Ministry of Environment, Land and Sea IUCN International Union for the Conservation of … of the western Balkans. The shoreline is a narrow strip of land (2-10 km wide) separated from the country by the high … data requirements for, reporting obligations and public access to the EIS. Other issues regulated by the Law include …

… environmental law, natural resources law, energy law and land use law, as well as constitutional law, administrative … and regional economies that rely on having predictable access to particular resources and markets.4 The need to … sued to challenge various aspects of the Council’s land use plans, demanding compensation as well as …

… and institutional system to approve CDM AR projects 47 4. Land rights issues, title to carbon and the nature of CERs 49 … particular legal issues. These issues mainly centre around land tenure, land use rights and the subsequent ownership of … conducted were very useful in the areas of land rights, access to sequestered carbon and title rights for certified …

… values such as wooden architecture and traditional land use practices. The Bridge of Mehmed Pasa Sokolovic is … areas are no longer accessible due to the presence of land mines. Regardless of the ethni- cal, religious and … complicates the situation for people owning farms and land on the other side of the border. For citizens of these …

… wetlands, have long been considered a wasteful use of land and are rarely protected. Lack of recognition for the … Goals (MDGs) set to halve the number of people without access to safe drinking water and sanitation by the year 2015 … degradation and loss include infrastructure development, land conversion, water withdrawal, pollution, over-harvesting …

… reduce emissions and releases of mercury to air, water and land and the impact of such emissions and releases on the … mercury compounds, often expressed as “total mercury”, to land and water from the relevant point sources not addressed … policies, programme priorities and eligibility for access to and utilization of financial resources. In …