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Recycling used lead-acid batteries: health considerations (WHO)

18 Jul 2026 Document

The Futures of Privately Protected Areas

… use the IUCN protected area definition as an organizing principle. PPAs come in all shapes and sizes, from tiny … areas, which is further emphasized by an associated principle that reads: “For IUCN, only those areas where the … Reserve Program (CRP) under the Farm Bill. This programme pays private landowners to take marginal lands out of …
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Managing MIDAs - Harmonising the Management of Multi-Internationally Designated Areas: Ramsar Sites, World Heritage Sites, Biosphere Reserves and UNESCO Global Geoparks

… site conservation. All MIDA processes should observe the principle of free, prior and informed consent (FPIC) when … are 158 MAB National Committees or MAB Focal Points (in principle, participation in the MAB Programme and its World … MIDAs 24 ■ Number of countries participating: 33 (in principle, participation in the IGGP and the UNESCO Global …
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Commodities at a Glance - Special issue on Shale Gas

… steps should be taken in accordance with the precautionary principle to avoid the waste and/or deterioration of this …
18 Jul 2026 Literature

Guidelines for Applying Protected Area Management Categories. Best Practice Guidance on Recognising Protected Areas and Assigning Management Categories and Governance Types

… itself may be confused and likely to be ineffective. In principle a good assessment process to identify the right … hand, categories are not simply interchangeable. The only principle that should apply in assigning categories is the … Applying PA categories Any of the categories can in principle apply to areas with explicit inland wetland …
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Linkages in the landscape : The role of corridors and connectivity in wildlife conservation

… for ecological linkages is now recognized as a fundamental principle in land-use planning and land management in … to recognize the importance of ‘travel lanes’ as a principle in wildlife management (Harris and Gallagher 1989). … of human land use (Noss 1991); • The ‘precautionary principle’ demands that where knowledge is limited, the …
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The legal framework for the management of animal genetic resources

… of heredity. The cornerstone of the Convention is the principle of the sovereign right of states to exploit their … to take decisions on imports based on the precautionary principle, in relation to both LMOs to be introduced into the … on agriculture as a prime land user and a potential polluter or degrader. There is also legislation implementing …
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Initiating effective transboundary conservation - A practitioner’s guideline based on the experience from the Dinaric Arc

… to addressing transboundary issues. As a matter of principle, TBC is compelling when people realize that they …
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Ramsar Technical Report 7: Ramsar Wetland Disease Manual

… following an outbreak can be even more so: as a general principle, prevention costs provide a sound investment. … avium avium, (often simply called M. avium), which is the principle cause of avian tuberculosis in wild, domestic and …
18 Jul 2026 Document

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

… considered to formulate adaptation measures are: a) Principle 3. Take into account the effects (both real and … on adjacent ecosystems and other related ecosystems; b) Principle 5. Conserve ecosystem structure and function to … ecosystem services, beyond biodiversity conservation; c) Principle 6. Manage ecosystems within functioning limits of …
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