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Nature-based solutions to address climate change

… and fragmentation of natural habitats, overexploitation, pollution, and invasive alien species. It also increases the … storage function can be reversed as a result of nitrogen pollution and drought. Improving sustainable management of …
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Protecting human health and the environment: A guide to the Rotterdam Convention on hazardous chemicals and pesticides

… and trust each other when addressing health risks and pollution problems that do not respect national borders. As …
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Depend on nature: Ecosystem services supporting human livelihoods

… mortality related to water-borne disease. • Indoor air pollution and carrying heavy loads during late stages of … emissions. As UNEP (2002) points out, the resulting pollution and disruption of ecosystems often occurs in … loss include habitat destruction, over-exploitation, pollution and invasive species. Behind these proximate causes …
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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 … they are less effective in regulating non-point sources of pollution, such as those occurring when numerous upstream … to agricultural land. In these cases, down- stream water pollution (or scarcity) is the result of the combination of …
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The "Chemical & Waste Conventions": the Basel Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions

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The Tacaná Watersheds - Developing untapped potential: Strengthening resilience through cross-sectoral collaboration

… that environmental degradation such as deforestation and pollution combined with weak institutions and social … waste recycling helping with soil conservation and water pollution control • Chlorine-based water purification and …
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State of Biodiversity in Africa

… are under threat from rapidly increasing human-caused pollution. Alien invasive species have also contributed to … many challenges, including a decline in fish stocks and pollution and acidification from land- based sources. In many …
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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 … IT 12/93). Protocol for the Prevention and Elimination of Pollution of the Med- iterranean Sea by Dumping from Ships …
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On dangerous ground _ Global Witness

… steps of the local court building. He had spoken out about pollution of the La Pasión River allegedly caused by the palm … REPSA have rejected accusations that they caused the water pollution in the Río de la Pasión and have also … on the steps of a local court building after denouncing pollution of a nearby river.31 This lack of accountability …
19 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

The status of climate change litigation - A global review

… not included. For example, lawsuits seeking to limit air pollution from coal fired power plants that do not directly … nationally applicable laws governing energy policy and air pollution, the cases aimed at smaller targets—which make up … Mining and drilling also tend to generate large volumes of pollution in their immediate vicinity, impairing local water …
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