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Defenders of the Earth
… to employ many displaced by the mining and undertaken a variety of initiatives to improve the local environment, … because of the health risk posed by ash from a local power plant.159 Meanwhile, in her province, the expansion of an existing plant and the development of two new coal- fired power …
The long and winding road: negotiating a treaty for the conservation and sustainable use of marine biodiversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction
… on the Law of the Sea ITPGRFA International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture IUCN … of protein for about 1 billion people,1 and present a variety of opportunities for sustainable economic growth, … of a wide range of rare, threatened or endemic animal and plant species. Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on …
Document - Freshwater Law and Governance: Global and Regional Perspectives for Sustainability
… Change, penetrate deeply into domestic policymaking on a variety of topics and thus could easily be described by other … universe of regional and basin agreements, they reflect a variety of characteristics. In terms of geographic scope, one … covered by tropical rainforest and has “more than 30,000 plant species, nearly 2,000 fish species, 60 reptile species, …
Handbook for the 1979 Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution and its Protocols
… the Technical Annex and the characteristics of the plant, its age and its rate of utilization and the need to … effects of emissions of nitrogen oxides on humans, plant and animal life, waters, soils and materials, taking … of traffic expansion such as noise, congestion, etc. 54. A variety of technologies and design options are available …
CBD: Mechanisms for Implementation - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… provide essential services, thereby securing the planet's variety of life, and contributing to human well-being, and … Biodiversity Tourism and Biodiversity Global Strategy for Plant Conservation Traditional Knowledge, Innovation and …
Towards sustainable fisheries law: a comparative analysis
… rich in the world, containing an extraordinary amount of plant and animal diversity. According to the current study, … Nyawira Muthiga*** With a coastline of 500-650 km and a variety of marine and wetland habitats, the marine sub-sector … investments in the establishment of a fishing processing plant and fishing fleets to tap the EEZ resource, especially …
Document - The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands: its History and Development
… as it would be to demolish the Cathedral of Chartres to plant potatoes”. Also very pertinent was the end quotation, … estuaries, lagoons, and artificial wetlands. Animal and plant adaptations were enumerated as were the many harvests … to a series of specific recommendations. Then followed a variety of technical papers whose influence has been …
Wetlands, water and the law. Using law to advance wetland conservation and wise use
… • mangroves and other tidal forests. These very productive plant communities adapted to living in dynamic estuarine and … communities to maintain traditional forms of animal and plant resource exploitation and provide essential … authority to enact specific regulations on a wide variety of matters. As a minimum, institutional powers should …