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

… Zylstra, Stellenbosch University, South Africa With special thanks to the authors, who contributed their time and … Change and Biodiversity: Summary of Impacts The 4th Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change … as a key element in creating a resilient society. EbA puts special emphasis on ecosystem services that underpin human …
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Flow : The essentials of environmental flows

… recognised the non-consumptive use of water and developed special domestic legislation to provide for it. A clear legal … provide for environmental requirements. For example, the Report of the World Commission on Dams2 identified sustaining … flow frequency distri- butions, and water needs for special periods such as breeding and migration. The advantage …
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E-waste Inspection and Enforcement Manual - Developed in the framework of the SBC E-waste Africa project

… in any form for educational or non-profit purposes without special permission from the copyright holder, i.e. SBC, on … these workshops to the draft version of this manual. Special thanks are given to Oladele Osibanjo (BCCC-Nigeria), … trade). 4 United Nations University – Bonn, Germany; Final Report: 2008 Review of Directive 2002/96 on Waste Electrical …
18 Jun 2026 Document

Customary laws: Governing natural resource management in the northern areas

… steadfast commitment to sustainable mountain development. Special thanks are due to Mr. Bjorn Johannessen (NORAD) and … the Raja, but in some cases the lumbardars could directly report to the Rajas. The lumbardars collected revenue and … from the mountains and forests. They said that there is a special type of grape that grows in the forests naturally and …
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Climate Change and POPs: Predicting the Impacts

… DDT. Climate Change and POP s: Predicting the Impacts Report of the UNEP/AMAP Expert Group Contents Preface 5 … Wilson, Cynthia de Wit. Organization and project support: Special thanks are extended to Fatoumata Ouane (Stockholm … to cause further changes in POP bioaccumulation. Another special case of top-down change can occur as a result of …
18 Jun 2026 Document

An Introduction to National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans

… with particular regard, where appropriate, to the special needs of indigenous and local communities, for … responsible for preparing the NBSAP and/or the national report with the preparation of a proposal for enabling … actors Preparation of both the NBSAP and the national report are intended to be multi-stakeholder processes. In …
18 Jun 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

The burden of proof in natural resources legislation: Some critical issues for fisheries law

… law. In 1990, the UN Secretary General in his Report on the Law of the Sea expressly recognised the … __________ 17 Article 73, 1982 UN Convention, see also Special Issue of International Journal of Marine and Coastal … give a satisfactory explanation for possession was not a special defence but the most important element of the …
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Depend on nature: Ecosystem services supporting human livelihoods

… both nationally and internationally Target 13: Address the Special Needs of the Least Developed Countries Includes: … committed to poverty reduction Target 14: Address the Special Needs of landlocked countries and small island … for further increase (FAO, 2000). Health The World Health Report (WHO, 2002) reported that the ten leading risk factors …
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Concepts for Industry Co-Regulation of Bio-fuel Weeds

… et al (eds), Implications of GM-Crop Cultivation at Large Special Scales (2008) Peter Lang, Frankfurt. 2 See: IUCN, ‘ … Impacts of Ethanol and Biodiesel Expansion’ (2006) Study Report (available at http://beag.ag.utk.edu/pp/ … regulatory and co-regulatory 12 In Australia, there is no special liability regime that regulates damage caused by …
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Compilation of Internationally agreed environmental Goals and Objectives

… in any form of educational or non-proper services without special permission form the copyright holder, provided … the preparation of the fifth Global Environment Outlook report, in 2010. The following 10 thematic areas are covered … Ministerial Environment Forum at its twelfth special session held in Nairobi from 20 to 22 February 2012. …
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