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Maritime Traffic Effects on Biodiversity in the Mediterranean Sea. Volume 2 - Legal Mechanisms to Address Maritime Impacts on Mediterranean Biodiversity

… and acronyms AFS Anti-fouling substances BWM Ballast water management CBD Convention on Biological Diversity CMS … uses of the sea, impairment of quality for use of sea water and reduction of amenities’ (Article 1(4)). Dumping is … the waters of its harbours operating continuously as oil supply terminals. The practices also take place outside …
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The green belt of Europe: From vision to reality

… many years through the joint management of the lake and water resources. Towards the end of the Communist period, … See – Seewinkel Cooperation in nature conservation and water management started as early as the 1950s. This was … border crossing. Practical work to improve the clean water supply of the villages has also been undertaken. All the …
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Technical guidelines on used oil re-refining or other re-uses of previously used oil (R9)

… (synthetic oils), oily residues from tanks, oil-water mixtures and emulsions. These arising from industrial … This usually involves treatment to separate solids and water from a variety of used oils. The methods used may … These sludges which are normally produced by high pressure water jet cleaning of storage tanks consist of iron oxide …
18 Jun 2026 Document

Values of protected landscapes and seascapes: protected landscapes and agrobiodiversity values

… secure access to critical agricultural inputs including water and seeds, facilitation of organic farming and animal … Farming: a strategy for improved agricultural and water productivity amongst small-holder farmers in drought … to deforestation, and therefore also affecting water supply and flow. The introduction of exotic tree species for …
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Illegal Traffic under the Basel Convention

… sites, are affected by the pollution of the air, the water and the soil as a result of their contamination by … drivers of this phenomenon - both on the demand and on the supply side- as well as why, where and when illegal …
18 Jun 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste

At a glance: Minamata Convention on Mercury

… in the environment where it circulates between air, water, sediments, soil and biota in various forms. Mercury … on all lifecycle stages of mercury:  Controls on mercury supply sources and trade (Article 3)  Phase-out and … 7)  Controls on air emissions and releases to land and water (Articles 8 and 9)  Storage, waste and contaminated …
18 Jun 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste

Handbook 4: Avian influenza and wetlands

… at low tide, as well as human-made wetlands such as waste-water treatment ponds and reservoirs. About this series of … roles of other sectors beyond the “environment” or “water” sectors. It is thus very important that these … between the sectors concerned with wetland conservation, water, health, food security and poverty reduction within and …
18 Jun 2026 Document

Publication - An Explanatory Guide to the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing

… ABS Circumstances Attributes Characteristics Source of supply Ex-situ Non-commercial (botanical gardens, gene banks, … the living and non-living natural resources found in the water column, the seabed, and the subsoil thereof. ! In its … of living and non-living natural resources found in the water column, the seabed, and the subsoil thereof and …
18 Jun 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

Wildlife protection and trafficking assessment in Kenya - Drivers and trends of transnational wildlife crime in Kenya and its role as a transit point for trafficked species in East Africa

… Service, National Museums of Kenya, and the Ministry of Water, Environment and Natural Resources provided valuable … Manegene, Director of Wildlife, Ministry of Environment, Water and Natural Resources (MEWNR); Nick Ahlers, … criminal syndicates, creating a long and diffuse supply chain that cannot be stopped by one country or agency …
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Significant Trade in Wildlife: A Review of selected species in CITES Appendix II - Volume 3 Birds

… they inhabit open Eucalyptus forest, timber bordering water-courses, Melaleuca woodland, arid Acacia scrublands and … it also occurs in deciduous forest some distance from water. It reportedly avoids humid tierra firma forest, … exporter, possibly as a result of the restriction in the supply from Bolivia and in 1985 almost all of the birds in …
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