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Beyond access : Exploring implementation of the fair and equitable sharing commitment in the CBD
… years maintained a high standard of legal scholarship and quality outputs. The Fridtjof Nansen Institute is renowned … owned or un-owned. The clearest example of this is fresh water. In some countries, freshwater resources are un-owned. … about the continuing excludability of the good. them. Water companies may convert unowned water to an owned good, …
Marine litter legislation: a toolkit for policy makers
… Living Resources COP Conference of the Parties CWA Clean Water Act (U.S.) DDE dichloro-diphenyl-dichloroethylene DFG … waste from landfills sited near coastal areas, storm water runoff, ineffective sewage treatment, industrial … typically includes consideration of the site location, air quality, gas management, site description, and …
Assessing the international forest regime
… At its last meeting in May 1998, the COP focused on inland water ecosystems. It also considered its longer-term … on Biological Diversity the maintenance of forest quality, as part of sustainable forest management, should be … diversity,71 agricultural biological diversity,72 inland water biological diversity,73 and of course forest biological …
Document - The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands: its History and Development
… that wetlands have a far greater importance for ground water protection, regulation of the water cycle, water storage, water purification, and as an … is the value of environmental benefits, such as water quality improvement, protection from flooding and storm …
Role of Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs) in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
… (SDGs) NO POVERTY ZERO HUNGER GOOD HEALTH AND WELL-BEING QUALITY EDUCATION GENDER EQUALITY CLEAN WATER AND SANITATION AFFORDABLE AND CLEAN ENERGY DECENT WORK … JUSTICE AND STRONG INSTITUTIONS CLIMATE ACTION LIFE BELOW WATER PARTNERSHIPS FOR THE GOALS For queries on usage, …
UNEP - Our Planet Magazine - Making Our Future Chemical Safe - Edition from Sept 2015
… instance, in The Action Plan for Prevention and Control of Water Pollution, an ambitious nationwide programme … are now 161 such standards, including for 124 types of water pollutants and 120 types of air pollutants. Cleaner … is a much more thorough understanding of suppliers and the quality of their products. By knowing in detail the chemistry …
Developing a Global Soil Regime
… community became more aware of the phenomena of air and water pollution. More recently, the issues of climate change, … is essential if humanity’s overarching need for food, water, and energy security is to be met’.2 As a basic … as the most impoverished people often occupy areas of poor quality soil.20 Soil law must play a much more effective role …
IUCN Knowledge Products. The basis for a partnership to support the functions and work programme of IBPES
… in databases that are subject to peer-review for quality-control and are regularly updated. IUCN experience, … on The IUCN Red List show that that the proportion of warm-water coral, bird, mammal and amphibian species expected to … and biodiversity For the first time 845 species of warm water reef-building corals have been included on the Red List …
European Union overseas coastal and marine protected areas - overview of coastal and marine conservation efforts in the European Union's overseas countries and territories and outermost regions
… measuring the breadth of the territorial sea) is the low-water line along the coast as marked on large- scale charts … part II, section 2) The territorial sea is a belt of water not exceeding 12 nm in width measured from the … grass beds and coral reefs provide natural waste and water quality regulation and protection systems to buffer the …
Voluntary Guidelines on National Forest Monitoring
… 5.2.6 Errors in forest inventories and quality assurance … DRC), Peter Skripchuk (National University for Water Management and Natural Resources Use, Ukraine), Ben … India), Shaun Suitor (Department of Environment, Land, Water & Planning, Australia), Renato Timane (National …