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E1 - Regulation of the Environment - Support Function of Groundwater Systems

… the UNECE Water Convention and its Protocol on Water and Health, the SADC Protocol, the Carpathians Convention, the …
20 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

Transitioning to a pollution-free planet

… activity and that degrades ecosystems and impacts human health and welfare of living species. Research on global … (iii) Multiple and long-term risks to human health and well-being, especially to women, children and … of marine litter worldwide on economies, ecosystems, animal welfare and human health, To increase awareness on …
20 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Intellectual property rights in plant varieties: International legal regimes and policy options for national governments

… as trade in goods and services, agriculture, textiles and health-related restrictions on imports. All of these … or morality, including to protect . . . plant life or health or to avoid serious prejudice to the environment." … Members to "adopt measures necessary to protect public health and nutrition, and to promote the public interest in …
20 Jun 2026 Literature See it in ECOLEX · This content is provided by ECOLEX

Introduction to the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

… module. Alois Leidwein from the Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety and David Hegwood from USAID provided … ‘Genetic material’ is defined as “any material of plant, animal, microbial or other origin containing functional units … to the thousands of indigenous crop and plant varieties, animal breeds, landraces and wild species that they use as …
20 Jun 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

Rights-based approaches - Exploring issues and opportunities for conservation

… social and cultural rights, such as the rights to health, an adequate standard of living, freedom from hunger … stopping the degradation and loss of indigenous plant and animal communities, managing their land in a cooperative and … (including Pinus spp., Rhododendron, Quercus) and 29 animal species (WWF Nepal 2008). Villagers control hunting …
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Guidelines for Applying Protected Area Management Categories. Best Practice Guidance on Recognising Protected Areas and Assigning Management Categories and Governance Types

… and marine areas. Many of the world’s wild plant and animal species do not have viable populations in protected … environmental features or scenery, where native plant and animal species, habitats and geodiversity sites are of … a lower protected area category are unlikely to affect the health of the species or ecosystem. ● When changing the …
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Water in drylands - Adapting to scarcity through integrated management

… other ecosystem services can give an indication of the health of a dryland ecosystem. Rangelands are places of … and laundering). There is an expectation that the serious health problems related to water-borne diseases like … effort was made to monitor the impact on overall rangeland health. In Kenya’s Garissa and Tana River Counties, work has …
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Albania and marine protected areas: Legal and insituttional framework assessment for conservation of coastal and marine biodiversity and establishment of MPAs

… and improve- ment, prevention and reduction of human health-associated risks and improvement of the quality of … Wildlife in Albania (APAWA) The work priorities are: animal/wildlife protection, biodiversity, environmental …
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Sources of international law (Part I) - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… International Lakes with its 1999 Protocol on Water and Health and its 2003 (Kiev) Protocol on Civil Liability and …
20 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

D1 - Ecosystem Approach and Ecosystem Services

… CBD defines an “ecosystem” as “a dynamic complex of plant, animal and micro-organism communities and their non-living … population naturally occurs”. The relevance of ecosystem health to water resources availability has been repeatedly …
20 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Environmental Governance