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Brexit: environment and climate change

… law includes such diverse areas as nature and biodiversity, waste and recycling and chemicals regulation, … a framework for protecting European rivers, lakes, and coastal waters, among others. A Title xx legal base also … emissions and transport- related air policy) • Marine and coastal environment (such as the Common Fisheries Policy, and …
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The rise of environmental crime - A growing threat to natural resources, peace, development and security

… stability, environ- mental quality, its natural resources, biodiversity, economy and human life. INTERPOL also … Illegal fishing threatens the subsistence existence of coastal communities worldwide, but particularly in developed … populations are vulnerable.223 Most of the remaining coastal Atlantic tropical forests in Brazil within the …
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Transboundary Lakes and Reservoirs: Status and Trends (Summary for Policy Makers)

… across basins and landscapes, sustaining ecosystems and biodiversity, mitigating the impacts of climatic variability, … vulnerable to saltwater intrusion, SIDS reliant on small coastal aquifers are at higher risk of saltwater …
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Transboundary Aquifers and Groundwater Systems of Small Island Developing States: Status and Trends (Summary for Policy Makers)

… across basins and landscapes, sustaining ecosystems and biodiversity, mitigating the impacts of climatic variability, … vulnerable to saltwater intrusion, SIDS reliant on small coastal aquifers are at higher risk of saltwater …
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Sustainable tourism management in the transboundary areas of the Dinaric Arc region: Manual for planning, development and monitoring of tourism in the protected areas of the Dinaric Arc

… the management and conservation of cultural landscapes and biodiversity for the benefit of rural communities in the TBAs … Border areas are often the most favoured regions for biodiversity, partially as a result of their geographical … Montenegro, where tourism has mostly been oriented towards coastal development. Other countries, such as Serbia, BiH and …
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Evaluating effectiveness : A framework for assessing management effectiveness of protected areas

… and action groups, focusing in particular on species and biodiversity conservation and the management of habitats and … by pest species. Protected areas that consist of a narrow coastal strip without room to expand landwards in case of … forests, waterfowl wetlands, shores (both inland and coastal waters) and old-growth forests. Many areas, …
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Pay : Establishing payments for watershed services

… and wetlands. 15 These ecosystems support plant and animal biodiversity, but also provide goods and services that … and discharge • Reduced flood peaks and storm damage • Coastal protection • Slope stability • Protection of soil by … and human-made pollutants into lakes, rivers, wetlands and coastal waters. Non-use values A component of Total Economic …
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UNEP Policy and Strategy for Gender Equality and the Environment 2014-2017, February 2015

… women, and underscores the contribution women have made to biodiversity conservation. Millennium Development Goals … energy; land use, change, deforestation and degradation; biodiversity and traditional knowledge; forestry; climate … partnerships to restore or maintain marine and coastal ecosystem services and their associated biodiversity. …
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Aquaculture: responsible practices and certification

… aquatic resources, with due respect for the ecosystem and biodiversity’. Its Article 9 deals with aquaculture. … the environment’ by tackling the issues of climate change, biodiversity and natural resources, environmentally friendly … they take account of all human activities. Integrated coastal zone management is also relevant to the ecosystem …
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Judges and the rule of law. Creating the links: Environment, human rights and poverty

… forestry, land, water, fisheries, wildlife, food, biodiversity and genetic resources – literally hundreds of … and kill the coral reefs and other marine lives in the coastal areas. We have cut down our forests and abused nature … much as 80–90% because of the abuse we have heaped on our coastal resources. That everything has a price and that …
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