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The rise of environmental crime - A growing threat to natural resources, peace, development and security
… destroyed, and nearly one million hectares of productive land (pastures and soybean) were embargoed. Correspondingly, … and radiation hazards, with negative impact on arable land, economic crops and trees.13 A broad understanding of … the alleged “plantations” were only fronts with no actual land area. E-waste has been reported estimated to increase …
Document - Freshwater Law and Governance: Global and Regional Perspectives for Sustainability
… Development Bank AFOLU Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use AMCOW African Ministers’ Council on Water CBD … 6 Lao PDR Lao People’s Democratic Republic LULUCF Land Use, Land-Use Change and Forestry MDBA Murray-Darling Basin …
Biodiversity for (Bio)technology under the Convention on Biological Diversity: bioprospecting partnership in practice
… the prior informed consent, granted by the owner of the land where activity will be developed, by the authority of … while, biological resources are the property of the land owner, a situation that causes confusion and debates … instruments for the management of information, systems of land and property ownership, etc., contribute, jointly with …
Cost and benefits of ecosystem based adaptation: The case of the Philippines
… for resources, etc Opportunity Costs Alternative land and resource uses foregone, loss of profits and … alternative investments, etc Opportunity Costs Alternative land and resource uses foregone, loss of profits and … waters are 2,872.58 ha, which is 17 times more than its land area (166.19 ha; 0.67% of the total area of the City) …
Managing MIDAs - Harmonising the Management of Multi-Internationally Designated Areas: Ramsar Sites, World Heritage Sites, Biosphere Reserves and UNESCO Global Geoparks
… that is before we consider the expansion of agricultural land, exploratory drilling and extraction of oil and gas, or … internationally agreed targets are for 17% of terrestrial land and 10% of marine areas to be protected. However, while … and indigenous peoples, usually related to issues of land-use restrictions or sometimes even lack of respect for …
Affirmation of the role of indigenous cultures in global conservation efforts
… species diversity, ecological processes and patterns, and land and sea management practices that are applicable today; … of up to one million people through the ahupua'a system of land management, which integrated land and sea ecosystems and relationships within a shared …
Mountain Protected Areas
… for recreation and tourism, more than other kinds of land use; and therefore at that time mountain protected areas … and DEEPLY CONCERNED that mountain protected areas as a land use have been largely dropped from the lexicon; for … and significant role that formal protected areas play in land and water use and development and thus for human …
Ratification and Implementation Guidelines
… 61 61 62 64 64 64 64 66 66 Article 9: Releases Sources of Land and Water Releases Covered Required Control Measures for … 7); 5. Emissions (to air) (Article 8); 6. Releases (to land and water) (Article 9); 7. Environmentally sound interim … releases of mer- cury and mercury compounds to water and land. Notes: 1. This measure will contribute to in- creased …
Protecting coastal and marine environments from mining waste
… reduce marine pollution of all kinds, in particular from land-based activities; ALSO NOTING Aichi Biodiversity Target … and Protocol; TROUBLED that dumping of mining waste from land with potential significant harmful effects through … Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land-based Activities (UNEP-GPA), International Maritime …