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Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security
… established to prevent or minimize degradation and loss of biodiversity and reward changes that foster good land … may also consider offering special assistance to small island and other developing states. 23.3 States should …
Food and Agriculture Organization (2017), IPPC Procedure Manual for Standard Setting
… and their habitats and ecosystems, and of agricultural biodiversity. Strategic (1) Extent of support for the … administrative and technical support. Environmental and biodiversity concerns The CPM-3 (2008) adopted action items … countries, tropical and temperate regions, continental and island nations, highly and sparsely populated countries, …
Third report on the protection of the atmosphere
… and control 32. As stated in Max Huber’s dictum in the Island of Palmas case, the dominant criterion for identifying … Change 220 and the Convention on Biological Diversity (Biodiversity Convention), 221 provide for sustainable … sustainable development”. Article 1 of the Biological Biodiversity Convention states that: “The objectives of this …
Land and water - the rights interface
… land management has shaped and conserved high levels of biodiversity.150 As 148 See Swallow, B., Garritty, D.P. & van … a number of rights on 165 Such as the Subaks of the island of Bali in Indonesia. 166 For example, the formal … system of irrigation water allocation and rights on the island of Bali. But that is in many ways an exception as Bali …
The Aarhus Convention:An implementation guide. UN/ECE Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-Making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters
… within species, between species and of ecosystems”. Biodiversity includes, but is not limited to, ecosystem … as a functional unit83), are considered components of biodiversity.84 Genetically modified organisms are explicitly … the Endangered Spe- cies Act: giving back the right to biodiversity after Lujan v. Defenders of Wildlife”, Tulane …
Commodities at a Glance - Special issue on Shale Gas
… use Not applicable Moderate Not applicable High Risk to biodiversity Low Moderate Moderate High Noise-related … Blackstone 2017 Cove Point LNG 5.25 Dominion 2018 Elba Island LNG T1-6 1.50 Kinder Morgan 2018 Cameron LNG T1 4.00 … 2019 Corpus Christi LNG T1 4.50 Cheniere Energy 2019 Elba Island LNG T7-10 1.00 Kinder Morgan 2019 Freeport LNG T2 5.10 …
Spring: Managing groundwater sustainability
… economic development. Many aquatic ecosystems and their biodiversity depend on groundwater. Failure to manage … change. Sustainable groundwater management supports biodiversity conservation Changes to groundwater levels or … or quality of groundwater discharge is a driver of biodiversity loss in groundwater-dependent ecosystems, …
Conservation and Sustainable Use under the International Treaty
… governments have recognized the importance of agricultural biodiversity for sustained food security, and are aware of … of crop diversity.17 Many threats or drivers of change in biodiversity have been recognized and found to have … of Taro Germplasm Collections in the Pacific Island Region Using Simple Sequence Repeat (SSR) Markers”, …