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Enlarging and connecting protected areas for the Ecological Corridor of Northeast Asia

… and protected area systems are integrated into the wider land- and seascape, and relevant sectors, by applying the … and globally, their habitats also being in danger of degradation; UNDERSTANDING that there is a lack of …
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Covering ABS: Addressing the need for sectoral, geographical,legal and international integration in the ABS regime - papers and studies of the ABS Project

… and needs 48 5.5.1 Governance in remote areas 48 5.5.2 Land tenure and ownership 49 5.5.3 Overlapping … became common to drive automobiles on lakes as well as on land, the legal problem created would involve (i) evaluating … for multiple strategies that take account of environmental degradation and local social and economic conditions (see …
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United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea

… for resources, a widening awareness of environmental degradation, and a fundamental change in the nature and … of a state consists of the following components: the land (including islands and rocks), internal waters, … by ships through dumping and operational discharges, from land (through rivers) or from the exploitation of the non- …
26 May 2026 Course lesson in Marine and Freshwater

Towards a strategy for high seas marine protected areas: Proceedings of the IUCN, WCPA and WWF Experts Workshop on High Seas Marine Protected Areas

… 80% of available volume compared to the 0.5% covered by land, oceans are the cradles of new species, habitats and … The combined effects of overfishing, bycatch, habitat degradation and fishing-induced food web changes have already … properly controlled and monitored. Waterborne rubbish from land and sea-based sources, especially plastics, harm marine …
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Cultural Heritage Information Pack: 5 Cultural heritage -- a management challenge

… fishing grounds have been as important to them as the land, and they have evolved a highly organized set of customs … management methods which partly contributed to the degradation of coastal aquatic ecosystems, resulted in …
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Feasibility study on establishing transboundary cooperation in the potential Tara-Drina National Park

… values such as wooden architecture and traditional land use practices. The Bridge of Mehmed Pasa Sokolovic is … areas are no longer accessible due to the presence of land mines. Regardless of the ethni- cal, religious and … extraction). The fol- lowing issues can be emphasized: • Degradation of freshwater habitats by alterations of the …
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Recycling used lead-acid batteries: health considerations (WHO)

… can, if not treated and correctly disposed of, contaminate land and water bodies. Used acid with high concentrations of lead is often dumped on land or released into waterways. Lead can enter the food … by the action of hydrogen sulfide (from bacterial degradation of organic matter) on lead. There may also be …
26 May 2026 Document

Aquaculture - site selection and site management

… locations or in highly sophisticated systems such as land-based recirculation systems. Both types of aquaculture … locations or in highly sophisticated systems such as land-based recirculation systems. Both types of aquaculture … cost-effective measures to prevent environmental degradation’ (Principle 15 of the Rio Declaration on …
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Ramsar Technical Report 7: Ramsar Wetland Disease Manual

… back ‘upstream’ and finds an anthropocentric reason – land use, pollution, abstraction, livestock, introduced … systems � Dams � Water management changes � Habitat loss/degradation � Pollution � Highly pathogenic avian influenza, … of infection between livestock, people and wildlife. Local land use changes are also expected to exert temperature and …
26 May 2026 Document

Legislating for property rights in fisheries

… attention on the relationship between environmental degradation and the absence of rules governing the use of … interest in an easement falls short of a true estate in land. 20 The range of protection specifically includes … under the 1996 Act therefore operates similarly to a land title register, and a registration document relating to …
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