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Stockholm Declaration (of the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment)

… hazards to human health, to harm living resources and marine life, to damage amenities or to interfere with other …
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Explanatory guide to the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

… biological diversity and its components in terrestrial and marine ecosystems, with a view to enhancing food secu- … on best practices. The CBD covers both terrestrial and marine biota, and Parties are explicitly required to … (species diversity) and the interrelationships of life (ecosystem diver- sity). In other words, the CBD is the …
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Briefing Note 2: Wetlands and water storage: current and future trends and issues

… and positive implications for wetlands and wetland ecosystem services. In this Note, the STRP provides an … increased demand for water storage. • Wetlands and wetland ecosystem services can be negatively impacted by dams and … 2008. An over- view of the state of the world’s fresh and marine waters. Second edition. UNEP, Nairobi. United Nations …
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Solutions in focus: Transboundary protected area solutions

… Recognition Replicating Protected area solutions Marine and coastal solutions ABC solutions XYZ solutions … familiar with the negative impacts of fragmentation on ecosystem functionality. However, to successfully facilitate … protection. This in turn benefits the integrity of the ecosystem and its services. Improved institutional presence …
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Water as a human right?

… Terminology – rights-based approach supplemented by an ecosystem approach 27 Content 28 Scope – Duties for the … countries and others in a position to help. Article 5: Marine and inland water resources are today becoming more … and restore the quality of water, including atmospheric, marine, ground and surface fresh water, to meet basic human …
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Can carbon dioxide storage help cut greenhouse emissions?

… Injecting carbon dioxide into the oceans could harm marine life. Although the long-term environmental … could locally acidify the oceans and negatively affect marine organisms and ecosystems. • Lack of legal and …
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Rights-based approaches - Exploring issues and opportunities for conservation

… Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras (National marine research institute, Colombia) IPA Indigenous Protected … MEA Multilateral Environmental Agreement (and Millennium Ecosystem Assessment) MENA Middle East and North Africa (IUCN … and on a variety of environmental projects, including marine conservation in Malaysian Borneo. He holds a Masters …
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European charter on hunting and biodiversity

… . . . . . . 26 4.2 Appendix 2 – Malawi Principles for the Ecosystem Approach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . … Use of Biodiversity and the Malawi Principles for the Ecosystem Approach. In addition, the Bern Convention Parties … from all sources including inter alia terrestrial, marine and other aquatic ecosystems and the ecological …
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New Directions in Earth Rights, Environmental Rights and Human Rights: Six Facets of Constitutionally Embedded Environmental Rights Worldwide

… in the ocean‟s salinity that will cause changes in the marine population? The problem is not only broad, but deep: … producing the ecological destruction of all forms of marine life in hundreds of square kilometers . . . a …
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The environmental impact of economic incentives for agricultural production: a comparative law study

… the word "agriculture" is used to include "fisheries, marine products, forestry and primary forestry products" … for the promotion of agro-industries, 44/ and in the marine investment codes, for the promotion of fishery … technically complex and ecologically harmful. The major ecosystem changes it can produce sometimes result in …
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