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UNEP Policy and Strategy for Gender Equality and the Environment 2014-2017, February 2015
… and private-public partnerships to restore or maintain marine and coastal ecosystem services and their associated … the disproportionate impact of shortages of resources and pollution on women. 191. UNEP will ensure that assessment and …
Energy subsidies: Lessons learned in assessing their impact and designing policy reforms
… concerns, particularly climate change and local pollution. In some cases, governments subsidise these … supply and consumption, including local and regional air pollution and CO2 emissions. By encouraging over- … the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity, marine and coastal ecosystem management, and cleaner …
Forest fires and the law: a guide for national drafters based on the fire management voluntary guidelines
… impairment of human health and safety, air and water pollution, loss of biodiversity in fire-sensitive or … to the 1979 Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution on Persistent Organic Pollutants (art. 8(a)), which … legislation; � protected area legislation; � air pollution legislation; and � criminal law and civil law …
The Role of legal instruments to support Green low-emission and climate-resilient development - A guidebook on assessing, selecting and implementing legal instruments
… the national level is the Capacity Building for Industrial Pollution Management project, established by the Government … Other tradable permits such as water supply and nutri- ent pollution (Australia); • Low-interest loans for clean energy … Montreal Guidelines for the Protection of the Marine Environment Against Pollution from Land-based Sources; …
The Green Customs Guide to Multilateral Environmental Agreements
… a Working Group on Wildlife Crime and a Working Group on Pollution Crime. See Chapter 3 for more information on … of acids or bases R7 Recovery of components used for pollution abatement R8 Recovery of components from catalysts … into a State of specimens of any species taken from a marine environment not under the jurisdiction of any State. …
Tools for measuring, modelling, and valuing ecosystem services : Guidance for Key Biodiversity Areas, natural World Heritage sites, and protected areas
… natural monument, which can be a landform, seamount, marine cavern, geological feature such as a cave, or a living … Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety of Germany BVMtool Marine Biological Valuation Mapping C$N Co$ting Nature CCEA … on human health and wild species populations due to pollution from agro-chemicals; availability of water due to …
Landscape conservation law. Present trends and perspectives in international and comparative law.
… and environ- mental lawyers, as has nature conservation, pollution control and abatement, and land use. Certainly … A third group of problems are those associated with pollution and misuse of the resources of land, air and water. … and peri-urban areas. It includes land, inland water and marine areas. It concerns landscapes that might be considered …
Engaging people in sustainability
… programs, the women examine links between consumerism and pollution, biodiversity loss, poverty, resource waste and … to deal with important and often controversial issues like marine exploitation through the aquarium trade. In this way, … they come up with – species loss, global warming, water pollution, whatever. Write this topic down on a whiteboard, …
From the MDGs to Sustainable Development for All - Lessons from 15 years of practice
… rapidly degrading natural resources and life-threatening pollution have made the impact of environmental destruction … water resources used 7.6 Proportion of terrestrial and marine areas protected 7.7 Proportion of species threatened … goal 14. Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development goal 15. …
Handbook of The Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer
… as well as possible inhibition of oxygen production by marine phytoplankton; (iii) The mechanisms by which UV-B … of the WMO Executive Council Panel on Environmental Pollution, Monitoring and Research. Decision VC II/4: … of the WMO Executive Council Panel on Environmental Pollution, Monitoring and Research. Decision VC II/1: …