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Vessel-Based Sources of Marine Pollution - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… emissions in fumes, or oil residue in bilge and ballast water and hull washings (62%). The total annual oil spillage … high pressure crude oil which is retained rather than sea water that is discharged, resulting in a 30% drop in … so that oil cargo tanks did not need to be filled with sea water as ballast. Special areas where no discharges were …
Wildlife and Forest Crime Toolkit (Revised Edition)
… vulnerable areas, such as steep slopes, river banks or water catchments. It may also involve instances in which … source, location, disposition, movement or ownership of or right with respect to property, knowing that such property is … range of laws on environmental pro- tection, wildlife, water and soil conservation, harvesting codes and practices, …
Cost and benefits of ecosystem based adaptation: The case of the Philippines
… control, and new irrigation facilities and reservoirs for water shortages. These options are likely to be costly and … Furthermore, it provides co-benefits such as clean water and food for communities, risk reduction options and … the existing mangroves provides protection benefits right away, mangrove planting can provide protection benefit …
Biodiversity management in the cement and aggregates sector: Regulatory tools.
… time and expertise to ensuring that the guide strikes the right balance between scientific robustness and practicality. … areas and the nearest 0.25 hectares for smaller areas and water bodies. Each habitat block larger than 1 ha should be … (such as, for example, the construction of a permanent water body or wetland in an area where these have been …
High seas bottom trawl fisheries and their impacts on the biodiversity of vulnerable deep-sea ecosystems: Options for international action
… associated with tropical rainforests and shallow-water coral reefs. Though only a small fraction of the … through mapping and sampling of seamount ecosystems, cold-water corals and other vulnerable deep sea habitats along … and/or establishing an international regime for deep-water fisheries on stocks and associated species found …
Position document for Rotterdam Convention COP8 Meeting - 2017
… seminar in Riga, in July 2016, indicating the IWP was the right forum for that purpose. RotteRdam ConventIon - CoP8 … (it has “the privileges and immunities of the Crown in right of the Commonwealth”.) the agency is being favoured by … up to 1.5 billion humans do not have access to potable water and 2.5 billion have no access to basic hygienic …
State of Biodiversity in West Asia
… (IUCN/WCPA, 2008).7 5. West Asia harbours wetlands and water bodies of international significance, a number of which … swamps, coastal sabkhas (salty mudflats) and human-made water bodies that act as important paths for migratory birds and sustain reed beds and rare endangered species of water birds of international importance. 6. Dryland …
Major components of the Ramsar Convention- extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… defines “Wetlands” as “...areas of marsh, fen, peatland or water, whether natural or artificial, permanent or temporary, with water that is static or flowing, fresh, brackish or salt, including areas of marine water the depth of which at low tide does not exceed six …
Waste management for human health and livelihood
… into all relevant policies. Man has the fundamental right to freedom, equality and adequate conditions of life, … the sustainable development. Did you know? According to UN Water, more than 40 per cent of the world’s population live … elements for consideration in improved sanitation (UN Water, Press Release January 1, 2008) 8. The theme of Waste …