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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
… at the Second Ministerial Conference in Lucerne, Switzer- land, in April 1993. At that meeting, the Senior Advisers to … environment, which includes housing, urban development, land use and transport”.24 “Environment and Health” The … Impact Assess- nt in a Transboundary ntext, done at Espoo, land, on 25 February 91, and the Convention the Transboundary …
Convention text of the Minamata Convention on Mercury
… reduce emissions and releases of mercury to air, water and land and the impact of such emissions and releases on the … mercury compounds, often expressed as “total mercury”, to land and water from the relevant point sources not addressed … means releases of mercury or mercury compounds to land or water; (b) “Relevant source” means any significant …
UN Environment foresight brief: marine plastics litter and microplastics
… and tourism or are transported by rivers and wind from land-based sources linked to almost every human activity but … reduce marine pollution of all kinds, in particular from land-based activities, including marine debris and nutrient … there is urgent need to quantify and document the land and sea-based sources of all types of marine plastic …
Net Positive Impact for biodiversity. The business case
… a number of ways, including for example gaining access to land and resources in significant biodiversity areas, … Some of these advantages are outlined next. Access to land and resources Companies committing to an NPI approach are in a better position to acquire access to land which has significant biodiversity values. This applies …
Our sustainable future: the role of the Basel Convention
… or repair may be improperly disposed of near agricultural land, residential locations or water sources when they become … diminishing the economic benefits derived from such land. Many used and end of life products, particularly … (b) Emissions of methane from solid waste disposal on land are expected to double from an estimated level of 32 …
A2 - Integrating Environmental Concerns in National Water Law
… sources. These include: regulation of agricultural land use and practices regulation of the siting and operation of landfills and waste dumps regulation of urban land development, as regards the control of stormwater runoff … or surface waters. Also regulated are changes in land cultivation, and the application and storage of …
Overview of key operational articles under the Minamata Convention on Mercury
… and those required for existing sources. Releases to land and water are not addressed in Article 8 – they are … to the atmosphere, Article 9 deals with their releases to land and water from significant anthropogenic point sources … to control releases of mercury and mercury compounds to land and water from these sources (paragraph 4). For both new …
The burden of proof in natural resources legislation: Some critical issues for fisheries law
… the status of the North Sea.4 Despite regulation of both land based pollution and ocean dumping by regional bodies, … - Vol. II, 1983 (E) 31. The role of legislation in land use planning for developing countries, 1985 (E) 32. … groundwater resources law, 1986 ( E F S ) 41. Land tenure systems and forest policy, 1987 (E F) 42. …
Guidelines for Reintroductions and other Conservation Translocations (Version 1.0)
… their subsequent movements, are compatible with permitted land-uses in the affected areas. 4. The ecological roles of … of the compatibility of permitted and non-permitted land-uses in areas either proposed for a release or where … from habitat due to be lost through anthropogenic land use change and release at an alternative site. …