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Mediterranean marine protected areas and climate change: a guide to regional monitoring and adaptation opportunities
… 2007). The causes of this process are manifold: changes in land use and carbon emis- sions, alterations in both … (AOGCMs), describ- ing the atmosphere, oceans, sea ice and land, and pos- sibly chemistry, the carbon and nutrient … an overall view of the marine area (and any adjacent land areas) and inte- gration across all sectors, including …
Climate Change Vulnerability of Migratory Species
… Human activities such as agricultural expansion, … 87 List of Conservation Actions: • Land/water protection & management • … 111 Land‐use change in the breeding habitats is also … - Agriculture: the intensification and expansion of agricultural land - …
Primary microplastics in the oceans: a global evaluation of sources
… losses of primary microplastics (98%) are generated from land- based activities Only 2% is generated from activities … activities performed by businesses and by households on land or at sea The main known primary microplastic sources … from different household or commercial activities both on land and at sea, as presented in Table 1 Table 1 PASSengeR …
Designing national pesticide legislation
… 102 OECD. A Global Approach to the Regulation of Agricultural Pesticides: a Vision for the Future (available … 5. Agrarian law and judicial systems, 1975 (E* F* S*) 6. Agricultural credit legislation in selected developing … – Vol. II, 1983 (E) 31. The role of legislation in land use planning for developing countries, 1985 (E) 32. …
Technical guidelines: Technical guidelines on the environmentally sound management of wastes consisting of, containing or contaminated with the pesticides aldrin, alpha hexachlorocyclohexane, beta hexachlorocyclohexane, chlordane, chlordecone, dieldrin, e
… the general public during the development of contaminated land. Guidance note HS(G)66. HSE books. UNEP, 1995b. Technical Guidelines on Incineration on Land (D10) . Available from: www.basel.int. UNEP, 1998. …
UNEP Global Judges Programme
… from around the world. In addition, UNEP, the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) and IUCN have jointly … Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Ministry of Land and Organization of Eastern Carribean States Environment … on different sectoral topics such as water, energy, land and soil management and economic instruments. These will …
Economic valuation of ecological functions and services of natural ecosystems
… ecosystem functions when these are competing with hydro-agricultural and industrial works and (iii) convince project … of ecosystems. The monetary value of an ecosystem (agricultural, livestock or any exploitation system) reflects … used in final production (production of hydro-agricultural land development system for example), or an end product (case …
Volta River Basin Ghana & Burkina Faso - Transboundary water management through multi-level participatory governance and community projects
… of natural resources contributing to water scarcity, land degradation and the siltation of river channels. Despite … set up to ensure environmental sustainability and support agricultural activities through reforestation of banks; m …
The Aarhus Convention: An implementation guide. Securing the public's rights through access to information, public participation and Access to justice for a healthy environment
… environment, which includes housing, urban development, land use and transport”.31 Health is explicitly referred to … the environment, such as air and atmosphere, water, soil, land, landscape and natural sites, biological diversity and … pest, occurrence of non-target organisms, wild relatives, agricultural practices, etc.). Data gained in a field trial …