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Compendium of Good Practices on Human Rights and the Environment

… Cooperation – Taking Stock • Czech Republic – integrated pollution register • Finland – Tarkkailija • Canada – … other things, the state of the environment, including air and water resources, soil and earth, protected areas, and … of time. Indicators fall under broad categories, including air and climate, water management, forests, industry and …
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An introduction to the African Convention on the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources

… which impact on the environment 11 3.1 Control of pollution and waste management 11 3.2 Military and hostile … management of natural resources such as soil and land, air and water, and biological resources. It also considers … novel in addressing these issues, in particular control of air, water and soil pollution, waste management, and the …
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Compendiums on Human Rights and the Environment - Selected International legal materials and cases (Advanced Version)

… industrial Risks & Pollution … international Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage … UNECE Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air … factors such as water, climate, soil quality, air quality, and biological diversity. Pollution and land … change impacts, natural disasters, and forms of local air pollution.30 CEDAW was the first Convention to call for …
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Water as a human right?

… for the future, as growing demands outstrip supplies and pollution continues to contaminate rivers, lakes and … 2: “The natural resources of the earth including the air, water, land, flora and fauna and especially … rights instrument. It has been suggested that water like air is so fundamental to preserving a right to life that …
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Third report on the protection of the atmosphere

… . . . . 6 A. The duty to prevent transboundary atmospheric pollution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 … its scope or even elaborating a new, global convention on air pollution.” 15 In regard to the 2013 understanding, 16 … See Birgit Lode et al., “Clean Air for All? Air Quality in the 2030 Agenda, and in …
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Ridding the world of POPs - A guide to the Stockholm Convention on POPs

… worldwide chemistry experiment involving the oceans, air, soils, plants, animals, and human beings. The Chemicals … worldwide chemistry experiment involving the oceans, air, soils, plants, animals, and human beings. The Chemicals … sites is a delicate job that risks leakage and additional pollution, and the safe destruction or containment of PCBs …
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International water governance: Conservation of freshwater ecosystems Vol. 1: International agreements compilation and analysis

… the alteration of its quality. Therefore, processes like pollution, the introduction of invasive species, or the … Basin Ecosystem, which means the interacting components of air, land, water and living organisms, including humans, … which includes other elements than water, such as air and land. The 1978 Agreement also includes substances and …
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Embedding the Environment in Sustainable Development Goals

… housing, water and sanitation), environment (clean air and water, protection of resources), resilience (human … research in order to prevent, eliminate and reduce pollution of the marine environment. On the other hand, 40 … For example, if a health goal has a choice of two possible air pollution targets -- a target for reducing emissions of …
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UNEP’s Compendium of Innovative Laws: promoting Green Economy & Sustainable Development

… and private investments that reduce carbon emissions and pollution, enhance energy and resource efficiency, and … and improve the environment and safeguard the water, air, land, forest and wildlife of Nigeria”. Read together … develops in a contamination-free environment, where the air, water, soil, coasts, climate, ozone layer, and live …
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Case studies on bioenergy policy and law: options for sustainability

… application of fertilizers and pesticides; increased water pollution and eutrophication; soil degradation and erosion; … implementing the EU ETS are contained in Estonia's Ambient Air Protection Act (2004). Estonia can also participate in … the limitation of emissions of certain pollutants into the air from large combustion plants shall expire. This means …
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