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Plant protection legislation
… ECUADOR: Plant Protection Act; MEXICO: Plant and Animal Health Act; NEW ZEALAND: Plants Act; SUDAN: Plant Diseases … cooperates with other ministries, in particular those of health and foreign trade. In some legislations it is … sector could be very interesting. Regional plant health committees have been set up by the Ministry of …
Handbook 4: Avian influenza and wetlands
… (AEWA), the Food and Agriculture Organization, World Health Organization, BirdLife International, Wetlands … Plan also have relevance to issues of wetlands and human health, including measures relating to avian influenza, … links between the Ramsar Convention and the World Health Organization. The text in this Handbook is drawn …
Vital Waste Graphics 3
… on hazardous and other wastes. It aims to protect human health and the environment against the adverse effects … COSTS GHOST COSTS I: THE ENVIRONMENT GHOST COSTS II: HEALTH PRODUCER AND CONSUMER RESPONSIBILITY CLOSING THE LOOP … hazardous waste generation poses a serious threat to human health and the environment. In addition, despite the various …
Ridding the world of POPs - A guide to the Stockholm Convention on POPs
… from where they were used, and threaten long-term health and ecology in ways that were never anticipated or … concern. Many POPs pose such significant threats to health and the environment that on 22 May 2001, the world’s … from where they were used, and threaten long-term health and ecology in ways that were never anticipated or …
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
… environ- ment. 1989 European Charter on Environment and Health, adopted at the First European Ministerial Conference on Environment and Health in Frankfurt (Germany), recog- nized public … be an important element in the context of environment and health issues. 1989 CSCE Environment Conference, Sofia. All …
Transitioning to a pollution-free planet
… activity and that degrades ecosystems and impacts human health and welfare of living species. Research on global … (iii) Multiple and long-term risks to human health and well-being, especially to women, children and vulnerable groups, ecosystem health and future generations require a preventive approach …
Best practice guidelines for the re-introduction of great apes
… 15 Risk Analysis and the Formulation of a Health Management Plan … 16 Practical Considerations: Implementing the Health Management Plan … and their ecosystems. There must also be concern for the health, welfare and security of individual apes. Likewise there must be concern for the health and security of staff working with the apes and for …
Global trends in the production and use of DDT for control of malaria and other vector‑borne diseases
… Convention, with the main objective to protect human health and the environment from persistent organic pollutants … the impact of the Convention towards protecting human health and the environment from POPs. The Convention was … assumed that awareness among coun- tries about the adverse health and environmental conse- quences of DDT, and the need …
Large Marine Ecosystems: Status and Trends (Summary for Policy Makers)
… in LMEs, and activities on land and in the sea put LME health and productivity at risk, compromising the … in capacity to adapt. Future deterioration of ecosystem health and climate change will exacerbate an already … adequate data and information provisions. 4.3 The Ocean Health Index measures progress towards ten public policy …
GEO yearbook 2003
… aims to inform, guide and stimulate further action for the health of our environment. What were the most outstanding … on economies and the environment, as well as on human health and well-being. Four severe hurricanes in sequence … ecosystems and biodiversity, water, agriculture, human health and economy (EEA 2004). A year of extreme weather …