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Strategic Report: Environment, Peace and Security - a Convergence of Threats

… in prohibited zones, and is characterized by the use of heavy machinery. Furthermore, illegal mining has deep … a bridge, an island, and a tunnel, involving the use of heavy machinery on marine ground (Nauwelaers, Maguire, & …
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Compendiums on Human Rights and the Environment - Selected International legal materials and cases (Advanced Version)

… health). The complaint concerned the negative effects of heavy environmental pollution on the health of persons … that noise, pollution, vibration and smell caused by heavy traffic had made his home almost uninhabitable, in … Facts The applicant lived in Copsa Mica, Romania, where metal industries causing severe pollution were established. …
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Embedding the Environment in Sustainable Development Goals

… contribution to worldwide food production but without heavy machinery and usually with a much lower environmental … of course many other environmental impacts. 52 UNEP. 2013. Metal recycling: opportunities, limits, infrastructure. A Report of the Working Group on the Global Metal Flows to the International Resource Panel. …
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Protecting coastal and marine environments from mining waste

… – for example by contamination of water and air through heavy metals, distribution of contaminants through submarine …
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Avoiding extinction in limestone karst areas

… and quantity changes, for example contamination from heavy metals in sediments or from introduced chemicals, or …
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Global mercury waste assessment - Review of current national measures

… Fluorescent lamps are crushed, and each component, such as metal, glass and powder containing mercury, is separated. … collects e-waste and separates recyclable materials for metal recycling outside the country. Legislative and … containing mercury. Waste types specified as con- taining heavy metals or containing hazardous substances may also …
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Land-Based Sources of Marine Pollution - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… an annex is prohibited. Most of the conventions black list heavy metals such as cadmium and mercury, persistent organic …
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Factsheet - Global Programme of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land-based Activities

… persistent organic pollutants, radioactive substances, heavy metals, oils (hydrocarbons), nutrients, sediment …
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Handbook of working procedures and policy guidance for the Chemical Review Committee

… properties such as POPs, or chemicals derived from certain heavy metals such as mercury might pose problems for human … properties such as POPs, or chemicals derived from certain heavy metals such as mercury might pose problems in the … and toxic properties such as POPs, or certain heavy metals such as mercury or their compounds might pose …
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Marine plastic debris and microplastics – Global lessons and research to inspire action and guide policy change

… such as polyethylene, are sometimes manufactured with a metal-based additive that results in more rapid fragmentation … entry to the environ- ment. However, in conditions of heavy rainfall sewage systems can become overwhelmed by the … individual containers, fixings in poor condition, placing heavy containers on top of lighter ones, and a lack of …
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