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Addressing pollution: Governance frameworks, challenges and oppotunities in the context of the 2030 Agenda

… recognize the impact of pollution in water, air, earth and living beings. Principle 6 of the Declaration proclaims that … that are liable to create hazards to human health, to harm living resources and marine life, to damage amenities or to … risks arising from the import and export of living modified organisms. The Protocol addresses the need to …
18 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Improving access to forest resources - Experiences in informal tenure reform from IUCN’s Livelihoods and Landscapes Strategy

… referred to as ‘soft’ tenure, that is rights that “can be modified relatively easily by bureaucratic discretion” (FAO, … and occupancy were not permitted, people had been living and farming in Doi Mae Salong for many years. This was … significantly to the impoverishment of the people living in the watershed because of the restrictions they have …
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International water governance: Conservation of freshwater ecosystems Vol. 1: International agreements compilation and analysis

… between resource development for a higher standard of living for their people and conservation and enhancement of … any other place where there is an appreciable risk of the organism entering the lake basin, unless the other Parties … the boundary waters of the Great Lakes Systems but may be modified and additional specific water quality objec- tives …
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Guidelines for Applying Protected Area Management Categories. Best Practice Guidance on Recognising Protected Areas and Assigning Management Categories and Governance Types

… Ib Wilderness area: Usually large unmodified or slightly modified areas, retaining their natural character and … marine cavern, geological feature such as a cave, or a living feature such as an ancient grove IV Habitat/species … Ecosystem A dynamic complex of plant, animal and micro-organism communities and their non-living environment …
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Modern water rights : Theory and practice

… Generalised System of Tariff Preferences GMOs Genetically Modified Organisms IARCs International Agricultural Research … IVM/IFM in vitro maturation and fertilization x LMOs Living modified organisms MAFF Ministry of Agriculture, … that everyone has a right to an adequate standard of living for himself and his family including adequate food, …
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Compilation of Internationally agreed environmental Goals and Objectives

… and harmonized manner. 4. The compilation will be a living document that will be developed in the future to … in order to decrease the disparities in standards of living and better meet the needs of the majority of the … Genetic Resources, 2007, para. 15 NB Biosafety /living modified organisms (g) Establish or maintain means to …
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Maritime Traffic Effects on Biodiversity in the Mediterranean Sea. Volume 1 - Review of Impacts, Priority Areas and Mitigation Measures

… of underwater noise on fish abundance estimation’. Aquatic Living Resources, 16:255–263. Biodiversity impacts of ship … (line) and/or in the same range as reproductive females. (Modified from Fossi et al., 2004a.; For the color version of … water therefore 1 An alien species is defined as an organism, inclusive of parts, gametes or propagules that may …
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An introduction to the African Convention on the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources

… The specific inclusion of management procedures for non-living natural resources, espe- cially water, land and soil, … introductions of exotic species, as well as of genetically modified organisms. These provisions are in line with … 46 Specimen is defined as “any animal or plant or micro organism, alive or dead.” 47 Product is defined as “any part …
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Plant genetic resources and food security: stakeholder perspectives on the international treaty on plant genetic resources for food and agriculture

… and benefit sharing, biotechnology and genetically modified organisms (GMOs), intellectual property and climate … of Acronyms and Abbreviations GMO genetically modified organism GPA Global Plan of Action GRIN Genetic Resources … estimates, 80.5 per cent of the people in this region were living on less than US$2.50 a day.¹ Africa, which is …
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Sustainable tourism in protected areas: Guidelines for planning and management

… to preserve it. At the same time, our global heritage of living species is threatened as never before, as the … that tourism works for their park and for the people living in it or nearby. These Guidelines contain numerous … or loggers), which tends to be retained, or only slightly modified. While this may be the easiest option, it is rarely …
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