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3rd UNCCD Scientific Conference: Book of abstracts

… mark a breakthrough in combating with desertification. Contamination of land in the oil mining regions of the … in the Chernobyl zone, has implications for the spread of radioactive contamination. Emissions of into the atmosphere … pollution of soils with heavy metals, pesticides, radioactive nuclides; secondary salinization, solonetzization …
18 Jun 2026 Document in Climate and Atmosphere

Integrated coastal management law: Establishing and strengthening national legal frameworks for integrated coastal management

… for the Protection of the South-East Pacific Against Radioactive Pollution. In force on 7 February 2000. 1990 … Globally, sewage is the largest (by volume) source of contamination of the marine and coastal environment and … increased dramatically in the past three decades9. The contamination of coastal waters with sewage-borne pathogens …
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Global Land Outlook

… lead to problems such as subsidence, soil erosion, and contamination of water resources.62 The extraction of … include deforestation,198 erosion,199 water pollution, and contamination of soils and groundwater by mercury.200 When … earthquake29 and still highly unstable today. The highly radioactive waste from nuclear fission also requires …
18 Jun 2026 Literature

International water governance: Conservation of freshwater ecosystems Vol. 1: International agreements compilation and analysis

… quality of the waters of the Paraná River, avoiding its contamination and assuring, at the least, the present … neutralisation, safe destruction and burial of toxic and radioactive wastes, and in the process of making them … waters of the rivers and groundwater, against pollution, contamination, harm or unauthorised withdrawals of each …
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Groundwater in international law: Compilation of treaties and other legal instruments

… detrimental effects on the environment, in particular from radioactive, toxic, and other hazardous substances and …
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Shared resources: Issues of governance

… Treaty. Article V bans nuclear explosions and disposal of radioactive wastes (at least pending the conclusion of any … of the Antarctic Treaty. 74 C. Patterson, Limiting the Contamination of Virgin Surfaces of Firn by Engine Exhausts …
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Assessing environmental impacts - A global review of legislation

… detailed content requirements for “oil, mining and radioactive minerals projects”)68. Defining standards on … but still important. • Risks of unknown archaeology and contamination. • Detail of protected species. • Local …
18 Jun 2026 Literature

Governing natural resources and the processes and institutions that affect them : North-West Frontier Province. Legislation.

… Laws that pre-date the 1973 Constitution provide that radioactive minerals, oil and gas are regulated by the … arid bathing of cattle; (d) take measures to prevent contamination of water; (e) prevent and abate nuisances in … and non-metallic substances but shall not include- (i) radioactive minerals necessary for the generation of nuclear …
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Wetlands, water and the law. Using law to advance wetland conservation and wise use

… from roads and human settlements. The effects of such contamination are cumulative and can adversely affect …
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Manual of Compliance with and Enforcement of Multilateral Environmental Agreements

… of waste oil and water or hydrocarbons and water) contamination of the Colorado River and its basin. n 1999: A … air, noise, solid waste, electromagnetic radiation, and radioactive contamination. It includes emissions information … Importation into Forum Island Countries of Hazardous and Radioactive Wastes and to Control the Transboundary Movement …
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