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Marine litter legislation: a toolkit for policy makers

… States USACE U.S. Army Corps of Engineers WtE waste-to-energy WTO World Trade Organization Marine Litter … then minimization, then reuse, then recycling, then energy recovery, then disposal.17 Waste management … adversely affected, such as: significant wetlands; inter-tidal areas; significant areas of native bush including the …
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Case studies on bioenergy policy and law: options for sustainability

… drivers for bioenergy promotion have been recognised as energy security and self-sufficiency, although the … energy sources of the future, such as wind-power, tidal or biofuel sources. The country's institutions and … 57(1) of the Act includes hydro, wind, solar, wave, tidal and geothermal energy sources, landfill gas, sewage …
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Initiating effective transboundary conservation - A practitioner’s guideline based on the experience from the Dinaric Arc

… challenges. IUCN works on biodiversity, climate change, energy, human livelihoods and greening the world economy by … a higher minimum water flow which lessens the impact of energy production on the fragile river ecosystem (Brunner, … and a network of currents, springs and lakes mixed with tidal seawater in the lower part of the delta. The Neretva …
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Spring: Managing groundwater sustainability

… supplies of water to help meet goals for food security, energy development and access to drinking water. It supplies … in strategies for coping with the threats of future water, energy and food scarcity. lt is critica! for optimising … infrastructure damage, and increased risk of flooding from tidal surges. The first attempt to address this problem was …
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European Union overseas coastal and marine protected areas - overview of coastal and marine conservation efforts in the European Union's overseas countries and territories and outermost regions

… together with other activities such as the production of energy from water, currents and wind Jurisdiction also … sites, there are 7 Ramsar sites of small freshwater and tidal swamps, lagoons, marshes and ponds (amounting to <1km2) … of the ORs and OCTs marine domains Globally mangroves, tidal marshes and seagrass mead- ows have lost 30-50% from …
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Economic measures for biodiversity planning: An annotated bibliography of methods, experiences and cases

… GDP. Environmental impacts in the agriculture, forestry, energy and mining sectors amounted to an average of 2.1% of … Louisiana that employed both willingness to pay and energy analysis based methodologies and were able to bracket … of the coastal waters. A long tradition of ownership of tidal waters by oyster-men who farmed these waters has …
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Linkages in the landscape : The role of corridors and connectivity in wildlife conservation

… wind through landscape mosaics, and the flow of materials, energy and nutrients that are transported in this way, are … linkages are envisaged – along stream valleys, coastlines, tidal wetlands, barrier islands, ridgetops, urban and … was defined as all waters and lands of the bay and its tidal tributaries and all lands within 305m of the mean high …
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Advancing the Species Conservation Agenda. An overview of the IUCN SSC Network 2009 – 2012

… of the Republic of Korea concerning the reclamation of tidal mudflats at Song Do and in other locations, contrary to … into emerging global or regional policies in the energy production sector. Due to lack of resources, the SSC … biodiversity considerations into policies in the energy production sector. m) Biodiversity conservation and …
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Law for water management: a guide to concepts and effective approaches

… water availability. Introduction 6 1.3. Hydropower The energy harvested from water as it moves through the water … shores and coral reefs); estuarine (including deltas, tidal marshes and mangrove swamps); lacustrine (wetlands … Freshwater-dependent ecosystems – such as mangroves, inter-tidal zones and estuaries – sustain millions of plant and …
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Guidelines for species conservation planning - version 1.0

… than one facilitator Facilitating a workshop requires high-energy input and constant attention on the part of a … tures of participants and/or loss of commit- ment and energy. • Draft strategy/plan: the need for this will depend … ‘marine’ can include nearshore coastal and estuarine tidal systems as well as massive offshore ocean systems of …
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