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The legal framework for the management of animal genetic resources

… fear, and distress; 4) injury and disease; and 5) food, water and malnutrition. The OIE's initial activities decided … as natural resources necessary for feeding animals (mainly water and grazing) and also the rights and obligations of the … the international market, the Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Rural Development established a national task force …
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E1 - Regulation of the Environment - Support Function of Groundwater Systems

… ENVIRONMENTAL AGREEMENTS Course:The "Greening" of Water Law: Implementing Environment-Friendly Principles in Contemporary Water Law Book: E1 - Regulation of the Environment-Support … restrictions or limitations to ensure that the total abstraction of water permitted from an aquifer does not …
17 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

Guidance for identifying and designating peatlands, wet grasslands, mangroves and coral reefs as Wetlands of International Importance

… "Wetlands: water, life, and culture" 8th Meeting of the Conference of … 9. Peatlands contribute to biological diversity, global water issues, global carbon retention relevant to climate … b) indirect threats, including pollution, excessive water abstraction, reduction in extent and quality of buffer zones, …
17 Jun 2026 Document

Transboundary Lakes and Reservoirs: Status and Trends (Summary for Policy Makers)

… 1 SummARY FOR POLICY mAKERS ‘Aquifer’ means a permeable water-bearing geological formation underlain by a less permeable layer, with the water contained in the saturated zone of the formation; … development. 4. On many small islands, groundwater abstraction only occurs within small, thin, alluvial (or …
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Transboundary Aquifers and Groundwater Systems of Small Island Developing States: Status and Trends (Summary for Policy Makers)

… 1 SummARY FOR POLICY mAKERS ‘Aquifer’ means a permeable water-bearing geological formation underlain by a less permeable layer, with the water contained in the saturated zone of the formation; … development. 4. On many small islands, groundwater abstraction only occurs within small, thin, alluvial (or …
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Toolkit for the Sound Management of DDT for Disease Vector Control

… from the spill. The spill should not be washed away with water, but covered with earth until appropriate … to houses, public meeting places, animal feed depots, water courses or in areas prone to flooding. The store … important that spills are not diluted or washed away with water, because this will only 28 spread the contamination …
17 Jun 2026 Document

Sharing Information with Confidence. “The Biodiversity Commons”: past experience, current trends and potential future directions

… the role of protected areas in maintaining urban drinking water supplies. Around a thousand paper copies were produced … and to improve access to education, health care and clean water, by 2015. The Goals include 8 goals, 18 targets and …
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Conservation and sustainable development in mountain areas

… Rewarding Tanzania’s Upland Poor for Providing Ecosystem Water Services 24 The Gran Ruta Inca Initiative 25 … alexia.baldascini@fao.org • Elroy Bos, Wetlands and Water Resources Programme - IUCN Global Programme, … fit with resolving post-conflict problems such as water abstraction, redeveloping tourism and ensuring that revenues …
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Primary microplastics in the oceans: a global evaluation of sources

… worldwide human health risk as plastic enters our food and water supplies. Despite a growing body of work on plastic … private (e g textile and automotive industry) and public (water treatment and urban infrastructure planning) sectors 7 … studies found that much of the plastic found in surface water originates from cosmetic products such as facial …
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IUCN Knowledge Products. The basis for a partnership to support the functions and work programme of IBPES

… on The IUCN Red List show that that the proportion of warm-water coral, bird, mammal and amphibian species expected to … and biodiversity For the first time 845 species of warm water reef-building corals have been included on the Red List … “by 2020, at least 17 per cent of terrestrial and inland water areas, and 10 per cent of coastal and marine areas, …
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