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Factsheet - Global Programme of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land-based Activities

… case the ‘foundations’ for national action on: nutrient management; waste-water management; and marine litter; • Policy and normative … partners. Additionally, UNEP-GPA has partnered with UN-Water Decade Programme on Capacity Development and others, to …
19 Jun 2026 Document in Marine and Freshwater

On dangerous ground _ Global Witness

… indigenous Lumad people from their homes. Rich in natural resources, their region of Mindanao is one of the most … Agribusiness (20 killings), hydroelectric dams and water rights (15) and logging (15) were also major drivers of … REPSA have rejected accusations that they caused the water pollution in the Río de la Pasión and have also …
19 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Support for Forest Landscape Restoration (FLR) in Africa

… by 2050, which will see the demand soar for already scarce resources of soil, crops and water; AWARE that FLR can increase soil fertility and food … (ARLI), an initiative to promote integrated landscape management in Africa with the goal of adapting to and …
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Energy subsidies: Lessons learned in assessing their impact and designing policy reforms

… of transport projects that facilitate road, rail and water transit can also be substantial with direct benefit to … and CO2 emissions. Reducing subsidies would free up resources to support the poor in more effective ways. Removal … thus centers on helping countries strengthen environmental management in diverse areas including freshwater and land …
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Stockholm Declaration (of the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment)

… regions of the earth: dangerous levels of pollution in water, air, earth and living beings; major and undesirable … the biosphere; destruction and depletion of irreplaceable resources; and gross deficiencies, harmful to the physical, … present and future generations through careful planning or management, as appropriate. Principle 3 The capacity of the …
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Towards Networks of Marine Protected Areas: The MPA Plan of Action for IUCN’s World Commission on Protected Areas

… standards, criteria, tools, best practice guidelines, and management effectiveness • Increase visibility, understanding … often have a close association with the sea and the resources it can provide. By careful manage- ment Marine … Kingdom have discovered the presence of fragile deep water coral reefs such as here in the South West Approaches …
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Technical Guidelines on wastes collected from households (Y46)

… and in their development of detailed procedures or waste management plan or strategy. They should not be used in … - Potential health hazards from accumulation of polluted water, which provide breeding grounds for mosquitoes and … for household waste. Nevertheless, too many valuable resources are still wasted from inadequate separation, …
19 Jun 2026 Document

Counting coastal ecosystems as an economic part of development infrastructure

… International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources. Citation: Emerton, L. (2006) Counting coastal … at sustainable and equitable development, integrated management, and long-term reconstruction and economic growth … to over a thousand dollars per hectare in terms of lost water purifi cation and fl ood attenuation services (Emerton …
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The Green Customs Guide to Multilateral Environmental Agreements

… aimed at protecting the environment and conserving natural resources. This type of initiative is often brought about by … with relevant agencies at the national level such as management authorities. The WCO Secretariat, CITES … waste from cathode-ray tubes; waste asbestos; waste oils/water, hydrocarbon/water mixtures, emulsions; and wastes of …
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Large Marine Ecosystem Mechanisms

… are defined to assess, manage, recover, and sustain marine resources and their environments by integrating science, law … and partners in an ecosystem approach linking coastal zone management with the marine environment, including … coastal states and extra-regional states (mostly distant water fishing states) Only coastal states Institutional …
19 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Marine and Freshwater