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Scientific Assessment Report - UNECE Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution - Summary for policy makers

… are known for their toxicity and have adverse effects on human health and the environment (carcinogenicity, … spots’ close to industrial regions, long term risks for human health and the environment continue to exist in many … eutrophication and ground-level ozone impacts on human health and the environment. Later on the health impacts …
01 Jun 2026 Document in Climate and Atmosphere

State of Biodiversity in West Asia

… Marine resources represent a major source of protein for human beings and arid rangelands provide rich sources of … springs, swamps, coastal sabkhas (salty mudflats) and human-made water bodies that act as important paths for … regulate the use of genetic resources and to protect the rights of the indigenous communities that are preserving …
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Becoming a Party to the Minamata Convention on Mercury

… of the Minamata Convention on Mercury is to protect the human health and the environment from anthropogenic emissions … a concrete act, its willingness to undertake the legal rights and obligations contained in the Convention. In other … global action to allow for an effective protection of human health and the environment. Among the main advantages, …
01 Jun 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste

State of Biodiversity in Latin America and the Caribbean

… found in Latin America and the Caribbean region: however, human pressures on freshwater resources and water pollution … and the Caribbean is being lost or seriously threatened by human activities at all levels and practically throughout the … have also reaffirmed the importance of respecting the rights of indigenous and local communities over their …
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Handbook for the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer

… that Convention to take appropriate measures to protect human health and the environment against adverse effects resulting or likely to result from human activities which modify or are likely to modify the … with regard to the transfer of CFC production rights by Greece 8 461 XVIII/26 Revised plan of action to …
01 Jun 2026 Document in Climate and Atmosphere

Recognizing the indigenous territories as conservation areas in the Amazon Basin

… all of which are endangering indigenous territorial rights and ecosystem integrity; and CONSIDERING that the …
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Protection of primary forests, including intact forest landscapes

… providing ecosystem goods and services on which human society depends, and contributing to national … protected areas, while at all times fully implementing rights-based approaches; and d. meaningfully engage and …
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Connectivity Conservation: International Experience in Planning, Establishment and Management of Biodiversity Corridors

… the result of the action and interaction of natural and/or human factors” (European Landscape Convention 2004). … not only natural or restored areas but also areas under human use, especially agriculture. Corridors can also range … clearly-defined public and private land and resource use rights. In addition to these features, the long-term process …
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Net Positive Impact for biodiversity. The conservation case

… Compelling evidence on biodiversity loss, its impacts and human causes Reports on the loss of biodiversity regularly … At the same time, it has become increasingly clear that human activity is behind nearly all the major threats to … will be carried out without due regard for the needs and rights of local communities. If not adequately planned and …
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Brexit: environment and climate change

… and improving the quality of the environment, • protecting human health, • prudent and rational utilisation of natural … those now reflected in the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU) as interpreted by the CJEU and the national … REACH (EC 1907/2006) aims to improve the protection of human health and the environment through the better and …
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