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The valuation of ecosystem services: Are the challenges too many to ensure the maintenance of ecosystem integrity?
… the services coming from the original system. A filtration plant for instance replaces only a small part of what a … to the 31 Act of 13 March 1981 No.6 Concerning Protection Against Pollution and Concering Waste, Article …
From the MDGs to Sustainable Development for All - Lessons from 15 years of practice
… in front-line health workers, neo-natal care, social protection and public advocacy campaigns (e.g. on gender … Just 27 percent of people worldwide are covered by social protection adequate to prevent life-breaking setbacks [9]. … and 2008. Some significantly increased spending on social protection, education and health even after the global …
Global mercury waste assessment - Review of current national measures
… Romanov Scientific Research Institute for Atmospheric Air Protection Alfredo Blum Ministry of Housing, Land Planning … sites for disposal. The last remaining chlor-alkali plant using mercury will be converted to a mercury-free plant by 2020. Mining areas contaminated with mercury are …
Land Degradation Neutrality: implications and opportunities for conservation - Nature based solutions to desertification, land degradation and drought
… approach and can be achieved through simple forms of protection, such as development of community grazing plans … such as mountain water towers or riparian zones. This protection is in fact an important component of Land … are also needed to ensure environmental justice and social protection to address the risk of people losing out to LDN. …
Introduced Non-native Waterbirds - Status within the African-Eurasian Flyways
… In certain areas, legislation is in place for the protection of native bird species. These, however, may also … and utilization in Scandinavia. pp 1-6 in Beaver Protection, Manage- ment, and Utilization in Europe and North …
Freshwater Law and Governance: Global and Regional Perspectives for Sustainability
… 2.4.2. Convention on Cooperation for the Protection and Sustainable Use of the Danube … 3.2.7. Protection of international watercourses and their ecosystems … covered by tropical rainforest and has “more than 30,000 plant species, nearly 2,000 fish species, 60 reptile species, …
Compliance-Related Texts and Decisions of Selected Multilateral Environmental Agreements
… related to compliance. Under the International Treaty on Plant Generic Resources for Food and Agriculture, an ad hoc … functioning to control trade in, and afford effective protection to, endangered animal and plant species; AWARE that there is considerable variability …
Framework principles on Human Rights and the environment
… norms are relevant to human rights and environ- mental protection, and nothing in the frame work principles should … or undermining standards that provide higher levels of protection under national or international law. 6 HUMAN … environment. 1 2 4 Human rights and environmental protection are interdependent. A safe, clean, healthy and …