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Mediterranean marine protected areas and climate change: a guide to regional monitoring and adaptation opportunities

… areas involving other organisms (e.g. bald sea-urchin disease affecting Para- centrotus lividus). Many of these … effects on their reproductive biology, vulnerability to disease and growth can still be seen several years after the … Since the mid-1970s, large-scale episodic events such as disease epidemics, mass mortalities and biological population …
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Building Resilience to climate change - Ecosystem-based adaptation and lessons from the field

… R.S. Ostfeld, and M.D. Samuel. 2002. Climate Warming and Disease Risks for Terrestrial and Marine Biota. Science … an advantage, allowing the plants to avoid peak pest and disease presence during their sensitive growth stages. In … and sanitation in the fishing camps will help minimize disease outbreaks for the community at large, as most fishing …
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Water as a human right?

… highest attainable standard of health in order to “combat disease and malnutrition, including within the framework of … shall take appropriate measures: … (a) To combat disease and malnutrition, including within the framework of …
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Ridding the world of POPs: a Guide to the Stockholm Convention Persitent Organic Polluants

… will limit the production and use of DDT to controlling disease vectors such as malarial mosquitoes; it also allows … and use of DDT for controlling mosquitoes and other disease vectors in accordance with World Health Organization …
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Judicial handbook on environmental law

… due to ozone depletion • New diseases and more widespread disease vectors • Damage to future generations The laws of … health laws can regulate spraying toxics to eliminate disease vectors such as mosquitoes or raise questions about … substance or process that can cause physical injury or disease. Manufacturers of hazardous products are subject to …
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ASEAN Handbook on legal cooperation to combat wildlife crime

… Enquiry Point 1502/MAF, 23 June 2011 b. Law on Hygiene, Disease Prevention and Health Promotion No.13/PO, 2001 c. Law … Transaction Law No.20/NA, 2007 a. Law on Hygiene, Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, No.13/PO, 2001 a. … of the original country, origin of animals and free of disease certification, the contract between the importer and …
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Factsheet - Ecosystem Services

… Protect water channels and shores from erosion n Regulate disease-carrying organisms n Provide ingredients for …
17 Jun 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

Integrating Economics into Resource and Environmental Management Some Recent Experiences in the Pacific

… and Without’ Flood Damage Analysis Human health Increased disease incidence and injury following floods TCHealth Costs … destruction of root crops, loss of income and properties, disease and, in some cases, death. Koshy (2007) also notes … precipitation changes, such as an increase in pests and disease incidence. As water availability is also a key driver …
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Global Land Outlook

… of European contact, through slaughter and, principally, disease. By approximately 6,000 years ago, agricultural … nitrogen has been linked to respiratory ailments, cardiac disease, and several types of cancer.177 High nitrate levels … Despite the increasing use of pesticides, pests and disease continue to take a heavy toll on crops worldwide. An …
17 Jun 2026 Literature

Introduction to the International Plant Protection Convention e-course

… cause a severe food crisis. That was the case of a potato disease called “a late blight of potato” caused by a fungus …
17 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Biological Diversity