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Position document for Rotterdam Convention COP8 Meeting - 2017

… importing countries using chrysotile for building sanitary infrastructure. the developing nations are perfectly capable … water and 2.5 billion have no access to basic hygienic infrastructure. In South-east asia and in africa alone, … products are uniquely appropriate to the housing and infrastructure needs of developing countries because of their …
17 Jun 2026 Document

Case studies on bioenergy policy and law: options for sustainability

… country has a modern and efficient production chain, with infrastructure to produce, transport, store and export … industry in Argentina already has a modern industrial infrastructure producing alcohol from sugar cane (mostly for … by 2010. It is difficult to say whether or not the needed infrastructure will be operational in time. In addition, …
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The Tacaná Watersheds - Developing untapped potential: Strengthening resilience through cross-sectoral collaboration

… distributed unevenly on this territory, urbanization and infrastructure development used to suffer from poor planning. … four components of resilience, i.e. diversity, sustainable infrastructure and technology, self-organisation, and … system improving access to food and employment Sustainable infrastructure & technology • Intensive animal farming, dense …
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The importance of adaptation and disaster risk reduction in coastal areas

… RECOGNIZING that many economic activities and critical infrastructure are concentrated in coastal areas and that the … coastal habitats; f. conserve and restore “natural coastal infrastructure”, coastal ecosystems and wetlands (and in … to enhance risk reduction and improve efficiency of hard infrastructure while continuing to provide additional …
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Sacred Natural Sites – Support for custodian protocols and customary laws in the face of global threats and challenges

… have articulated that extractive industries and associated infrastructure are a high priority threat to their sacred … impacts of exploration, mining, drilling, logging, infrastructure development, waste disposal and related … extractive and energy industries, agriculture, forestry, infrastructure, tourism and other development sectors to: a. …
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IUCN Policy on Biodiversity Offsets

… Congress (Bangkok, 2004);  Resolution 4.087 Impacts of infrastructure and extractive industries on protected areas, … oil and gas, and agriculture, and environmentally damaging infrastructure, such as dams, roads and pipelines, is … as careful spatial or temporal placement of elements of infrastructure, in order to completely avoid impacts on …
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Guidelines - Biodiversity in Impact Assessment

… area affected; • Fragmentation, usually related to linear infrastructure. Above a defined length, EIA always required, … - threshold to be defined); • Creation of linear infrastructure that leads to fragmentation of habitats over a … of marine and coastal ecosystems, and creation of linear infrastructure below the Category A threshold, in areas …
17 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Croatia and marine protected areas: Legal and insituttional framework assessment for conservation of coastal and marine biodiversity and establishment of MPAs

… from the Ministry of Maritime Affairs, Transport and Infrastructure and the Ministry of Defence, in accordance … in MPAs). The Ministry of Maritime Affairs, Transport and Infrastructure is in charge of implementing The Maritime … the Croatian Ministry of Maritime Affairs, Transport and Infrastructure: http://www.mppi.hr/default.aspx?id=670 29 …
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Pay : Establishing payments for watershed services

… that provide watershed services form part of the infrastructure needed for water security. In practical terms, … just as they invest in the maintenance of other types of infrastructure. Without such investments, specific water- … flooding. With the protection offered by these dikes, infrastructure, agriculture, housing and industry are now …
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Technical guidelines on used oil re-refining or other re-uses of previously used oil (R9)

… difficult and requires a well established and efficient infrastructure to accomplish the task. In this regard, it is … and/or implement a programme providing the necessary infrastructure for establishing used oil … • Location of existing or planned facilities. • Infrastructure for clean and efficient collection, storage, …
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