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Auditing the Implementation of Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs): A Primer for Auditors

… which can deliver numerous benefits in addressing food, energy and water security and in achieving sustainable … national laws and regulations on food, agriculture, and renewable natural resources) Resources for Auditing MEAs … (national laws and regulations on food, agriculture, and renewable natural resources): http://faolex.fao.org/faolex/ …
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Embedding the Environment in Sustainable Development Goals

… and Central European University); Ibrahim H. Rehman* (The Energy and Resources Institute, TERI); Roberto Sanchez … 2.3 Increase the percentage of households with access to renewable electricity from XX% to YY% by 2025. Non-integrated … of energy use, and a replacement of fossil fuels with renewable energy sources will finally put society on a …
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Payments for Ecosystem Services - Legal and Institutional Frameworks

… project developers, irrigation districts or the hydro-energy sector, all of which could be dedicated to PES … to Preserve IBAMA Brazilian Institute of Environment and Renewable Natural Resources IPAM Amazon Environmental … and the Brazilian Institute of Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (IBAMA) manage the Conservation …
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Economic measures for biodiversity planning: An annotated bibliography of methods, experiences and cases

… National Product with adjustments for the degradation of renewable and non-renewable capital. Productivity loss rather than replacement … GDP. Environmental impacts in the agriculture, forestry, energy and mining sectors amounted to an average of 2.1% of …
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Judicial handbook on environmental law

… IBAMA Brazilian Institute for the Environment and Renewable Resources ICC International Criminal Court ICJ … . . 52 Donato Furio Giodano v. Ministry of Environment and Renewable Natural Resources, Supreme Court of Justice, … seek to conserve the resources they regulate. • Mining and energy laws may regulate the emissions of greenhouse gases …
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Groundwater in international law: Compilation of treaties and other legal instruments

… effects of such projects on natural processes or on other renewable natural resources and prevent or minimize such … among these elements; (b) Factors, such as substances, energy, noise and radiation, and activities or measures, … environment, Aware that surface waters and groundwater are renewable resources with a limited capacity to recover from …
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IUCN World Heritage Outlook 2014: A conservation assessment of all natural World Heritage sites

… level, such as threats from large dams and hydroelectric energy projects and mining and oil and gas development; other … 11 ENERGY PRODUCTION AND MINING 19 Mining and quarrying 19 Renewable energy GEOLOGICAL EVENTS 17 Erosion and siltation … ef�uents Water pollution 6 Mining and quarrying 19 Renewable energy Oil and gas 15 GEOLOGICAL EVENTS Impact of …
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Governance of Ecosystem Services. Lessons Learned from Cameroon, China, Costa Rica and Ecuador

… of food, photosynthesis (which produces oxygen and energy, which humans consume through their food), and … State and the community for a 25-year period and is then renewable. Though the law does not impose it, the objective … forest to registered companies for 15 years and then renewable. These permits do not constitute a waiver of state …
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The valuation of ecosystem services: Are the challenges too many to ensure the maintenance of ecosystem integrity?

… food production, aquaculture, transport, hunting, mining, energy production, recreation and building on the other hand. … that persist well into the future. Exhaustible energy resources, once used, are gone. Biological renewable resources can be overharvested, leaving smaller and …
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From the MDGs to Sustainable Development for All - Lessons from 15 years of practice

… time, the world needs massive investments in low-carbon energy and infrastructure, including water and sanitation … part- nerships to facilitate access to clean water, energy, garbage collection and other services. tools and … countries will need to facilitate rapid transitions to renewable energy. low-income countries will also need readier …
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