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Recycling used lead-acid batteries: health considerations (WHO)
… technical details of environmental sampling methods but refers the reader to other sources. Finally, brief … elevated blood and airborne lead concentrations were common (Gottesfeld & Pokhrel, 2011). In workers involved in … exposure is relatively rare and chronic poisoning is more common; however, the clinical features of poisoning are …
Policy Brief - Bioscience at a Crossroads: Implementing the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit Sharing in a Time of Scientific Technological and Industry Chang
… wild. Cosmetic companies were using natural ingredients, but mostly for the purposes of marketing rather than as the … microorganisms, or re-collecting marine organisms, were common. Today, however, many supply issues are falling away. … Nagoya Protocol has taken many of these concerns on board. Common concerns have focused on the multiple policies …
A moving target : Genetic resources and options for tracking and monitoring their international flows
… controversial as of the time of compiling this book, but they call for the creation of concepts, measurements, … among providers of genetic resources unless they are differentiated in the marketplace (Artuso 2002). This could, … the material by the provider is, however, an increasingly common practice and we therefore do not attempt to estimate …
Energy law and sustainable development
… be used in national environmental decision-making,17 but EIA was not mentioned in the action plan adopted at the … energy laws. Ultimately, reshaping energy law will be a common challenge met by each human community within Earth's … 2000.68 In response to the FCCC's principle of "common but differentiated responsibilities," the industrialized nations …
Explaining Ocean Warming: Causes, scale, effects and consequences
… created by rising greenhouse gas levels in the atmosphere, but despite the remarkable level of understanding achieved to … into an increasingly compromised ocean world. This is a common conclusion by many scientists who have contributed to … blades (B, C, I, K), gelatinous bulbs (H) and highly differentiated structures with holdfasts, stipes and canopies …
Governance of Ecosystem Services. Lessons Learned from Cameroon, China, Costa Rica and Ecuador
… concept. In reality, no pure public good exists, but goods may be quasi-public or have a mixed character. (The … and institutions, public and private, manage their common affairs. It is a continuing process through which … dimensions. In the vertical dimension, institutions are differentiated by a hierarchy of international, national, …
Statutory recognition of customary land rights in Africa - An investigation into best practices for lawmaking and implementation
… respected. 2. Investments do not jeopardize food security but rather strengthen it. 3. Processes for accessing land and … take steps to extend all of the protections, rights and responsibilities inherent in the national legal system to … acquisition laws to state expropriation of community common areas, even those that appear to be "unused." xiv …
The Enivronmental Crime Crisis - Threats to Sustainable Development from Illegal Exploitation and Trade in Wildlife and Forest Resources. A UNEP Rapid Assessment
… have a significant value not only on the black market, but even more to national economies if managed sustainably. … behavioral change and alternative live- lihoods. Differentiated strategies for addressing illegal wildlife and … crime chain, is therefore urgently needed to ensure a common understanding of the terminology. Legislation on …
Guidelines - Biodiversity in Impact Assessment
… to sum up all individual contributions to this process, but this worldwide community of professionals is the first to … is, it includes many aspects of impact assessment, already common practice without necessarily being described as … traditional systems, and cause confusion about rights and responsibilities for resources; • Interest groups: may have …