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Technical guidelines: Technical guidelines on the environmentally sound management of wastes consisting of, containing or contaminated with mercury or mercury compounds
… T.M., 1985. “Health Risks from Increases in Methylmercury Exposure”, Environmental Health Perspectives , vol. 63, pp. … and Allan, M., 1996. “A Monte Carlo Assessment of Mercury Exposure and Risks from Dental Amalgam”, Human and Ecological … Sakamoto, M. et al, 2005. “Difference in Methylmercury Exposure to Fetus and Breast-Feeding Offspring”, Korean …
Marine protected areas and climate change - Adaptation and mitigation synergies, opportunities and challenges
… protection facilitates the resistance or recovery from exposure to climate change pressures and climate variability. … stability of the population and its recovery following exposure to low oxygen. 3.3 BENEFITS OF MPAs IN ADAPTING TO …
Mapping Biodiversity Priorities - a practical, science-based approach to national biodiversity assessment and prioritisation to inform strategy and action planning
… substrate (e.g. rocky shore or sandy beach), geology, wave exposure, or biogeography. ● It is also possible to map some … slope topography, bathymetry, geology, grain size, wave exposure, and available biological and biophysical (remotely …
Global Land Outlook
… productivity and responding to climate change. extent of exposure, sensitivity and impacts.”92 The vital role women … to generate new income sources and reduce their exposure to risks and hazards associated with land production … also as a way for households to reduce and diversify their exposure to economic uncertainty and unexpected …
Linkages in the landscape : The role of corridors and connectivity in wildlife conservation
… is the ratio of the perimeter length to area, and hence of exposure to ‘edge effects’ (Forman and Godron 1986; Yahner … disjunct taxonomic forms (races, sub-species). 2 Increase exposure of animals to: • predators, hunting or poaching by … species, disease or abiotic disturbance; the increased exposure of animals to predators, competitors or parasites; …