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Mapping the linkages between oceans and other Sustainable Development Goals: A preliminary exploration

… Transfer of Marine Tech nology, in order to improve ocean health and to enhance the contribution of marine biodiversity … contributes to food security (SDG 2) and improving human health and well-being (SDG 3). It also contributes to decent … illustrated in Table 1. Pollution negatively affects human health through direct contact with pollutants or through …
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Embedding the Environment in Sustainable Development Goals

… the poor and marginalized, access to information, basic health and new indicators of progress. • The Centre for … inclusive growth, food and water, education and skills, health, gender and equality, environmental sustainability, … reduction of income poverty, food security, education, health and family planning, infrastructure (energy, housing, …
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Overview of key operational articles under the Minamata Convention on Mercury

… has measures in place to ensure the protection of human health and the environment and to ensure its compliance with … of the product demonstrates environmental or human health benefits (Article 4, paragraph 6). In addition, a … and economic feasibility, as well as the environmental and health risks and benefits of the non-mercury alternatives to …
18 Jun 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste

Biodiversity for (Bio)technology under the Convention on Biological Diversity: bioprospecting partnership in practice

… importance of biotechnology for food, agriculture, human health, environmental protection, etc, has been outlined by … of the world financed by the National Institutions of Health (NIH) of United States. It was located in the … U.S.A. thanks to the support of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), we carried out a research looking for compounds …
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Framework principles on Human Rights and the environment

… to the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health, to an adequate standard of living, to adequate food, … (2000) on the right to the highest attainable standard of health, para. 33. 7HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE ENVIRONMENT States … with their rights, including their rights to life, health, food and water. Like directly discriminatory …
18 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Technical guidelines: Technical guidelines on transboundary movements of electrical and electronic waste and used electrical and electronic equipment, in particular regarding the distinction between waste and non-waste under the Basel Convention

… wastes are managed in a manner that will protect human health and the environment against the adverse effects that … such equipment (paragraph 47), and information regarding health and safety aspects of inspections (paragraph 55). 1. … . Sweden See “Recycling and disposal of electronic waste – health hazards and environmental impacts”, report No. 6417, …
18 Jun 2026 Document

Community Protocols for Environmental Sustainability: A Guide for Policymakers

… 10 2.1 Bio-Cultural Community Protocol of the Traditional Health Practitioners of Bushbuckridge, South Africa 11 2.2 … 1: Bio-Cultural Community Protocol of the Traditional Health Practitioners of Bushbuckridge, South Africa 43 Case … Bio-Cultural Community Protocol of the Traditional Health Practitioners of Bushbuckridge CBD Convention on …
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Energy, Ecosystems and livelihoods: Understanding linkages in the face of climate change impacts

… is not collected, has a significant impact on human health, agriculture, drinking water and aquatic species. … warmth), cooling and lighting. Energy supports people’s health through the refrigeration of vaccines and medicines. … welfare, e.g. the basic material needs for a good life, health, good social relations, security, and freedom of …
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The economic lives of smallholder farmers - An analysis based on household data from nine countries

… social and human capital objectives, such as education and health. This report draws a picture of smallholder … including consumption, income, savings, employment, health, education, fertility, nutrition, housing and … de Nivel de Vida 2005 35.2 2 836 Tanzania (U.Rep. of) Health and Development Survey 2009 2.20 1 795 Viet Nam Living …
18 Jun 2026 Literature

Accountability through Civic Participation in the Post-2015 Development Agenda

… Information and Accountability for Women & Children’s health, ITU, geneva, July 2013: 6, available at … Such initiatives can be particularly useful in the health sector. Initiatives such as e-District Project … System (India) improve data on infant and maternal health problems to enable informed problem solving.149 …
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