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State of Biodiversity in West Asia

… regulate the use and transboundary movement of genetically modified organisms and living modified organisms, there is evidence that biotechnology …
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3rd UNCCD Scientific Conference: Book of abstracts

… fragile and vulnerable. The local people traditionally living in these ecosystems are in all countries in the Middle … by the research team was applied to local the people living in the basin. This research was carried out by using … support of ATMA and NABARD about 200 drum seeders and 200 modified conoweeders were procured and placed at Agricultural …
18 Jun 2026 Document in Climate and Atmosphere

Governance of Shared Waters - Legal and Institutional Issues

… moderate to severe water shortages. The number of people living in countries experiencing water shortages will … basins, with about forty percent of the world’s population living within one of these shared basins. 1 Gleick, P., 1993, … Subsequently, and in certain cases, this theory was modified to consider water as res communis, which means, …
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Governing natural resources and the processes and institutions that affect them : North-West Frontier Province. Legislation.

… to mean air, water, land and layers of the atmosphere; living organisms and inorganic matter; the ecosystem and … Land Commission: Provided that- (i) when any such order is modified or reversed on appeal by the Deputy Land … means a dynamic complex of plant, animal and micro-organism communities and their non-living environment …
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The ecosystem approach: Five steps to implementation

… strategy for the integrated management of land, water and living resources that promotes conservation and sustainable … 1. The objectives of management of land, water and living resources are a matter of societal choice. 2. … from the ecosystem itself. These ecosystems have been modified over millennia through exploitation, and they …
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Guidebook for policy and legislative development on conservation and sustainable use of freshwater resources

… much of which is drawn from shallow aquifers. Those living in rural areas often rely entirely upon groundwater. 1 … important species and serve as nurseries for half of the living organisms in the world’s oceans. However, their very … application of subparagraph (2) for artificial and heavily modified bodies of water, with the aim of achieving good …
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The development of international environmental law at the Multilateral Environmental Agreements’ Conference of the Parties and its validity

… treaties to regulate the conservation of seals, marine living resources, minerals exploitation and have also agreed … interpretation adopted by the CoP is uncontested and not modified by further practice, it is likely to be regarded as …
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Document - Freshwater Law and Governance: Global and Regional Perspectives for Sustainability

… aquifer primarily supplies drinking water to populations living within its area (estimated at 70 million) but is also … world and supports the livelihoods of 60 million people living in the Lower Mekong Basin (which consists of Cambodia, … the area was impaired, 30% of which had been substantially modified from its original condition.68 Today the MDBA lists …
18 Jun 2026 Document in Marine and Freshwater

World Heritage, Wilderness and Large Landscapes and Seascapes

… landscape and community level to support the resilience of living diversity. More information can be found at … by climate change (SCBD 2014). Humans have now seriously modified at least half the terrestrial Earth (Venter et al. … of Indigenous Peoples and local communities inhabiting, living from and/or maintaining longstanding relationships …
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Governance of Ecosystem Services. Lessons Learned from Cameroon, China, Costa Rica and Ecuador

… The central concerns of these goals are humans and their living conditions. Human well-being requires basic matters … in general, and nature in particular. Poor people living in rural environments depend directly on fertile soils … Protected areas are usually large unmodified or slightly modified areas, retaining their natural character and …
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