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Persistent Organic Pollutants: Contaminated Site Investigation and Management Toolkit

… could have potential contamination. For example, gas works and old electricity generating stations are likely … as well. Please note that additional factors, such as greenhouse gas generation and climate change effect, can also … and Plot C was the static control plot (Frazar, 2000). A greenhouse was constructed that covered all three treatment …
25 May 2026 Document

Biodiversity for Business: A guide to using knowledge products delivered through IUCN

… aggregates) Holcim ✔ ✔ ✔ 25 Example 6 Extractive (oil and gas) Shell ✔ ✔ ✔ 26 Example 7 Extractive (mining) Rio Tinto ✔ … around the world. Eni’s op- erations include oil and gas exploration, energy and gas provision, and refining and … indicators such as EN8 (Water withdrawal), or EN16 (Greenhouse gas emissions). More information: …
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Water as a human right?

… in the Lubikon Lake Band Case63 (1990), that oil and gas exploration deprived the Band of its right to live its … global climate has continued to change due to intensified greenhouse gas emissions.79 III. Why link water and human … water management can significantly trigger the release of greenhouse gases (GHGs) and thereby contribute further to …
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Assessing environmental impacts - A global review of legislation

… whilst recognizing concerns on measuring and monitoring greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions [30] • Need to include the application of … institutions The global and regional policy context 17 greenhouse gas emissions, to evaluate less carbon-intensive …
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Building Resilience to climate change - Ecosystem-based adaptation and lessons from the field

… reduce the extent of the warming through efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and to sequester more greenhouse gases in the world’s ecosystems through habitat …
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Depend on nature: Ecosystem services supporting human livelihoods

… resources as shown by trends in forest cover, emission of greenhouse gases, and energy use. Reporting on environmental … livelihoods. While more aggressive reductions in greenhouse gas emissions are undoubtedly needed, effective and efficient …
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Economic measures for biodiversity planning: An annotated bibliography of methods, experiences and cases

… Thus fuelwood was also valued using the price of propane gas as a substitute, and other types of imported timber. In … tropical deforestation releases 20 – 30% of anthropogenic greenhouse gases. Conserving forests could reduce emissions, … rights #147. Pearce, D., (1991), Afforestation and the Greenhouse Effect: The Economics of Fixing Carbon by Growing …
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Guidelines on Biofuels and Invasive Species

… and independence, improved balance of trade and reduced greenhouse gas emissions. However, in the rush to pursue the benefits of …
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Addressing pollution: Governance frameworks, challenges and oppotunities in the context of the 2030 Agenda

… and cultural monuments. Abatement measures – such as flue gas desulphurization and the development of low-sulphur … in household energy, cooling, bricks production, oil and gas production, agriculture, transport, solid waste, and … relevant provisions of the Convention, stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level …
25 May 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

The Ecosystem Approach: Island voices Island choices

… responsible for producing less than 0.1 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions (Nurse and Moore, 2005). Similarly the Pacific … natural resources Intensive agriculture Mining, oil and gas 0% Figure 8. Most urgent environmental issues facing …
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