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Report - Alternatives to fenthion for quelea bird control

… that could replace fenthion is cyanophos, but this chemical is also highly toxic to non-target organisms, … 1.2. Background The Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea is restricted to Africa where it occurs in semi-arid areas, … from Ethiopia to southern Tanzania and Q. q. lathamii is restricted to southern Africa (see Cheke 2014 for a recent …
27 May 2026 Document

Biodiversity: My hotel in action - A guide to sustainable use of biological resources in the Caribbean

… of the water sources on a rotational basis. Regular chemical analyses are carried out and reports produced. In … individuals are still living in the wild, in a much more restricted range. To stop poor coastal communities from … or which support a significant number of bird species with restricted distributions. As of 2009, there were nearly …
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Explaining Ocean Warming: Causes, scale, effects and consequences

… Data-Products ). Argo is one of a number of physico-chemical and biological programmes that contribute to the … was limited because of the temporal and geographically restricted data that were available to measure ocean … different (Marshall et al., 2014) with warming largely restricted to Western Antarctica and reflected more widely in …
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Guidance for identifying and designating peatlands, wet grasslands, mangroves and coral reefs as Wetlands of International Importance

… the value of wet grasslands in performing hydrological and chemical functions, notably: a) flood alleviation - since wet … – leading to isolation of sites, threatening species restricted to wet grassland and vulnerable to extinction, and … known species of reef fish, and about 10% of these are restricted to island groups or a few hundred kilometres of …
27 May 2026 Document

The status of climate change litigation - A global review

… Hurricane Katrina lacked standing to sue fossil fuel and chemical companies for alleged civil conspiracy because their … plaintiff property owners alleged that certain power and chemical companies’ GHG emissions contributed to climate … VCAT 1988, local residents challenged the permitting of a chemical storage facility. All other cases within the …
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Integrating mining and biodiversity conservation: Case studies from around the world

… such remedial actions is encouraging, yet they are largely restricted to a handful of major players. And within this … in recent times in an effort to protect the physical and chemical properties and the biological processes of this … natural colonisation, and further succession may be restricted because of metal toxicity, infertility or acidity. …
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Covering ABS: Addressing the need for sectoral, geographical,legal and international integration in the ABS regime - papers and studies of the ABS Project

… resource extraction, shipping ac- tivities (oil, chemical and cargo spills), the strategic use of seamount … natural rubber, resin for polymer plastics, and specific chemical compounds for the chemical indus- try.126 In the … independently confirm the status of all laws reviewed, but restricted this paper’s discussion to those that are listed …
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RAMSAR Handbook 3: Laws and institutions

… ecosystem” are defined as “those physical, biological or chemical components, such as soil, water, plants, animals and … with predictions (Recs.3.3 and 4.10); • EIA is not restricted to individual projects but also addresses … plans, programmes and policies (Res.5.6); • EIA is not restricted to the site of the proposed development but also …
27 May 2026 Document

Legal and institutional aspects of urban and peri-urban foresty and greening

… yet recognize it. Collection of dead wood is usually not restricted in urban and peri-urban areas where it is … have impacts on sub-national level decisions. UPFG is restricted to the municipal level in many countries. … by wind and/or water, deterioration of the physical, chemical and biological or economic properties of soil and …
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3rd UNCCD Scientific Conference: Book of abstracts

… of Land use/cover (based on Landsat 8), soil physico-chemical properties (EC, SAR, pH, texture, moisture), … cover leads to the improvement in the soil physical and chemical characteristics through the process of root induced … but faces high challenges due to water or nutrient restricted growth and yield potentials. In areas where …
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