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Governance of Shared Waters - Legal and Institutional Issues
… to a supranational authority, or that they run the risk of having changes being made to their international … areas, and further aimed at the“prevention, control and reduction of transboundary impacts and aimed at the … about 140 km away from the populous city of Harbin. This disaster resulted in a toxic cloud and caused a natural …
UNEP - Our Planet Magazine - Making Our Future Chemical Safe - Edition from Sept 2015
… (2010-2015), aims at sound chemicals management based upon risk control; prevention strategies, including adjust- ment … for monitoring and supervision. In addition, pollution and risk control of chemicals is mostly achieved through … and holis- tically to pursue two objectives: use reduction and pollution prevention. Reducing the volume of …
The precautionary principle in biodiversity conservation and natural resource management. An issues paper for policy-makers, researchers and practitioners
… terms both of conservation and of development and poverty reduction. The objectives of this paper are, first, to … the concept of proportionality between level of risk and measures adopted, and include some form of analysis … arenas and contexts may demonstrate varying levels of risk- averseness, due in part to their different objectives …
Drafting legislation for sustainable soils: A guide
… Soil degradation is broadly defined as a loss or reduction of soil functions or soil uses, 12 thus lowering … A duty of care could require individuals who influence a risk of harm to the environment to take “reasonable and … should be taken beforehand in order to avoid or reduce any risk or danger to the ecological integrity of the soil …
Guidelines for Protected Areas Legislation
… of new protected areas 150 6.4 Powers and procedures for reduction or declassification 152 6.5 Demarcation of … resourced institutions to carry out research into risk and uncertainty in environmental decision-making and … and maintaining soil and land productivity; • disaster prevention through watershed protection to reduce …
Introduction to International Environmental Governance (IEG) - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… for assisting and financing investments in pollution reduction, and the Border Environmental Cooperation … Areas are: Climate change, biodiversity, water resources, disaster prevention and relief. is a Regional Trade Agreement … the funding basis for the UN Environment Programme may risk to remain uncertain, unstable and unpredictable. As a …
Legal and institutional aspects of urban and peri-urban foresty and greening
… forest products and foodstuffs. Activities towards reduction of air pollution and other environmental … 1 defines "land degradation" and refers also to the reduction or loss, in arid, semi-arid and dry sub-humid … "Exploitation of granite has caused formation of numerous risk-prone areas and degradation of the soil and natural …
The legal framework for the management of animal genetic resources
… 6 1.5 The status of animal genetic resources: risk of erosion ...................... 8 1.6 Need for action … The greatest impact of the loss of AnGR may result in the reduction in overall food security and a reduced flexibility … national programme on protecting livestock from natural disaster has been developed in Mongolia, where there is also …
Wetlands, water and the law. Using law to advance wetland conservation and wise use
… (possibly hidden) economic cost and, in many cases, with a reduction in opportunities for sustainable development.29 … of land in and around cities and greatly increases the risk of urban encroachment and squatting in marginal wetland … related to price support, commodity loans or purchase and disaster assistance, soil conservation programmes and certain …