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Procedures for monitoring the right to food
… do more than merely ensure that diet provides enough food energy (calories). It must also pay attention to the quality … - Proportion of people with inadequate intake of dietary energy. - Proportion of adults and adolescents with low body … of males and females with inadequate intake of dietary energy. - Proportion of male and female adults and …
Maritime Traffic Effects on Biodiversity in the Mediterranean Sea. Volume 1 - Review of Impacts, Priority Areas and Mitigation Measures
… in air, and since the density of water transmits acoustic energy very efficiently over much greater distances than in … be critical for the survival of marine mammals. Some high-energy sound sources can have immediate impacts and even … and sound production, is a potential receiver for sound energy even at frequencies not used for communication. …
Improving governance of pastoral lands
… traditional tenure systems in order to capture their efficiency in rangeland resource management. Customary … corrosive effect of corruption on public morale, economic efficiency, political stability and sustainable development, … //www.undp.org/content/undp/en/home/librarypage/environment-energy/ …
The Land in Numbers
… and conflict and would secure sustainable food and energy production. Halting and reversing the current trends … can increase water productivity by up to 100%. Water use efficiency in multiple cropping systems is often 18%-99% … on Development, Confronting Scarcity: Managing Water, Energy and Land for Inclusive and 14 Sustainable Growth, …
Briefing Note 2: Wetlands and water storage: current and future trends and issues
… growing food, support- ing industry, and producing energy (Gleick 1993). Peo- ple also benefit further from … giving further impetus for develop- ment of renewable energy sources, such as hydro- power, biofuels and wind energy, that do not use fossil fuels (although the financial …
The Aarhus Convention:An implementation guide. UN/ECE Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-Making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters
… non-governmental organizations to put their efforts and energy into the Aarhus Convention negotiations. The result … Leaded Petrol, and acknowledgement of the Guidelines on Energy Conservation in Europe. The Aarhus Convention 25 N Co … standardizing the location of such information increases efficiency and reduces costs in terms of time and money, as …
Sustainable tourism management in the transboundary areas of the Dinaric Arc region: Manual for planning, development and monitoring of tourism in the protected areas of the Dinaric Arc
… costs, in reality, transboundary centres mainly improve efficiency and effectiveness of the overall cooperation. 30 … and poverty eradication – Tourism: investing in energy and resource efficiency. PART II: Investing in energy and resource efficiency: Tourism. UNEP & CMS (2006). …
Marine litter legislation: a toolkit for policy makers
… States USACE U.S. Army Corps of Engineers WtE waste-to-energy WTO World Trade Organization Marine Litter … then minimization, then reuse, then recycling, then energy recovery, then disposal.17 Waste management … SIDS rely on incinerating without energy recovery due to efficiency, cost, and lack of infrastructure and …
Assessing environmental impacts - A global review of legislation
… at the regional and/or sectoral level. For example, the energy sector has been the one with the highest number of … County 13 Currently, the EIA processes for the mining, energy, hydrocarbons and transport sectors are already … to maintain a good balance between comprehensiveness and efficiency in order to effectively predict the impact on the …
International Environmental law-making and Diplomacy Review
… Environmental Agreements’, 17 Annual Review of Energy and Environment (1992) 1-43. 48 S/RES/687 of 3 April … to Transboundary Air Pollution’ in John L. Helm (ed.), Energy: Production, Con- sumption, and Consequences (National … The change also reflects a new emphasis on the cost-efficiency of abatement strategies, which may be defined as …