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The environmental impact of economic incentives for agricultural production: a comparative law study

… promote the conservation of agricultural resources 31 1. Water resources 32 2. Soil resources 34 3. Genetic resources … trends and decisions on the pace and quality of natural resource exploitation and protection. The economic measures … agricultural production, such as measures to safeguard water and soil resources. This study, therefore, is far from …
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FAO's work on Climate Change

… hunger and ensuring the sustainability of our natural-resource base to achieve the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable … weather events, land degradation and desertification, water scarcity, rising sea levels, and shifting climates – … change is expected to place additional burdens on already water-stressed systems. This will intensify competition for …
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Culture and wetlands: A Ramsar guidance document

… text states: “…Being convinced that wetlands constitute a resource of great economic, cultural, scientific and … the role of other species groups and aspects such as water management, human health and other ecosystem ser- … Khin Ni Ni Thein and Alexander Otte, Working Group on Water and Culture In mid 2007, the Convenor of the Working …
18 Jun 2026 Document

RAMSAR Handbook 3: Laws and institutions

… at low tide, as well as human-made wetlands such as waste-water treatment ponds and reservoirs. About this series of … roles of other sectors beyond the “environment” or “water” sectors. It is thus very important that these … and audits, land-use planning, coastal management, water resource management or pollution control. At the local level, …
18 Jun 2026 Document

A window of opportunity for the Mekong Basin: the UN Watercourses convention as a basis for cooperation - A legal Analysis o fhow the UN Watercourses Convention complements the Mekong Agreement

… ICJ International Court of Justice IWRM Integrated Water Resource Management LMB Lower Mekong Basin MA Mekong … states sharing an international watercourse to use its water for their own beneficial and sustainable purposes in …
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Guidelines for applying protected area management categories

… 55 Inland water protected areas … 61 11. Compatibility of various inland water protection strategies with IUCN categories … or even takes place alongside limited sustain- able resource extraction. Some protected areas ban activities like … to IUCN, but not exclusively in the scope of CNPPA VI Resource reserve VII Anthropological reserve VIII …
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Regulation of Freshwater at the Regional and Subregional Levels - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… Measures Principles Other obligations The Protocol on Water and Health The Protocol on Civil Liability 2. Protocol … use. An important example of regulation of transboundary water resources at the regional level is the 1992 Convention … systems; and, Monitor the execution of integrated water resource development plans in shared watercourse systems. …
18 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Marine and Freshwater

C1 - No Significant Harm, Pollution Prevention and Quality Standards

… of the basin states concerned. The focus is on surface water resources, since a specific module – Module E – is … reduction and control of pollution of transboundary water resources, (b) legal and institutional requirements to … controlled, if the states sharing a transboundary water resource apply different policies or standards. The duty to …
18 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

Global biodiversity outlook 4 - A mid-term assessment of progress towards the implementation of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020

… managed forests and using vegetable-based inks and water-based coatings. Global Biodiversity Outlook 4 3 The … Centre (University of British Columbia), UNEP GEMS Water Programme, Union for Ethical BioTrade, United Nations … national accounts of biodiversity-related natural resource stocks (such as forests and water) and where …
18 Jun 2026 Literature

Depend on nature: Ecosystem services supporting human livelihoods

… planning and implementation 26 2. Decentralise natural resource management 27 3. Mainstream the multilateral … 33 8. Ensure at least minimum environmental flows in all water management schemes 33 9.Incorporate representative … ecosystem services1 to provide the basics of life - food, water, shelter, clothing and clean air – and to regulate our …
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