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The impact of disasters and crises on agriculture and food security
… 2014 (Figure 13). Despite the importance of this loss, a persistent limited availability of data and information is … country into a cycle of underproduction, low income and persistent poverty. Therefore, the case for investing in … of rivers is greatly reduced, diminishing the quantity of organic matter that would normally flow to the coasts and …
Linkages in the landscape : The role of corridors and connectivity in wildlife conservation
… herbicides from adjacent land uses has even more severe pollutant effects on aquatic ecosystems. Streamside … oxgen, which in turn reduces the rate of decomposition of organic material and the capacity to support aquatic …
Share - Managing water across boundaries
… incentives for success and sustainability. It requires a persistent focus on equity, including: 34 35 • balancing the … as punitive measures that will pressure a state in case of persistent non-compliance. 62 63 Case 4.2 Compliance, … we follow Keohane’s classic definition of institutions as ‘persistent and connected sets of rules (formal and informal) …
Compliance-Related Texts and Decisions of Selected Multilateral Environmental Agreements
… Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants in spring 2010 resumes considerations on a … when possible, about convicted illegal traders and persistent offenders; and DIRECTS the Secretariat to …
Global mercury waste assessment - Review of current national measures
… of waste (except for radioac- tive waste and obsolete persistent organic pollutants). Current Practices Household mercury … disposal at landfills. Organic waste and waste containing persistent organic pollutants with mercury content less than …
Technical guidelines on incineration on land (D10)
… that usually carry absorbed and adsorbed residual organic matter. In some cases, dry lime injection is … of an acid or alkaline) quantity of suspended solids, and pollutant levels need to be legally fixed. Any wastewater … to man or the environment, resistant to biodegradation and persistent in the environment, volatile, has a low flash …