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Bio-Cultural Community Protocols: A community approach to Ensuring the Integrity of Environmental Law and Policy

… life. This book illustrates the application of BCPs to a range of environmental legal frameworks. Part I focuses on … clear. 4 Users of GR will be expected to fulfill a range of obligations in order to gain access to GR and … bio-cultural self that Article 8(j) seeks to affirm. The State as the legal subject under Article 15 is typical of the …
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Risks from Maritime Traffic to Biodiversity in the Mediterranean Sea. Identification of Issues and Possible Responses

… ZONES ......................................14 4.5. PORT STATE CONTROL … only source of impacts on Mediterranean biodiversity. A range of activities, including urbanization, coastal … an audit of a ship’s actual capacity to implement a range of IMO instruments. The legally binding effect of PSC …
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Safe Havens: Protected Areas for Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation

… approaches from different regions and aims to cover a range of hazard events as well as a variety of ecosystem … to cope using its own resources” (UNISDR 2007). It doesn’t state any of the hazards we think of (such as tsunamis, … the area can also serve as a basis for convening the wide range of actors involved in order to safeguard the area for …
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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

… term to apply to any internal law of a Party, whether a State or a regional economic integration organization. The … of interactions between hu- man populations and a whole range of factors in their physical (natural and man-made) and … the signing of Protocols to the Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollu- tion on Heavy Metals and on …
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Conservation and sustainable development in mountain areas

… to experience different environments and enjoy a wide range of outdoor and cultural activities. Tourism, the … the lead in promoting the development of, and utilising, state-of-the-art technologies in small-scale alternative … the word ‘Balkans’ denotes a mountain or mountain range. By the end of the 19th century, this had become the …
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Integrating mining and biodiversity conservation: Case studies from around the world

… enabling it to be grown successfully across a vast range of different climatic zones, from North America and … people depend on mining for the essentials of life. These range from the very basics, such as salt and fuel, to the … to be minimised and the land restored to a near-original state for future uses, such as ecotourism. In addition, MET …
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Building Resilience to climate change - Ecosystem-based adaptation and lessons from the field

… cost- effective benefits to nature and people under a range of longer-term climatic changes. The management of our … change in crop yield in response to a change in the mean, range or variability of temperature) or indirect (e.g. … and on how action is required to return to a desired state, maintain it or continue as is. Regarding the Ecosystem …
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Assessing environmental impacts - A global review of legislation

… this study focuses on EIAs and SEAs, there are a broader range of impact assessments, and examples of these are given … in implementation. As a consequence, and while the range of benefits to be gained from conducting EIAs and SEAs … the 1970s. Over the decades, these EIA systems, which were state-led and focused on ensuring compliance with …
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Connectivity Conservation: International Experience in Planning, Establishment and Management of Biodiversity Corridors

… (2004). Cover photo: WWF. Truong Son in the Annamite Range. iv Acronyms A2A Alps to Atherton Initiative, Australia … Specifically it seeks to provide an understanding of the range of mechanisms including laws, regulations, and other … initiatives are legally enabled through both national and state laws. Australia has more recently developed a series of …
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GEO yearbook 2003

… There is much to be optimistic about when we review the state of the global environment, and how it has fared in … draws upon the most recent available data to present a range of key pressure, state, impact and response indicators. … illegal trafficking and update the trade rules for a wide range of plant and animal species. The US introduces new …
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