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A2 - Integrating Environmental Concerns in National Water Law

… regulation of the siting and operation of landfills and waste dumps regulation of urban land development, as regards … Namibia, a licence is required to construct and operate a waste disposal site above or near an aquifer. In addition, … landowners must (a) store and deal with wastewater, solid waste, manure, or other obnoxious materials that may pollute …
18 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

A Global Register of Competences for Protected Area Practitioners

… the development and implementation of programmes for crime prevention, law enforcement and compliance. Plan, manage and … with disasters. ● Putting in place means for managing waste and controlling pollution (procedures, facilities, … and disturbance of wildlife, habitat damage, erosion, waste, pollution, vandalism, pest species). ● …
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Biodiversity Risks and Opportunities in the Apparel Sector

… the animals are raised (e.g. water pollution from animal waste, habitat degradation from grazing, and pasture … in general (EPA 2013), adds substantially to household waste streams and contributes to environmental impacts … a. Weak wildlife trade regulations, particularly for the prevention of overexploitation of target species to ensure …
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Ridding the world of POPs: a Guide to the Stockholm Convention Persitent Organic Polluants

… – dumps of these toxic substances. These stockpiles and waste sites have to be found, managed so that leaks and other … on to alternatives and to clean up existing stockpiles and waste sites. The Convention’s call for international aid to …
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Nexus Governance: Harnessing contending forces at work

… and with highly specialized and expensive expertise (waste disposal from treatment plants3) while others 3 This is … al (2015), and Beck et al (2011) for the need to replace ‘waste’ with ‘nutrient recycling’. (water allocation in … and a flood control Department of Water Induced Disaster Prevention was hived out of the Irrigation Department, even …
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The development of international environmental law at the Multilateral Environmental Agreements’ Conference of the Parties and its validity

… of the conference was deleted.21 In the next MEA on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other … introduced a scheme for regulating the incineration of waste at sea and later 55 See P Szell, ‘Decision Making Under … by deciding that this term covers the disposal of waste into or under the seabed from the sea but not from land …
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Principles and concepts of international environmental law (Part 2) - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… 2. Precaution Examples Southern Bluefin Tuna Case 3. Prevention Preventive mechanisms Examples 4. “Polluter Pays … Article 26 of the 1996 Protocol to the Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and other … the evolution towards approaches based on precaution and prevention. …
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The Enivronmental Crime Crisis - Threats to Sustainable Development from Illegal Exploitation and Trade in Wildlife and Forest Resources. A UNEP Rapid Assessment

… on fully recycled paper, FSC certified, post-consumer waste and chlorine- free. Inks are vegetable-based and … UN Office for Drugs and Crime, the UN Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, INTERPOL, the UN Security … illegal fisheries, illegal mining and dumping of toxic waste. It is a rapidly rising threat to the environment, to …
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Law, Policy and Dryland Ecosystems in the People's Republic of China

… 85 6.1.2 Improving law and policy for the prevention and control of LD in the PRC … loss of mud and sand, as a result of abandoned soil, waste sand and slag generated from mining, quarrying, road … and Control of Environmental Pollution Caused by Solid Waste 1995 provide the major legislative mechanisms for land …
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Evaluation of Mexican Environmental Law Enforcement and Compliance after NAFTA

… in the area of air pollution; and seen regarding hazardous waste. Following the conclusion of NAFTA, the Mexican … 12 for water exploitation; 32 for air pollution; 14 for waste; five for noise; 6 for environmental impact assessment; … of 2003;8 the General Act for Comprehensive Management of Prevention of Waste of 2003;9 and the National Water Act …
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