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Factsheet - Protected Areas

… such as water purification and retention, erosion control, and can reduce flooding and unnatural wild fires n …
18 Jun 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

Integrating mining and biodiversity conservation: Case studies from around the world

… as the first objective. It highlighted pollution control (dust suppression), reporting and biannual audit … to the environmental aspects that the organisation can control and over which it can be expected to have an … left) is the engineered, managed system for deposition and control of the tailings sediment from the mining operations …
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Rights-based approaches - Exploring issues and opportunities for conservation

… internal safeguards, but also by developing supply chain control mechanisms to help ensure partners also respect basic … freedom to exercise customary law, and ownership, control, and development of communal lands, territories, and … maintaining forests’ regulating ecosystem services, (flood control and • disease prevention), which may enhance …
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Forests and protected areas : Guidance on the use of the IUCN protected area management categories

… or which performs a protective function such as avalanche control, should be regarded as protected area. Others believe … Examples include forests that are set aside for avalanche control, watershed protection or as a future strategic … Many governments are gradually handing responsibility or control of some state lands to private or communal interests, …
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Cultural Heritage Information Pack: 1 Introduction

… only the loss of the more tangible wetland values such as flood control, groundwater replenish- ment, nutrient cycling, etc., …
18 Jun 2026 Document

Desertification: the invisible frontline

… states and fragile states are turning to militarization to control the situation. the effects of desertification are … intrastate conflicts taking place today are linked to the control and allocation of natural resources by states. the … only larger than those of females, but few females have control in managing agricultural land, with this right …
18 Jun 2026 Document in Climate and Atmosphere

Rule: Reforming water governance

… management was also used to even out the fluctuations of flood and drought by storing water and to carry away waste. … to supplement water law wherever federal laws did not control the field. The legal reform process was the result of … by water law: allocation of water resources and pollution control; consistency of water law with other laws regarding …
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Marine protected areas and climate change - Adaptation and mitigation synergies, opportunities and challenges

… services that society relies on such as food production, flood and erosion control, carbon storage, sequestration and water quality. … which act as natural buffers to damage from severe storms, flood and erosion. For example, coral reefs reduce wave …
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Mapping the linkages between oceans and other Sustainable Development Goals: A preliminary exploration

… with UNCLOS that are necessary to prevent, reduce and control pollution of the marine environment from any source, … X Effective institutions in general help achieve effective control of and reduction in pollution National Regional … the resilience of local communities (e .g . mangroves for flood protection) National Regional Global X Management of …
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Integrating biodiversity conservation and sustainable use: Lessons learned from ecological networks

… sustainable management in the existing protected areas • control large-scale poaching and any other unsustainable use … to the communities and government agencies who in general control land use and planning at the local and regional …
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