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Integration of groundwater management into transboundary basin organizations in Africa - Training manual

… impacts on river flow, water quality and aquifer degradation. Riparian State Collaboration: 1. TBOs generally … of micro- and macro-policy issues in- fluencing water and land use, and represents one of the major global challenges … on the resource. These may include: ■■ The impact of land use / land management which has a direct impact on both …
26 May 2026 Literature

Mr. John Knox, Policy Brief_Universal Human Rights Group

… had been killed as a result of protecting their rights to land and the environment. global Witness emphasised that this … that clearly connected the murder to an environment or land use issue.7 as a result, global Witness concluded that … indigenous lands, territories and natural resources;’ ‘the degradation and destruction of ecosystems … including the …
26 May 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Vital Waste Graphics 3

… planet, more consumption, more waste, more pollution, less land available for landfills, and fewer resources, what will … tonnes 145 50 10 VITAL WASTE GRAPHICS 38 Resistant to degradation, plastics are also lighter than most other … to it. The main source of this pollution is apparently land-based, considering the increasing Plastics Paper Metals …
26 May 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste

The Sacred Dimension of Protected Areas: Proceedings of the Second Workshop of the Delos Initiative - Ouranoupolis 2007

… of case studies 27 IndIgenous peoples 27 Power on this land; managing sacred sites at Dhimurru Indigenous Protected Area, Northeast Arnhem Land, Australia Bas Verschuuren, Mawalan II Marika and Phil … to the site’s biological and ecological significance. Degradation caused by the vast number of pilgrims who visit …
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Glossary of terms for negotiators of multilateral environmental agreements

… 1999. Afforestation The direct human-induced conversion of land that has not been forested for a period of at least 50 years to forested land through planting, seeding and/or the human-induced … economic, technical and scientific activities to halt the degradation of Africa’s environment. AMCEN plays an important …
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Indigenous and traditional peoples and climate change

… traditional peoples to the use of certain resources and land, to knowledge, technology, power, decision making, … and which secure their entitlements to self determination, land, natural resources, information, education, health … change, given the already existing water stress, land degradation and the limited capacity to adapt in these …
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A guide to the complementarities between the Convention on Migratory Species and the Convention on Biological Diversity

… forest ecosystems, agricultural ecosystems, dry land ecosystems, mountain ecosystems and even urban … additional risks to their survival. Habitat loss and degradation at key sites needed at different stages in the … hunting is allowed year round. 9 The insidious threats of land degradation, including desertification, deforestation …
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The World Charter for Nature

… exploitation and habitat destruction by man, (b) The degradation of natural systems owing to excessive consumption … shall be safeguarded. 3. All areas of the earth, both land and sea, shall be subject to these principles of … species. 4. Ecosystems and organisms, as well as the land, marine and atmospheric resources that are utilized by …
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Embedding the Environment in Sustainable Development Goals

… development from escalating resource use and environmental degradation; (iii) Coverage of critical issues of … with the atmosphere including climate change, and 45 with land use.) As part of an initiative to identify a core set of … the ozone depletion problem. Florida University Journal of Land Use and Environmental Law, 25, 305-329 and UNEP 2012. …
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Culture and wetlands: A Ramsar guidance document

… to respond to the problem of desertification and land degradation. A tenet of the UNCCD is that ‘desertification is … by others. One example is the Council of Europe’s European Land- scape Convention (2000), which reflects a principle …
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