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The SHPF toolkit - A toolkit to help you to monitor and report incidents of pesticide poisoning caused by Severely Hazardous Pesticide Formulations in your country under Article 6 of the Rotterdam Convention

… is as much about good crop husbandry and careful soil and water management as it is about direct control … inputs with agro-ecological methods for pest and soil management in rice, cereals, beans and vegetables, while … 9 Reduced pesticide contamination of water courses and soil 9 Reduced risk of pests, diseases or weeds developing …
18 Jun 2026 Document

Land and water - the rights interface

… lake.50 Throughout this process some water enters into the soil where it is held as capillary water and returns directly … to the atmosphere by way either of evaporation from the soil or through absorption by plants and then by … 67 A possible exception relates to the effects of air pollution although the interference is not strictly speaking …
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Forest fires and the law: a guide for national drafters based on the fire management voluntary guidelines

… impairment of human health and safety, air and water pollution, loss of biodiversity in fire-sensitive or … ecosystems, site degradation, desertification and soil erosion and depletion of terrestrial carbon by fires … (art. 5). Secondary effects of forest fires include soil erosion, which may certainly affect the attainment of …
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Water Management and Stewardship

… more erratic patterns of rainfall - as well as problems of pollution affecting water quality. The issue has become when … and ground water bodies (‘blue’ water) and water in soil and plants/crops (‘green’ water) is taken into account. … and ground water bodies (‘blue’ water) and water in soil and plants/crops (‘green’ water) is taken into …
18 Jun 2026 Literature

Integrating biodiversity conservation and sustainable use: Lessons learned from ecological networks

… as the long, relatively undisturbed coastline, the high soil differentiation, the varied topography and the various … – was an important source of income, overfishing and pollution cut yields dramatically in the course of the … of the Banisveld in order to expose the original sandy soil. Although costly, the operation was financed completely …
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The Green Customs Guide to Multilateral Environmental Agreements

… a Working Group on Wildlife Crime and a Working Group on Pollution Crime. See Chapter 3 for more information on … of acids or bases R7 Recovery of components used for pollution abatement R8 Recovery of components from catalysts … PCBs. *Heptachlor, a chemical primarily employed to kill soil insects and termites and more widely to kill cotton …
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Conservation with justice - A rights-based approach

… and 2000 responded to health concerns caused by industrial pollution in Delhi.9 In some instances, the courts issued … be free from contamination and fit for human consumption. Soil, water, and crops should be assessed to ensure quality … they may also involve land use transformation, water and soil erosion in the construction phase, and some levels of …
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Global Re-introduction Perspectives: 2011 - More case studies from around the globe

… quarters full with rich topsoil to serve as nurseries. The soil is firmly packed to make carcass burial and the … 80 g - 180 g quail carcasses are placed on the soil surface for the beetles to bury and prepare as a food … due to development leading to drainage of wetlands and pollution. The wetlands on Silhouette Island are relatively …
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Croatia and marine protected areas: Legal and insituttional framework assessment for conservation of coastal and marine biodiversity and establishment of MPAs

… to enforce regulations in Marine Protected Areas (e.g. pollution), they need to be identified and applied using … of the Continental Shelf and the Seabed and its Sub-Soil (Madrid 1994) Republic of Croatia signed the Protocol. … fertilizers used in agriculture, erosion of contaminated soil, run off from urban areas, roads, unmanaged landfills …
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Biodiversity: My hotel in action - A guide to sustainable use of biological resources in the Caribbean

… other ecosystem services, including biomass production, soil formation, nutrient cycling and provision of habitats. … change, destructive fishing, declining water quality from pollution and degradation of coastal habitats. Built over … timber and agriculture, or for infrastructure development, soil erodes faster and rivers flood more frequently. The loss …
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