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Ratification and Implementation Guidelines

… development in controlling the harmful effects of mercury pollution. The Conven- tion is the latest in the series of … Article 3, the Convention seeks to reduce global mercury pollution through complementary measures to minimize mercury … disposal of these products con- tribute to global mercury pollution, as the mercury in these products is often released …
18 Jun 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste

Transboundary Lakes and Reservoirs: Status and Trends (Summary for Policy Makers)

… vast resource can be rapidly and irreversibly degraded. Pollution of aquifers is difficult to reverse; … Despite the general lack of information on anthropogenic pollution in transboundary aquifers, it can be said that all … low-lying islands. Risk due to groundwater anthropogenic pollution affects 73 per cent of all 42 islands. 3. High …
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Transboundary Aquifers and Groundwater Systems of Small Island Developing States: Status and Trends (Summary for Policy Makers)

… vast resource can be rapidly and irreversibly degraded. Pollution of aquifers is difficult to reverse; … Despite the general lack of information on anthropogenic pollution in transboundary aquifers, it can be said that all … low-lying islands. Risk due to groundwater anthropogenic pollution affects 73 per cent of all 42 islands. 3. High …
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La non régression en droit de l'environnement

… 369 B. Air pollution law … and Anti-Backsliding Programs for Water and Air Pollution … 475 1. Nondegradation and Water Pollution Control .................. 476 2. Nondegradation and Air Pollution Control ........................ 481 B. …
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The burden of proof in natural resources legislation: Some critical issues for fisheries law

… of the North Sea.4 Despite regulation of both land based pollution and ocean dumping by regional bodies, the quality … for a strong response to the problems of environmental pollution, have also given rise to a spread of public welfare … offences of discharging prohibited wastes or causing pollution which have none of the traditional requirements of …
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The precautionary principle in biodiversity conservation and natural resource management. An issues paper for policy-makers, researchers and practitioners

… environmental issues such as chemicals regulation and pollution control. The immediate relevance of the … context of the North Sea ministerial conferences on marine pollution. At the time, the prevailing approach to marine pollution relied on scientific calibration of the …
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Our sustainable future: the role of the Basel Convention

… which those wastes are properly handled and managed. The pollution or contamination caused by the improper management … when supporting efforts aimed at reducing air and water pollution, which directly impact the health and productivity …
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Governance of Ecosystem Services. Lessons Learned from Cameroon, China, Costa Rica and Ecuador

… populations and changing standards of living have caused pollution, overexploitation and even destruction of ecosystem … to recognize the threat of environmental degrada- tion and pollution in the early 1970s, which led to a gradual … such as a specific threshold of the amount or type of pollution allowed in air or water, a specific amount of …
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RAMSAR Handbook 3: Laws and institutions

… planning, coastal management, water resource management or pollution control. At the local level, customary laws and … flows, groundwater); c) changes in water quality (e.g., pollution, eutrophication, sedimentation); and d) … wetlands. Some types of human activity (e.g., drainage, pollution or urban encroachment) almost always generate …
18 Jun 2026 Document

Community - based incentives for nature conservation

… water. For example, in Case Study 4, urban and industrial pollution are major issues in wetlands management. 2.2.2 … contain inadequate consideration of waste management and pollution control, and environmental sector policies which … chemically and biologically removes nutrients and pollution from these wastewaters. These functions are …
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