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The status of natural resources on the high-seas
… fauna has adapted to exploit the extreme physico-chemical conditions found at vents. Over the past 24 years 30 … animals have the ability to adapt to extreme physical and chemical conditions, and are able to cope with extraordinary … size but also in shape, texture, abundance, coverage and chemical composition. These variations may occur over …
The Aarhus Convention: An implementation guide. Securing the public's rights through access to information, public participation and Access to justice for a healthy environment
… how to proceed in the event of an accident at the nearby chemical fertilizer factory. In Giacomelli v. Italy, the ECHR … those at the Chernobyl nuclear facility in Ukraine and at chemical facilities in Bhopal, India, and Seveso, Italy, have … were produced through farming methods that did not use chemical pesticides or fertilizers; and some detergent labels …
Promoting responsible investment in agriculture and food systems - Guide to assess national regulatory frameworks affecting larger-scale private investments
… In addition, measures to avoid the release of chemical substances or the introduction of … from occupational accidents and illnesses due to chemical … In addition, unsafe levels of biological, chemical or physical hazards in food and feed may …
Groundwater in international law: Compilation of treaties and other legal instruments
… a year in each extraction site, followed by a complete chemical analysis if drastic changes in salinity is [sic] … by wind and/or water; (ii) deterioration of the physical, chemical and biological or economic properties of soil; and … leading to serious environmental damage, including chemical pollution, salinization and exhaustion of aquifers; …
Technical guidelines: Technical guidelines on the environmentally sound management of wastes consisting of, containing or contaminated with mercury or mercury compounds
… the Philippines, 1997. DENR Administrative Order No. 38, Chemical Control Order for Mercury and Mercury Compounds . … System for Human Health and Environmental. Hazards of Chemical Substances and Mixtures . OECD, 2004. Recommendation …
Technical guidelines: General technical guidelines on the environmentally sound management of wastes of wastes consisting of, containing or contaminated with persistent organic pollutants
… monitoring and surveillance in support of the chemical management plan . Available from: … 2011. Document on monitoring and research under the chemical management plan . Available from: … ILO, 1999a. Basics of Chemical Safety . Available from: www.ilo.org . ILO, 1999b. …
Review of Statutory and Customary Law in the Xe Champhone Ramsar Site, LAO PDR - Implications for a rights-based approach to conservation
… granting land concessions for any purpose; using any chemical substances; logging, burning or otherwise destroying … of human activity within the conservation areas: using any chemical substances; using any weapon to shoot animals; … blocking crocodile pathways; expanding agriculture; using chemical substances; blocking water channels during breeding …
Draft International Covenant on Environment and Development - Implementing Sustainable Development - Fifth Edition: Updated text (4th Revision)
… Article 198 of the UNCLOS (1982); Article 11 of the Rhine Chemical Convention (1976); Article 9(2) of the Barcelona … and misuse as well as the deterioration of its physical, chemical and biological or economic properties . To ensure … subdivided into successive layers with specific physical, chemical and biological characteristics and different …
Strategic Report: Environment, Peace and Security - a Convergence of Threats
… Ecosystem Management Environmental Governance Chemical and Waste Resource Efficiency Environment Under … May 2015; 2016. 45 Nellemann et al., 2014. 46 Highly toxic chemical, which has been prohibited in numerous countries, …