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Technical guidelines on specially engineered landfill (D5)

… hazards posed by such wastes. 4. Reducing dependence on land disposal through waste prevention, minimization and … provides the means for the controlled deposit of wastes on land is sometimes the only practicable disposal option for … long-term impacts, after-care management and long-term land use policies should be considered. In characterizing the …
04 Aug 2026 Document

Primary microplastics in the oceans: a global evaluation of sources

… losses of primary microplastics (98%) are generated from land- based activities Only 2% is generated from activities … activities performed by businesses and by households on land or at sea The main known primary microplastic sources … from different household or commercial activities both on land and at sea, as presented in Table 1 Table 1 PASSengeR …
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Transitioning to a pollution-free planet

… hazardous pollutants, and pollution of air, water and land that emanates from man-made activity and that degrades … ii. Areas of pollution (air, water, marine and coastal, land/soil) including the cross-cutting categories of … regulatory frameworks, education and public participation, land and resource rights are key to effective actions and …
04 Aug 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Women as change-makers in the governance of shared waters

… and men to have equal rights in access to and ownership of land. In order to reach gender equality, in most settings … already existing gender-unequal governance systems around land, natural resources and economic planning; l Land and resource tenure and inheritance laws that restrict …
04 Aug 2026 Literature

Voluntary Guidelines on National Forest Monitoring

… livelihoods and poverty reduction, governance and broader land use issues has become critical for national planning. … faces increasingly diverse information needs regarding land use and forest resources. This information is also … which may include trees outside forests as well as other land cover classes. The aim of these Voluntary Guidelines is …
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Draft International Covenant on Environment and Development - Implementing Sustainable Development - Fifth Edition: Updated text (4th Revision)

… by employing strategies for integrated management of land, water and living resources for environmental … feed production; (c) ensure that agricultural and pasture land is primarily used for food and feed production; (d) take … increasing access to and control over resources, including land; d) rehabilitate degraded resources, to the extent …
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Sustainable tourism in protected areas: Guidelines for planning and management

… in this work, and to the Department of Conservation and Land Management in Western Australia which similarly … of Regional Services in the Department of Conservation and Land Management in the same state before spending four years … were created in the west and covered extensive tracts of land with superb natural features. However, the idea of …
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The Tacaná Watersheds - Developing untapped potential: Strengthening resilience through cross-sectoral collaboration

… soils that originate from volcanic sand rocks. Unregulated land use change is especially damaging in steep catchments … rates, very high population growth, and a complex land tenure rights situation. Unlike other places in Guatemala, the land plots in San Marcos are too small to be effectively …
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Judges and the rule of law. Creating the links: Environment, human rights and poverty

… World Conservation Congress (WCC) held in Bangkok, Thai- land, from the 17th to the 25th of November 2004, the IUCN … Service advises FAO member countries – including forestry, land, water, fisheries, wildlife, food, biodiversity and … of the Netherlands. Mozambique’s new legal regime for land, environment, forestry and wildlife On 31 July 1997, the …
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Rule: Reforming water governance

… of natural ecosystems. Effective management links land and water uses across the whole of a catchment area or … the coordinated development and management of water, land and related resources to maximize economic and social … a racially discriminatory basis. Oppressive programmes of land dispossession which linked water rights to land rights …
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