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The status of natural resources on the high-seas
… local bottom water flows and may acts as traps for organic matter • They may be biological ‘hot spots’ with … R., 1978. Macrobenthic succession in relation to organic enrichment and pollution of the marine environment. … indicates that canyon systems may well serve a role in pollutant transport to fauna inhabiting these areas. …
Ecological Restoration for Protected Areas - Principles, Guidelines and Best Practices
… reserve (Hong, 1996). b. Build up soil with natural organic material from within the protected area (e.g., by … in the protected area for this purpose) or sterile organic material from outside. Bring only weed-free, … the first years, maintenance includes weeding, mowing and organic fertilization. Over ten years, some 750,000 seedlings …
Groundwater in international law: Compilation of treaties and other legal instruments
… and promote measures which safeguard the processes of organic decomposition and thereby its continuing fertility. … teratogenic or bio-accumulative, especially when they are persistent; 7. "Best available technology" (the definition is … or bioaccumulative effects, in particular those being persistent and having significant adverse impact on living …
Compendium of Good Practices on Human Rights and the Environment
… of America, compiles and disseminates information on pollutant releases and transfers throughout North America … Stock is an integral aspect of the CEC’s North American Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (PRTR) Project, which … with the government and CoAL. Eventually, through persistent and focused litigation that challenged all of the …
The Minamata Convention on Mercury and its implementation in the Latin America and Caribbean region
… boilers. Once mercury enters the environment as a pollutant, it is extremely harmful, given its persistence, … be transported over long distances), its ability to form organic compounds, to bio-accumulate (accumulating in living … their releases of mercury to land and water is that of the Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (PRTR)17, which has …