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Energy law and sustainable development

… efficiency, respecting ecology or ensuring equity in use among all users.4 As a result, energy law has developed … or the property regimes providing access to land sites or water bodies. Property rights often are a basic element of … the following: air pollution including "acid rain," waste water pollution, significant solid and hazardous waste …
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Human rights and the Environment: Rio + 20 - Joint Report OHCHR and UNEP

… economy and to sustainable approaches to food, energy and water security. Indeed, efforts to encourage sustainable … natural allies. Ecosystem services – including food, clean water, medicinal substances, recreation, and protection from … and (2) the substantive content of norms regulating the use of power over persons and resources. Throughout, …
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Perspectives and guidelines on food legislation, with a new model food law

… and chemical contaminants of the food chain and the use of food additives, pesticides and veterinary drugs, as … post-harvest infrastructure, including the lack of safe water, electricity, storage facilities, roads and means of … and other contaminants can enter food through soil or water. Dioxins can enter the animal feed supply from feed …
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Urban Protected Areas: Profiles and best practice guidelines

… geomorphological features, where human visitation, use and impacts are controlled and limited to ensure … plantations, the mountains eroded, endangering the city’s water supply. When they were reforested, recreational use was … 77 14. Control encroachment 80 15. Monitor and manage water 80 16. Manage wildfires 82 17. Reduce impacts of noise …
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Large Marine Ecosystems: Status and Trends (Summary for Policy Makers)

… any publication that uses this publication as a source. No use of this publication may be made for resale or any other … of large marine ecosystems (LMEs) and other transboundary water systems (open ocean, groundwater aquifers, lakes and … to undertake global assessments of the five transboundary water systems to assist GEF and other international …
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State of Biodiversity in West Asia

… regimes on conservation and ensured the appropriate use of natural resources for long periods. After the second … (IUCN/WCPA, 2008).7 5. West Asia harbours wetlands and water bodies of international significance, a number of which … swamps, coastal sabkhas (salty mudflats) and human-made water bodies that act as important paths for migratory birds …
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Adapting to Climate Change - Guidance for Protected Areas Managers and Planners

… geomorphological features, where human visitation, use and impacts are controlled and limited to ensure … by preventing, limiting and reversing harmful impacts on water systems and pollution of the atmosphere, and to the realisation of the integrated water policy objectives. https://en.vmm.be/ German Federal …
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Desertification: the invisible frontline

… some neighbors claimed our trees were drawing too much water from the ground. We cut them down. Our harvests fell. … chad or afghanistan were in before local conflicts over water or land turned into civil wars, sexual violence or … sustainably. Granting users the rights to own and use the resources they depend on can reverse trends, pull the …
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Invasive Alien Species - a growing threat in Regional Seas

… or movement of listed species, and appropriate ballast water management. Border controls are designed to stop … or mariculture ventures, to display in aquaria, and to use in coastal management practices, such as erosion control … biofouling hitchhikers or as stowaways in ships’ ballast water. The opening of new canals and seaways between …
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Invasive Alien Species - a threat to biodiversity

… would appreciate receiving a copy of any publications that use this document as a source. Citation: Secretariat of the … mollusc diversity, and electric power generation; the water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) blocking waterways, … nutrient levels in the lake, promoting infestation by water hyacinths. - ! e Nile perch’s palatable bone-free white …
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