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Flow : The essentials of environmental flows

… . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 7.1 No awareness, no action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . … statistics to specific elements of the ecosystem. “AS A RULE OF THUMB, SHALLOW, WIDE RIVERS TEND TO SHOW MORE … of these instru- • the duty not to cause significant harm to other riparian states;101 • the obligation to …
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Intellectual property rights in plant varieties: International legal regimes and policy options for national governments

… Most early domestic intellectual property laws provided no legal protection to intellectual property products created … day (with the limited exception of the European Union) no international IPRs available to inventors and creators who … to IPRs. The principle extends the national treatment rule by compelling a Intellectual property rights in plant …
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Integration of groundwater management into transboundary basin organizations in Africa - Training manual

… Practical advances are urgently needed; there is no simple blueprint for action, due to the inherent … of ‘equitable and reasonable use’ ■■ The concept of ‘no-harm’, i.e. that all resource development and management is … level and unit price per unit volume (0.002 €/m3) Cap rule transaction cost 100 € divided by the number of players …
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Indigenous and local communities and protected areas: Towards equity and enhanced conservation. Guidance on policy and practice for co-managed protected areas and community conserved areas

… Best Practice Protected Area Guidelines Series No. 11 IU C N IUCN Programme on Protected Areas Rue Mauverney … caste people in Saigata Village, India 82 6.1 Top down rule or local knowl edge? 86 6.2 Decen tral iza tion, dele ga … At very least it means that conser va tion should do no harm to human soci eties – although it may require trade-offs …
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Biodiversity: My hotel in action - A guide to sustainable use of biological resources in the Caribbean

… What does biodiversity do for us? 10 How do we harm biodiversity? 11 And what we can do to conserve it? 15 … Programme, GRID-Arendal, Norway. http://www.grida.no/_documents/orangutan/full_orangutanreport.pdf Big Leaf … have CITES permits. However, there are exceptions to this rule: in Namibia, local sale and international export in …
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E-waste Inspection and Enforcement Manual - Developed in the framework of the SBC E-waste Africa project

… publication that uses their publication(s) as a source. No use of this manual may be made for resale or for other … Both the economic benefits and the environmental harm are highlighted. This chapter also gives a brief … when the goods are actually on board of the vessel (this rule is new!). The seller must clear the goods for export. …
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Albania and marine protected areas: Legal and insituttional framework assessment for conservation of coastal and marine biodiversity and establishment of MPAs

… culture, tourism and socio-economy in general, there were no marine protected areas established in Albania until 2010. … and damage, through prevention and deter- rence of such harm caused by human activity in the sea and in the coastal … the involvement of other financ- ing sources. As a general rule the Fund will not finance 100 percent of project costs; …
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Explanatory guide to the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

… Witold Tymowski IUCN Environmental Policy and Law Paper No. 57IUCN Environmental Policy and Law Paper No. 57 … avoid adverse impacts, and to compensate for environmental harm. As beneficiary, each gen- eration has certain rights to … substances can be subject to patent protection. The normal rule is that substances freely occurring in nature can only …
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Developing a Global Soil Regime

… Land Degradation and Drought’ (Issue Paper No 1, Secretariat of the United Nations Convention to Combat … of living, including the right to food and water, the rule of law, good governance, gender equality, women’s … taking of measures to prevent significant environmental harm to soils. Disadvantaged people and communities This …
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GEO yearbook 2003

… ISBN: 92-807-2544-0 (Paperback) UNEP/GC.23/INF/2 UNEP Job No. DEW/0630/NA Disclaimers The contents and views expressed … ● Finalization of the United States Clean Air Interstate Rule would reduce emissions of sulphur dioxide (SO2) and … pregnancy, it can cause severe anaemia, and it can also harm the foetus, increasing the chances of abortion, …
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