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Culture and wetlands: A Ramsar guidance document
… societies, water became an essential prerequisite for food production. Places where it was abundantly available became … hosting an important ecosystem valuable for fish production. The ponds also provide a population stronghold … and agricultural practices, including the development of plant species and animal breeds. Traditional know- ledge is …
UNEP - Our Planet Magazine - Making Our Future Chemical Safe - Edition from Sept 2015
… from the way chemicals are managed from their design to production, use and disposal. In this issue of Our Planet, … Minister, Narendra Modi, got his hands dirty and dug in to plant a tree. Meanwhile, Brazilian authorities hosted an … textile industry to tour the latest wastewater treatment plant. The facility’s owner was eager to show me that the …
Crossing Borders for Nature. European examples of transboundary conservation
… Conservation (BfN) for their generous support for the production of this publication. Funding was provided by the … is a biodiversity hotspot. High mountain areas abound in plant species diversity, and the region is one of the last … Sea and forms a diverse habitat for a wide variety of plant and animal species. Some of these species reach the …
Closing Strategy - Ending Ivory Trade in Hong Kong
… that remained in Hong Kong for processing, 75% of the production was exported outright to a reported 102 countries/ … according to Customs statistics; another 20% of the ivory production was directly purchased by tourists who returned … as jade, diamond, or alternative materials used in the production of trinkets such as precious woods. 4 These shops …
Transboundary Air Pollution - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… losses of POPs. The 1998 POPs Protocol bans outright the production and use of some products (e.g., aldrin, chlordane, … values for specific emission sources (e.g., combustion plant, electricity production, dry cleaning, cars and lorries, etc.) and …
Customary laws: Governing natural resource management in the northern areas
… Quercus ilex Bankhakhri – Podophyllum emodi; a medicinal plant with properties that improve blood flow Begana – … Shigar Lumbardar – village headman Makhuteen – a medicinal plant Malia – revenue; tax on crops G l o s s a ry Maliki – … the income from this land. He also makes consumption, production and management decisions regarding the input as …
Ramsar Technical Report 7: Ramsar Wetland Disease Manual
… in wetland settings. Vanessa Coldwell the final stages of production. We has provided the source of materials which … � Timber production; � Energy resources, such as peat and plant matter; � Wildlife resources; � Transport; and � … Diseases of organisms other than animals, such as plant diseases and diseases primarily of humans, such as …
Toolkit for the Sound Management of DDT for Disease Vector Control
… 9 3. PRODUCTION, FORMULATION, IMPORT AND EXPORT … of DDT and other vector control insecticides from production until use and disposal. Specifically, the pesticide life-stages discussed are: production, formulation, import and export; registration; …
International water governance: Conservation of freshwater ecosystems Vol. 1: International agreements compilation and analysis
… A joint corporation shall be established to deal with the production and sale of hydropower. Source Legislative Texts, … Agreement concerning the Cachuela Esperanza Hydroelectric Plant, supplementary to the Agreement on economic and … an Agreement for the construction of a hydroelec- tric plant in Cachuela Esperanza, supplementary to the Agreement …
Sacred natural sites: Guidelines for protected area managers
… James Cook University is pleased to be a partner in the production of this internationally important series of … and spiritual leaders. Over wider land- scapes, particular plant and animal species may also be consid- ered as sacred … Case study 5. Kaya sacred forests, Kenya The discovery by plant ecologists in the late 1980s that the small, but …