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Draft International Covenant on Environment and Development - Implementing Sustainable Development - Fifth Edition: Updated text (4th Revision)

… The International Council of Environmental Law – toward sustainable development – • Launched at the UN Congress on … of the biosphere in all its diversity; maintain maximum biological diversity; and observe the principle of optimum sustainable yield in the exploitation of living natural resources . …
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The Enivronmental Crime Crisis - Threats to Sustainable Development from Illegal Exploitation and Trade in Wildlife and Forest Resources. A UNEP Rapid Assessment

… CRIME CRISIS A RAPID RESPONSE ASSESSMENT THREATS TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT FROM ILLEGAL EXPLOITATION AND TRADE … ‘serious crime’ is defined as an offence punishable by a maximum prison sentence of 14 15 Figure 1. Estimated scale of … uncertainty as some populations are beyond) • Up to a maximum 15% of elephant populations are killed annually in or …
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CITES and CBNRM. Proceedings of an international symposium on “The relevance of CBNRM to the conservation and sustainable use of CITES-listed species in exporting countries”

… on “The relevance of CBNRM to the conservation and sustainable use of CITES-listed species in exporting … with the producers was then the determination of a maximum harvest quota for chicks, based on the density of … controlling hunting effort and on the basis of “sustained yield” harvest theory (Caughley and Sinclair 1994). …
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3rd UNCCD Scientific Conference: Book of abstracts

… The Scientifi c and Traditional Knowledge for Sustainable Development (STK4SD) Consortium United Nations … GENETIC ANALYSIS FOR WATER USE EFFICIENCY TRAITS AND YIELD UNDER DROUGHT STRESS CONDITIONS IN GROUNDNUT JOHN, … The species distribution modeling software MaxEnt (Maximum Entropy) was considered the most suitable model. An …
17 Jun 2026 Document in Climate and Atmosphere

Cost and benefits of ecosystem based adaptation: The case of the Philippines

… solutions to environmental challenges and achieve sustainable development. Working with many partners and … (e.g. carbon sequestration and water quality). The average yield increase was 79%, depending on crop type, and all crops … temperatures, as indicated by the number of days with maximum temperature exceeding 350C, will continue to become …
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Legislating for property rights in fisheries

… User an exclusive right to harvest a part of the annual yield of fish. The individual does not have a property in the … the national level and local level is a key to achieving sustainable development of the fishing industry, and a lack … in fisheries 25 quotas were subject to both minimum and maximum holding levels. No purchaser or lessee could harvest …
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Building Resilience to climate change - Ecosystem-based adaptation and lessons from the field

… stimuli. The effect may be direct (e.g. a change in crop yield in response to a change in the mean, range or … people depend to adapt to climate change, EbA integrates sustainable use of biodiversity and ecosystem services in a … and delivers contrasting total rainfall patterns and maximum intensities. In general, with greater intensities of …
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Technical guidelines on used oil re-refining or other re-uses of previously used oil (R9)

… leading to the recovery of the oil fraction which has the maximum viable commercial value. Sources of used oils 14. … the Canadian Association of re-refiners. Finally, the oil yield and quality differ in relation to the technology … of hazardous wastes. • Economics (economic viability/sustainable market and commercial feasibility; product …
17 Jun 2026 Document

Issues in water law reform

… for farm dams have had a significant effect on catchment yield and downstream uses. Accordingly, in Victoria, … as all of the flow of a specified waterway, up to a maximum annual allocation. Rates of extraction might also be … for the water; and (ii) the rate of use of the water is sustainable; and (d) in providing for the allocation of water …
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Third report on the protection of the atmosphere

… . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 III. Obligations of sustainable and equitable utilization of the atmosphere . . . … avoiding adverse effects on the environment and obtaining maximum social, economic and environmental benefits for all. … fisheries agreements in the form of “maximum sustainable yield” in the 1950s. 211 The maximum sustainable yield was …
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