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Towards a Pollution Free Planet - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… mountains, pollutants such as heavy metals and persistent organic pollutants can be found in plants and animals … on children. Pollution can take many forms, ranging from organic compounds and other chemical substances to different … heavy metals, such as mercury and arsenic, as well as organic compounds and pharmaceuticals, Source: World Health …
Wilderness Protected Areas: Management Guidelines for IUCN categories 1b protected areas
… Alliance Ltd. was responsible for developing the carbon farming methodology used on Fish River (http:// … can bring it into conflict with economic land uses such as farming and ranching as a result of livestock predation, … and transmission of disease. Thus, ranching and farming landowners may sometimes view wildlife as threats to …
Speaking a common language: The uses and performance of the IUCN system of management categories for protected areas
… true for other environmental certification systems such as organic farming and the Marine Stewardship Council. Efforts to set … These tend to be NGOs involved in activities such as organic farming, sustainable fishing and certified forest …
International ocean governance: Using international law and organisations to manage marine resources sustainably (revised)
… to major changes in ocean circulation patterns. Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) accumulate in the fatty tissues of … Ocean Governance Understanding how persistent organic pollutants (POPs) enter the marine environment and … a code of conduct for small-scale sustainable shrimp farming. (See “Consumer Initiatives,” below.) As these …