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Regional Action Plan on Marine Litter Management for the wider Caribbean Region 2014

… floating garbage patches, leaching toxins, and fragmenting into ever smaller particles called microplastics. UNGA … forces of severe storms, wave action, and hurricane force winds can also move litter from land to sea. The … tax paid by foreign tourists upon departure, protected entry fees, and taxes paid by cruise ships visiting Belize. …
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Case Study - Inland Wetlands in India

… energy ` metric tonne. The revenue so generated feeds into a National ` 100 clean environment initiatives and … much needed data on the Instrument Accession, Acceptance Entry Into Force International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling …
18 Jun 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

Forest fires and the law: a guide for national drafters based on the fire management voluntary guidelines

… of fire-related activities, prescribed fire technology into multiple-use planning, pre-attack plan, fire suppression … Organic Pollutants (art. 8(a)), which entered into force in 2003 and currently counts 23 parties. 1 Rosenbaum, … closure orders in relation to any land, prohibiting public entry, where burning hazard warrants the closure (Forest and …
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The economic lives of smallholder farmers - An analysis based on household data from nine countries

… in terms of the farm size, is used to classify farmers into small and large. For example, a number of analysts … This suggests that there are non-trivial barriers to entry in the non-farm rural sector, where jobs and … OECD, UNCTAD, Coordination Team of UN High Level Task Force on the Food Security Crisis, WFP, World Bank, and WTO …
18 Jun 2026 Literature

Water as a human right?

… on states, as human rights need to be translated into specific national legal obligations and responsibilities … of the United Nations, adopted 26 June 1945, entered into force 24 October 1945, as amended by G.A. Res. 1991 (XVIII) … by General Assembly Resolution 44/25 of 20 November 1989, entry into force 2 September 1990. 24 Supra note 22 Art. …
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Depend on nature: Ecosystem services supporting human livelihoods

… 26 1. Integrate ecosystem management for human wellbeing into development planning and implementation 26 2. … to grow dramatically over the coming years, following the entry into force of the Kyoto Protocol (Lecocq, 2004). The carbon market …
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Community Protocols for Environmental Sustainability: A Guide for Policymakers

… beliefs, practices and procedures have been developed into community protocols and applied to many themes including … resource use – some practices and beliefs acquire the force of law. They are locally recognised, orally held, … with the International Potato Centre and payment for entry to the Potato Park). A range of economic collectives …
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The Funding Strategy of the International Treaty

… Secretariat coordinated the inputs of the peer reviewers into the draft lessons and ensured the editing and … shortly after the International Treaty entered into force 13 the Global Crop Diversity Trust (hereafter Funding … 11 The International Treaty provides for the 11 2004 – Entry into force of the International Treaty The …
18 Jun 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

IUCN Knowledge Products. The basis for a partnership to support the functions and work programme of IBPES

… ser- vices to improve decision-making. IPBES is evolving into an authoritative global mechanism recognized by the … along with status (signatures, ratifications, withdrawals, entry into force, etc..); the second, on national legislation, includes …
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Guidelines for Applying Protected Area Management Categories. Best Practice Guidance on Recognising Protected Areas and Assigning Management Categories and Governance Types

… and others plan protected areas and integrate them into all sectors; by providing strategic advice to policy … on Biological Diversity (CBD), which entered into force in December 1993, is an international treaty for the … breeding sites for fish or marine mammals; ● Controlling entry to, and activities in, MPAs is frequently particularly …
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