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Croatia and marine protected areas: Legal and insituttional framework assessment for conservation of coastal and marine biodiversity and establishment of MPAs

… conducts research in the very complex field of biological, chemical and physical oceanography, sedimentology, and … the Adriatic coast. Dispersed contamination relates to chemical agents and fertilizers used in agriculture, erosion … of 54 biodiversity. There is also an increased use of chemical agents to spur growth and crop production. As new …
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Guidelines - Biodiversity in Impact Assessment

… infrastructural works; • Emissions, effluents or other chemical, thermal, radiation or noise emissions - relate … external inputs such as emissions, effluents, or other chemical, radiation, thermal or noise emissions, introduction … resulting in emissions, effluents, and/or other means of chemical, radiation, thermal or noise emissions in areas …
27 May 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

27 May 2026 Literature

Land and water - the rights interface

… go beyond an entitlement to a mere quantity of the simple chemical compound which is water: the flow of the water is … a land tax. Indeed such an obligation may not be restricted to the owners of land and may include the holders … people have been displaced or have had their resource restricted. Quan, op cit., p. 33. Land and water – the rights …
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Biodiversity, the next challenge for financial institutions ? A scoping study to assess exposure of financial institutions to biodiversity business risks and identifying options for business opportunities

… sectors considered to be environmentally risky, such as chemical facilities or service stations. Source: Business and … two environmental issues concern 1) climate change; and 2) restricted access to oil & gas reserves. A previous study by … •• Are one of a set of sites that together hold a suite of restricted-range species or biome-restricted species; •• Have …
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Environmental Guidance Note for Disaster Risk Reduction - Healthy Ecosystems for Human Security

… and cause severe economic damage; - pollution, from chemical waste and agricultural inputs, has severely degraded … and were affected in much larger numbers, likely due to restricted clothing and lack of swimming skills; • Boats were …
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Indigenous and traditional peoples and climate change

… way of adaptation to environmental variability is restricted or denied these people might not be able to cope … damaged by light or temperature changes, pollution or chemical changes in the water. The exceptionally strong El …
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Guidelines for applying protected area management categories

… actions have a regional and global reach that ● is not restricted by protected area boundaries. This is most … fishing, low-flying aircraft etc., preferably with highly restricted or no motorized access. Be characterized by a high … and involves preventing or removing physical and chemical barriers. Protecting longitudinal connectivity is …
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Montenegro and marine protected areas: Legal and insituttional framework assessment for conservation of coastal and marine biodiversity and establishment of MPAs

… — prohibited use of natural resources and construction; — restricted work and activities of scientific research and … this is a buffer zone between external areas and more restricted protected zones, where normally the park’s … and educational facilities are located and allowing restricted recreational navigation and some sporting and …
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Share - Managing water across boundaries

… substances (the discharge of which is prohibited or restricted), general stan- dards of effluents, pollution … for the Protection of the Rhine against Pollution from Chemical Substances.37 There are also numerous examples of … includes specific objectives to restore and maintain the chemical, physical and biological balance of the Great Lakes …
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