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The Sacred Dimension of Protected Areas: Proceedings of the Second Workshop of the Delos Initiative - Ouranoupolis 2007

… its unsanctioned activities in the for- ests. Increasing pollution caused by waste around the settlement and on the … between days with and without the consumption of olive oil. This diet also promotes the avoidance of ani- mal … with sulphur for the same reason. Since the olive oil, the mandarins and the avocados are produced in larger …
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The Futures of Privately Protected Areas

… Danum Valley, some of which is used for timber and palm oil plantations, while the 43,000 ha Danum Valley … activities (such as logging, mining or the development of oil, petroleum, natural gas or hydro-electric power). As … and until the 1960s was very abundant in Korea. However, pollution and loss of pond and wetland habitat reduced the …
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Linkages in the landscape : The role of corridors and connectivity in wildlife conservation

… of the impacts of local barriers (such as highways, oil pipelines, railway lines and canals) on the movements and … (Hunt et al. 1987; Yanes et al. 1995) and, in Alaska, oil pipelines have been elevated above the ground to provide … degradation. It has little influence on point sources of pollution, such as effluent pipes, sewers and drains. …
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Covering ABS: Addressing the need for sectoral, geographical,legal and international integration in the ABS regime - papers and studies of the ABS Project

… non-renewable resource extraction, shipping ac- tivities (oil, chemical and cargo spills), the strategic use of … winds;’ and Art. 1, which includes in the definition of pollution actions which cause ‘harm to living resources and … in the water column (including fishing, shipping/pollution, military activities) may affect these resources. …
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Negotiate: reaching agreement over water

… of its origi- nal size and is plagued by salinization and pollution. Competition for water is adding tension to what is … of mining –subject to more stringent Fly River pollution controls, and sharing of rewards – in the western … negative social and environmental effects of the mining, oil and gas sectors in devel- oping countries, and more …
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The green belt of Europe: From vision to reality

… harvested for timber (approximately 400,000km2), while oil and gas extraction has seen the drilling of 51,000 wells … access (Sawyer and Mayhood, 1998). With plans to maintain oil and gas production, an additional 137,000 wells will have …
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Guidelines for public use measurement and reporting at parks and protected areas

… and resource protection concerns, e.g., site hardening, pollution abatement, etc. Establishing and maintaining public … pearls, shells) Salvage of historic shipwrecks Mining Oil and gas extraction The permit requirements may include …
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Poverty and conservation: Landscapes, people and power

… at least 30% is FSC certified. Printed with vegetable oil-based inks. SGS-CoC-0474 FSC Trademark © 1996 © Forest … sources dry up, become choked with silt or contaminated by pollution, the provision of this essential basic resource … in remote locations. Examples include cases where upstream pollution (often hundreds of kilometres away) affects river …
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Building Resilience to climate change - Ecosystem-based adaptation and lessons from the field

… floods, siltation of the river and presence of waste oil and plastic litter in the Nadi River. Mainstreaming … tourists, reducing negative impacts from sedimentation and pollution, and conserving resources essential for the … threats to coastal and marine ecosystems such as pollution and sedimentation, and improving livelihoods and …
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Publication - An Explanatory Guide to the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing

17 Jun 2026 Document in Biological Diversity