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Integration of groundwater management into transboundary basin organizations in Africa - Training manual
… a result of these conditions, BGR / AGW-Net / IWMI carried out a ‘needs assess- ment for transboundary groundwater … (2010) and by a specific detailed needs assessment carried out in nine basin organizations in Africa with a view to … based on a detailed needs assess- ment carried out in 2011/12. (BGR / AGW-Net, 2013) ■ Understand the …
First report on the protection of the atmosphere
… Islamic Republic of Iran and France. France pointed out that the limits imposed on the scope of the work seem to … international liability for injurious consequences arising out of acts not prohibited by international law, namely, … of loss in the case of transboundary harm arising out of hazardous activities (see A/61/10, paras. 66 and 67). …
Water Management and Stewardship
… Associate to the ODI water policy programme which carries out applied research in water policy and practice, including … presence of corporates at World Water Week. In carrying out this project, the intention has been to engage … key issue is whether and how much water should be taken out, by whom, in the first place. Current corporate targets …
Maritime Traffic Effects on Biodiversity in the Mediterranean Sea. Volume 1 - Review of Impacts, Priority Areas and Mitigation Measures
… 10dB in the past century. Payne and Webb (1971) point out that this is the dominant frequency band used by baleen … not react to the noise of an oncoming vessel and get out of the way (Tyack, 2003). Ship noise can include … ideal type of situation in which sound energy spreads out spherically—any 6dB increase in background noise level …
International ocean governance: Using international law and organisations to manage marine resources sustainably (revised)
… and Purpose of This Report This publication grows out of several earlier initiatives undertaken by IUCN to draw … with migratory species or airborne pollution originating out- side the system, these too should be taken into account. … exists between the sovereignty of the coastal state out to the 12-mile limit of the territorial sea, and the less …
Ramsar Technical Report 7: Ramsar Wetland Disease Manual
… also held. Calls for case studies for the Manual were put out electronically and also at two international conferences: … of humans, domestic stock and wildlife is played out where wetlands are the setting, or the context; achieving … ►Section 3.4.7 Eradication, elimination, stamping out and lethal intervention ►Section 3.4.8 Communication, …
Economic measures for biodiversity planning: An annotated bibliography of methods, experiences and cases
… This document reports on two workshops carried out in Nepal on environmental economics and on green … or the water that feeds the wetlands. This book sets out to provide guidance to policy makers and planners on what … (GEF), an important contributor to EFs world-wide, carried out an evaluation of experience with Environmental Funds. …
Farmer's Rights in the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
… prior informed consent on mutually agreed terms, as set out in the CBD and its Nagoya Protocol.4 Under the … means by which transfer of technology is to be carried out, including participation in 3 Community Biodiversity … for conserving and using PGRFA and to the carrying out of joint scientific research. Article 13 specifies that …
Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders_2016 Report
… business enterprises must respect human rights, as set out in the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights. … human rights. Such impact assessments should be carried out not only at the start of a new project, but also … human rights defenders, from a total of 106 (7 per cent) out of 1,498 communications in the first five-year period …