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Groundwater in international law: Compilation of treaties and other legal instruments

… 1991] ...................... 47 7. Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and … their respective territory and to inspect any facilities, plant, equipment, construction or natural feature relevant … to: (a) prohibit the introduction of exotic animal or plant species; (b) prohibit the use or release of toxic …
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UNEP - Our Planet Magazine - Making Our Future Chemical Safe - Edition from Sept 2015

… is an uphill climb Jining Chen Minister of Environmental Protection, People’s Republic of China 6 China is willing to … Minister, Narendra Modi, got his hands dirty and dug in to plant a tree. Meanwhile, Brazilian authorities hosted an … textile industry to tour the latest wastewater treatment plant. The facility’s owner was eager to show me that the …
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Governance of Shared Waters - Legal and Institutional Issues

… and goes back into the atmosphere by evaporation from plant transpiration. The water that does not infiltrate the … appropriate concept would be one of overall environmental protection. This is due to the management of water resources … There was also the case of the explosion of a chemical plant in the Chinese city of Jilin, located in the upper …
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ABS Elements. Elements to facilitate domestic implementation of Access and Benefit-Sharing for different subsectors of genetic resources for food and agriculture

… FAO Conference adopted the International Undertaking on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, which … and planning framework for the Commission with respect to plant genetic resources for food and agriculture (PGRFA). … Treaty, on Farmers’ Rights, includes a provision on the protection of traditional knowledge relevant to PGRFA. IV. …
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FAO's work on Climate Change

… areas through risk-informed and shock-responsive social protection systems. å Working with countries to monitor and … for natural disasters, as well as for transboundary plant pests and diseases and developing disaster risk … Global early warning system for transboundary plant pests and diseases. The Desert Locust early warning …
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Feed-in tariffs and a policy Instrument for promoting renewable energies and green economies in developing countries

… energy, landfill gas energy, energy of sewage treatment plant gas and energy of biogases (Article 2(1)). Act on the … renewable energy generators shall be defined as...Plant including additional capacity resulting from project … 100 MW… For the purposes of this tariff, Small hydro power plant means the hydro based power plants whose installed …
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UNEP’s Compendium of Innovative Laws: promoting Green Economy & Sustainable Development

… economic growth, social development, environmental protection and the eradication of poverty. The place of laws, … generated from hydropower, landfill gas, sewage treatment plant gas and mine gas, biomass, geothermal energy, wind … generation performance and estimated lifetime of the plant, an appropriate level can be determined. Most African …
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Factsheet - Traditional Knowledge, Innovation and Practices

… and agricultural practices, including the development of plant species and animal breeds. Sometimes it is referred to … agriculture as well. Many widely used products, such as plant-based medicines, health products and cosmetics, are …
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Atmospheric Brown Clouds (ABC) Emission Inventory Manual

… (Forest Fire Control Division, National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department, Ministry of Natural Resource … Transboundary Air Pollution EPA (US) Environment Protection Agency EEATF European Environment Agency Task … in an inventory depends on the availability of individual plant data and on the definition of “large”. In the Regional …
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Definitions of use categories under the Rotterdam Convention - Resulting challenges for parties

… the import of ethylene oxide to be used as pesticide in plant protection. It is not clear from the import response whether … destroy- ing or controlling any pest, or regulating plant growth. Currently, at national level, definitions of …
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