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Shared resources: Issues of governance

… Resources Sharelle Hart Editor Issues of Governance IUCN Environmental Policy and Law Paper No. 72 Shared Resources: … for the contribution he has made over the years to the Environmental Law Programme. Shared Resources: Issues of … out various forms of environmental assessment as its standard procedure for ensuring satisfactory environmental
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Intellectual property rights in plant varieties: International legal regimes and policy options for national governments

… have resisted ratifying the 1991 Act or adopting it as the standard for their plant variety protection laws. The foreign … and specific trade obligations set out in multilateral environmental agreements" while preserving the rights of WTO … and 11) Although similarly ambiguous statements appear in environmental law agreements, they have yet to be tested in a …
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The impact of disasters and crises on agriculture and food security

… plays a key role in balancing the social, economic and environmental aspects of development while providing durable … property damage, social and economic disruption or environmental degradation. While hazards may be natural, … and loss in forestry, and they broadly correspond with the standard natural disaster categories (see Introduction), …
26 Jul 2026 Literature

Convention text of the Minamata Convention on Mercury

… of Minamata Disease, in particular the serious health and environmental effects resulting from the mercury pollution, … related to mercury and the roles of relevant multilateral environmental agreements, especially the Basel Convention on … to be used for laboratory-scale research or as a reference standard; or (b) Naturally occurring trace quantities of …
26 Jul 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste

Second report on the protection of the atmosphere

… counteract the increasing fragmentation of internatio nal environmental law through horizontal analysis and … cross-cutting approaches that extended beyond individual environmental regimes (SR.23, para. 39). Austria stated that, … in the past when implementation of a “common heritage” standard has been attempted. B. The “common concern of …
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UNEP. The first 40 years

… … It seems, therefore, that a broad consideration of the environmental problems and of possible approaches to their … for the first General Assembly Resolution on the new environmental item that Sweden had proposed. In his … had stood aside, keeping its options open with the standard alibi: “We were not at Stockholm.”) So Committee 2’s …
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From the MDGs to Sustainable Development for All - Lessons from 15 years of practice

… conflicts, contagious diseases, climate change and rapid environmental degradation. Inadequate responses have left us … concern about the impact of climate change, inequality and environmental degradation. many countries had anticipated or … care about. SDg practice can dispel myths that eco- nomic, environmental and social goals are inherently in conflict …
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An introduction to the African Convention on the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources

… IUCN Environmental Law Programme An Introduction to the African … on the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources IUCN Environmental Law Programme IUCN Environmental Law Centre … update the 1968 Convention and bring it to the level and standard of modern multilateral environmental agreements. It …
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Global Land Outlook

… With our current trends in production, urbanization, and environmental degradation, we are losing and wasting too much … human habitation. Land degradation decreases resilience to environmental stresses: increased vulnerability, especially … of tenure, economic development, and peace. As mentioned, standard approaches to formalizing land tenure, which focus …
26 Jul 2026 Literature

Spring: Managing groundwater sustainability

… sustainability into wider societal, economic and environmental priorities. 10 11 Without political engagement, … a quarter had arsenic concentrations above the national standard for arsenic of 50 µg/L and almost half exceeded the … as a reason for omitting or delaying measures to prevent environmental degradation. 3.2.3 From policy goals to …
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