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Handbook 4: Avian influenza and wetlands
… extent of impacts, and overall assessment of the risk of adverse impacts, leading to risk management and reduction … extent of impacts, and overall assessment of the risk of adverse impacts, leading to risk management and reduction … influenza and wetlands 35 Step 2 – Identification of the adverse effects Timing of possible outbreaks 52. The …
Document - The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands: its History and Development
… heritage historians to study the possible cause and effect connections between advanced civilizations and … market hunting, closure of hunting in periods of extremely adverse weather, outlawing methods of mass destruction, and … to operate this procedure when it receives information on adverse, or likely adverse changes in ecological character at …
The economic lives of smallholder farmers - An analysis based on household data from nine countries
… at all, and which is also subject to many risks, such as adverse weather and price surges. And this has significant … reduce their exposure to risk. The possibility of adverse shocks, such as droughts, makes smallholder families …
Values of protected landscapes and seascapes: protected landscapes and agrobiodiversity values
… winds that bring humidity to the valleys at night. This effect encourages species that can capture the abundant … of the tourist influx has resulted in a range of adverse environmental and land- use impacts. For example, … and culture of the community, and that minimise the adverse impacts that come with any proposed development. …
A Review of Migratory Bird Flyways and Priorities for Management - TS No. 27
… to their conservation status) benefit from the cumulative effect of common stakeholder actions. • A multi-species … “…frantic pace of economic development is clearly having adverse impacts on the environment, including numbers and … trans- mission facilities and how to minimise any such adverse effects. Strasbourg: Council of Europe. Hayes, F. E. …
Managing MIDAs - Harmonising the Management of Multi-Internationally Designated Areas: Ramsar Sites, World Heritage Sites, Biosphere Reserves and UNESCO Global Geoparks
… stage in their life cycles, or provides refuge during adverse conditions. Specific criteria based on waterbirds … Conference of UNESCO on 16 November 1972. It formally took effect in 1975 upon its ratification by the first 20 States … which convey the property’s significance; c) suffers from adverse effects of development and/or neglect. This should be …
Handbook for the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer
… to protect human health and the environment against adverse effects resulting or likely to result from human … the ozone layer in a manner that is likely to result in adverse effects on human health and the environment, … and consumption of those substances in 1986; with effect from 1 January 1993, the twelve-month control period …
Energy, Ecosystems and livelihoods: Understanding linkages in the face of climate change impacts
… impacts are not clear. Many impacts are site specific e.g. effect of the barrier on local tides. Others such as … these populations more vulnerable to poverty and disease. Adverse environmental conditions also have a greater negative … coastal regions despite altering water flows. A secondary effect of warming waters is already being seen in the …