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The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and overseas environmental crimes: How did we get here and what happens next?

… in transporting illegal timber, as well as endangered species, out of the country and across multiple borders.6 … extracted illegally from such places as national parks, indigenous territories, or other public lands.8 One of the …
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Women as change-makers in the governance of shared waters

… NGOs, scientists, businesses, local communities, indigenous peoples organisations and others can work together … Box 6. Flora Nimia Cáceres Cruz’s story: women harnessing indigenous knowledge about natural resources . . . . . . . . … because I don’t want any harm to the environment and species in the river, like dolphins and fish. Chin Sokunthor …
25 May 2026 Literature

Rule: Reforming water governance

… by incorporating the following: communities, including indigenous groups. Consider the historically exercised water … cattle ranchers, foresters, merchants, fishermen and indigenous communities. Different types of policy … conservation of natural habitats for animal and plant species along or within a watercourse, creating obligations …
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Energy subsidies: Lessons learned in assessing their impact and designing policy reforms

… costs of higher fuel prices or of lower employment in indigenous energy industries. In some poor developing … Layer, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), the Basel Convention … buyers to lift minimum volumes from a specific, usually indigenous, supply source at above market prices. Subsides …
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In the front line : Shoreline protection and other ecosystem services from mangroves and coral reefs

… have yet achieved this. ❏ Reefs, involving numerous species with very different life histories and poorly … herbivores and grazers, such as sea urchins and some fish species, that keep them in control have declined through … distances on the hulls of vessels or in ballast water. Non-indigenous sessile species have been introduced to reefs in …
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Groundwater in international law: Compilation of treaties and other legal instruments

… or monitored. Article 22 - Introduction of alien or new species Watercourse States shall take all measures necessary … Article XVII - Traditional rights of local communities and indigenous knowledge 1. The Parties shall take legislative … Convention. 2. The Parties shall require that access to indigenous knowledge and its use be subject to the prior …
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Ramsar Technical Report 7: Ramsar Wetland Disease Manual

… – land use, pollution, abstraction, livestock, introduced species, or such like. It becomes easy to see that decisions … to reduce susceptibility to disease. For both wildlife and indigenous breeds of livestock, natural selection for genetic … immunity to a disease. For domestic animals, in general, indigenous breeds of livestock will have greater resistance …
25 May 2026 Document

The Role of legal instruments to support Green low-emission and climate-resilient development - A guidebook on assessing, selecting and implementing legal instruments

… particularly of local and vulnerable communities, indigenous peoples and women Climate change risks and impacts … (including government, industry, civil society and indigenous groups), in the formulation of legisla- tion and … practices for fast- growing and climate- hardy tree species; Reducing fragmentation of forests by provision of …
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Persistent Organic Pollutants: Contaminated Site Investigation and Management Toolkit

… It falls within the tropical rainforest zone with various species of the mangrove swamp vegetation, although the … stage of bioremediation Under anaerobic conditions, indigenous microorganisms are capable of partially … organic substrate, which serves as a carbon source for the indigenous aerobic soil microorganisms. Composting is a means …
25 May 2026 Document

International trade rules and the agriculture sector: selected implementation issues

… or spread of pests, commonly called "invasive species". The most trade distortive SPS measures are usually … sale in the 1930s, it was used for many years by the indigenous peoples of the South African Cape region. Besides … to biodiversity) requires the authorities to protect the indigenous property rights of local communities. Section 43 …
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