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Invasive Alien Species - a growing threat in Regional Seas

… of living marine resources, and habitat degradation. Management action against invasive species aims to: • Prevent … spend lengthy periods in one lo- cation – increasing the risk of colonisation by biofoulers – and are cleaned … introductions have recently taken place, and a project “Risk Assessment of Ballast Water Mediated Introductions” was …
19 Jun 2026 Literature

Pay : Establishing payments for watershed services

… for watershed services is an emerging innovation in water management. This guide offers a hands-on explanation of the … Motivations of buyers and sellers and their perceptions of risk need to be understood to facili- tate dialogue and … to increase water quality or building a dike to reduce the risk of flooding. A payment scheme will, in principle, only …
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On dangerous ground _ Global Witness

… with resources to protect defenders under threat, such as risk assessments, legal aid, security provi- sion and … Human Rights Violations18 should address the heightened risk posed by business activities to environmental and land … than we have documented. Killings reflect the most extreme risk faced by land and environmental defenders but last year …
19 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Waste or Wealth

… parties and raised awareness on the environmentally sound management of used and end-of-life mobile phones. As one of … opportunities associated with the environmentally sound management of mobile phones throughout their life-cycle. 2 … to develop and promote the environmentally sound management of end-of-life mobile phones. MPPI was very …
19 Jun 2026 Document

Developing a Global Soil Regime

… soil degradation, legally based sustainable land management regimes to promote the conservation and … and adaptation, conservation of biodiversity, the management of water and forests and natural resource … and land management, watershed protection and disaster risk reduction.88 The declaration also expresses a major …
19 Jun 2026 Literature

Document - Freshwater Law and Governance: Global and Regional Perspectives for Sustainability

… – GOOD PRACTICES IN THE FIELD OF SUSTAINABLE FRESHWATER MANAGEMENT … ...................................... 87 5.4.2. Waste management for inland navigation … RESOURCES FOR FOOD AND AGRICULTURE: MANAGING SYSTEMS AT RISK, at x (2011), … an environmental impact assessment where there is a risk that the proposed industrial activity may have a …
19 Jun 2026 Document in Marine and Freshwater

Champions of Water Governance - Leadership building for local to transboundary water cooperation

… seeks to stimulate behavioural change in resource use and management, aiming in turn to achieve better outcomes for … building on topics such as benefit sharing and disaster risk man- agement, and outline next steps for their … risks involved, I am committed to fight against the risk to water resources from corporate concessions and hidden …
19 Jun 2026 Literature

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

… the Republic of Austria, on the other, on Cooperation and Management of Water Resources in the Danube Basin … respect of shared natural resources which may create a risk of significantly affecting the environment of another … before engaging in any activity that may create a risk of significantly affecting the environment Groundwater …
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PCB inventory guidance (PCB Elimination Network)

… Ms. Nana Zhao E-mail: bccc@tsinghua.edu.cn Or: Science and Risk Team Chemicals and Waste Branch Division of Technology, … Database Updating and Technical Service 28 5. Information Management 29 5.1. Elements of a PCB Database 29 5.2. PCB … is leaking due to poor maintenance, thus posing great risk of contamination of surrounding water, underground …
19 Jun 2026 Document

Bio-Cultural Community Protocols: A community approach to Ensuring the Integrity of Environmental Law and Policy

… BCP Bio-cultural Community Protocol BMC Biodiversity Management Committee CBD Convention on Biological Diversity … have long played a role in their conservation. There is a risk that by viewing forest carbon as a tradable commodity, … l ihoods and bio - cultura l ways of l i fe . 5. Reducing Risk, Increasing Certainty An inventory of national and …
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