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Preservation of oasis ecosystems
… the capital importance of and recognizing the role played by oasis ecosystems in: a. the settlement of human … from the everyday activities continuously being generated by the oasis in respect of the populations, their livestock … through recycling and reuse in situ of the waste and by-products from farming and livestock-rearing activities; …
Introduction to the Minamata Convention on Mercury - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… aquatic environments. Humans are exposed to methylmercury by eating fish, shellfish, and marine mammals that are … environment and seriously impacts ecosystems, for example by affecting reproduction of birds and predatory mammals. It … emissions and releases are sometimes referred to as ‘by product’ or ‘unintentional’ emissions or releases. A second …
Gaps in international environmental law and environment-related instruments: towards a global pact for the environment - Report of the Secretary-General
… environmental agreements and have been affirmed by a number of international courts and tribunals, others … law is piecemeal and reactive. It is characterized by fragmentation and a general lack of coherence and synergy … countries with mercury abatement. 104 As mercury is a by-product of fossil fuel combustion, implementation of the …
Final: Gaps in international environmental law and environment-related instruments: towards a global pact for the environment
… environmental agreements and have been affirmed by a number of international courts and tribunals, others … law is piecemeal and reactive. It is characterized by fragmentation and a general lack of coherence and synergy … countries with mercury abatement. 104 As mercury is a by-product of fossil fuel combustion, implementation of the …
Toolkit for the Sound Management of DDT for Disease Vector Control
… (SSC) acknowledges the collaboration and support extended by the Global Malaria Programme of the World Health … inputs in the development of this document. Contributions by delegates representing national malaria control programmes … of scientific and technical data demonstrating that the product is effective for its intended purposes and does not …
Technical guidelines: Technical guidelines on the environmentally sound management of wastes containing or contaminated with unintentionally produced polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins, polychlorinated dibenzofurans, hexachlorobenzene, polychlorinated biph
… Grossman, E., 2013. “Nonlegacy PCBs: Pigment Manufacturing By-Products Get a Second Look”, Environmental Health … produced POPs, i.e., PCBs, HCB and PeCB, are covered by the Pesticide POPs technical guidelines (UNEP, 2015a) and … (PCDDs/PCDFs) -- Extraction, clean-up and analysis by high-resolution gas chromatography and mass spectrometry …
Global Mercury Assessment
… Environment Programme. Funding The work has been funded by the Governments of Canada, Denmark, Japan, Sweden, Norway, … the Nordic Council of Ministers and the EU. Produced by UNEP Division of Technology, Industry and Economics, … emissions and releases are sometimes referred to as ‘by-product’ or ‘unintentional’ emissions or releases. A second …
The legal framework for the management of animal genetic resources
… The study was jointly coordinated and prepared by staff of FAO’s Animal Production Service, Development Law … and the Secretariat of the CGRFA and jointly funded by the FAO Netherlands Partnership Programme, the Secretariat … increasing production and/or productivity and/or changing product quality, while maintaining the long-term integrity of …
The economic lives of smallholder farmers - An analysis based on household data from nine countries
… and the presentation of material in this information product do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever … not imply that these have been endorsed or recommended by FAO in preference to others of a similar nature that are … inputs. Valuable comments and suggestions were provided by Dominique Van Der Mensbrugghe (ESA), Michelle Kendrick …