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Payments for Ecosystem Services - Legal and Institutional Frameworks

… infiltration, groundwater, maintenance of base flows Flood prevention, peak flow reduction, landslide reduction Soil … environmental services (services related to sanitation and waste management which are provided by humans). The different … engaging in reforestation, forest protection, and waste treatment activities in return for financial payments. …
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The status of climate change litigation - A global review

… protection level, the precautionary principle, and the prevention principle embodied in the European climate policy. …
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Depend on nature: Ecosystem services supporting human livelihoods

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The precautionary principle in biodiversity conservation and natural resource management. An issues paper for policy-makers, researchers and practitioners

… 5 The content of the precautionary principle 5 Precaution, prevention, and polluter-pays 8 Precaution and science 9 3. … range of alternatives, including no action.” Precaution, prevention, and polluter-pays The precautionary principle … marine fisheries, food standards, transport of hazardous waste, pollution control, and chemicals regulation, although …
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Feed-in tariffs and a policy Instrument for promoting renewable energies and green economies in developing countries

… such as non-renewable co-generation, municipal solid waste, or non-renewable fuel cells. Example 1. Czech Republic … as ―efficient cogeneration‖ if the source of energy is ―waste…peat or oil-shale processing retort gas.‖ Electricity … agricultural plants (corn silage…) and organic remains and waste from agriculture and food processing industry (corn …
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A window of opportunity for the Mekong Basin: the UN Watercourses convention as a basis for cooperation - A legal Analysis o fhow the UN Watercourses Convention complements the Mekong Agreement

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Blue Carbon Policy Framework: Based on the discussion of the International Blue Carbon Policy Working Group

… tourism and culture such as protection from storms and prevention of shoreline erosion, regulation of coastal water … as avoided wetland degradation through alternative use or prevention of disturbance. Similarly a more comprehensive … of tropical ecosystems) biodiversity Filter pollution and waste (solid and dissolved), treat excess nutrients (e.g., …
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European Union overseas coastal and marine protected areas - overview of coastal and marine conservation efforts in the European Union's overseas countries and territories and outermost regions

… Mangroves, sea grass beds and coral reefs provide natural waste and water quality regulation and protection systems to … and has con- ducted significant work to improve waste management Mangroves in Makeke, wallis Island © Chloé … and long-term actions Re-evaluate and update coastal risk prevention plan according to new vulnerability study outcomes …
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Crossing Borders for Nature. European examples of transboundary conservation

… a laboratory for sustainable development concepts, crisis prevention, conservation of biodiversity, mitigation of … rejected by both Directorates in 2004; and plans for a waste treatment plant in the southern part of the region on … • conducting joint monitoring of potential impacts of the waste incinerator near Monošter/St. Gothard (HU- AT border) …
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Legislative and regulatory options for animal welfare

… countries use or adapt pre-existing legislation on the prevention of cruelty to animals, while others draft new … resting area; 3. freedom from pain, injury or disease – by prevention or through rapid diagnosis and treatment; 4. … of partitions, safety, ventilation, climate control, waste management and light, and the provision of adequate …
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