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Pastoralism and the Green Economy - a natural nexus?

… water scarcity, carbon emissions and freshwater pollution. Recommendations To realize the potential of … change, land degradation, biodiversity loss and water pollution. A recent FAO report concluded However, because … the appearance of “dead zones” devoid of aquatic life in marine or freshwater ecosystems. In the United States 70% of …
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Culture and wetlands: A Ramsar guidance document

… and have almost completely destroyed local architecture. Pollution of the lake is increasing, both from domestic … large parts of the former lake bottom area were abandoned. Pollution from agricultural and industrial run-off, initially … time of writing in Benin for ‘Community- Based Coastal and Marine Biodiversity Management (CBCMBM)’, a social impact …
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Beyond access : Exploring implementation of the fair and equitable sharing commitment in the CBD

… (a general disclosure requirement); • The draft Act on Marine Resources,96 which suggests that marine genetic resources should be the property of the state; … the sense that an action against a cross-border source of pollution must be brought in the country of the polluter, …
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UNEP Policy and Strategy for Gender Equality and the Environment 2014-2017, February 2015

… and private-public partnerships to restore or maintain marine and coastal ecosystem services and their associated … the disproportionate impact of shortages of resources and pollution on women. 191. UNEP will ensure that assessment and …
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Energy subsidies: Lessons learned in assessing their impact and designing policy reforms

… concerns, particularly climate change and local pollution. In some cases, governments subsidise these … supply and consumption, including local and regional air pollution and CO2 emissions. By encouraging over- … the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity, marine and coastal ecosystem management, and cleaner …
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Forest fires and the law: a guide for national drafters based on the fire management voluntary guidelines

… impairment of human health and safety, air and water pollution, loss of biodiversity in fire-sensitive or … to the 1979 Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution on Persistent Organic Pollutants (art. 8(a)), which … legislation; � protected area legislation; � air pollution legislation; and � criminal law and civil law …
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The Role of legal instruments to support Green low-emission and climate-resilient development - A guidebook on assessing, selecting and implementing legal instruments

… the national level is the Capacity Building for Industrial Pollution Management project, established by the Government … Other tradable permits such as water supply and nutri- ent pollution (Australia); • Low-interest loans for clean energy … ––Montreal Guidelines for the Protection of the Marine Environment Against Pollution from Land-based Sources; …
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The Green Customs Guide to Multilateral Environmental Agreements

… a Working Group on Wildlife Crime and a Working Group on Pollution Crime. See Chapter 3 for more information on … of acids or bases R7 Recovery of components used for pollution abatement R8 Recovery of components from catalysts … into a State of specimens of any species taken from a marine environment not under the jurisdiction of any State. …
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Tools for measuring, modelling, and valuing ecosystem services : Guidance for Key Biodiversity Areas, natural World Heritage sites, and protected areas

… natural monument, which can be a landform, seamount, marine cavern, geological feature such as a cave, or a living … Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety of Germany BVMtool Marine Biological Valuation Mapping C$N Co$ting Nature CCEA … on human health and wild species populations due to pollution from agro-chemicals; availability of water due to …
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Landscape conservation law. Present trends and perspectives in international and comparative law.

… and environ- mental lawyers, as has nature conservation, pollution control and abatement, and land use. Certainly … A third group of problems are those associated with pollution and misuse of the resources of land, air and water. … and peri-urban areas. It includes land, inland water and marine areas. It concerns landscapes that might be considered …
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