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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
… sector. The challenge for policy makers, therefore, is to use scarce public resources to catalyse much greater amounts … (e.g. agriculture, industry, mining, forestry, energy, water, urban development, transport and infrastructure, … Emission Trading Scheme; • Other tradable permits such as water supply and nutri- ent pollution (Australia); • …
Nature-based solutions to address climate change
… risk of landslides; wetlands regulate flooding and protect water resources during droughts, and mangroves and dunes act … play their regulating role in flood control by fostering water infiltration. This avoids the overflow of drainage … in 2009, Territorial Energy and Climate Plan in 2012, Land use planning scheme in 2013) where Orleans is defined as a …
POPs Chemicals
… in the automotive and aerospace industries and on its use in textiles in developing countries. Persistent Organic … 3. US Environmental Protection Agency Office of Water. Health Effects Support Document for … properties, surface resistance/repellency to oil, water, grease or soil. PFOS is both intentionally produced …
Transboundary protected areas for peace and co-operation
… integrity and diversity of nature and to ensure that any use of natural resources is equitable and ecologically … Aqaba. Its Environmental Appendix refers to protection of water sources, nature reserves and protected areas, pest … linkages. Coordination is needed along migratory flyways, water routes and mountain ranges so as to promote rational …
Capacity Development for Protected and Other Conserved Areas in the Pacific Islands Region: Strategy and Action Framework 2015-2020
… d organise their systems, resources and knowledge.’ (Global Water Partnership, 2012) ‘Capacity building … (Global Water Partnership, 2012) … Organisational Societal Enabling people to develop and use the competences required to do their jobs well builds …
Managing Natural World Heritage
… in any of the data interpreted within it. Free non-profit use/reproduction of this manual is encouraged, always quoting … in the evolution and development of terrestrial, fresh water, coastal and marine ecosystems and communities of … high biodiversity, exceptional landscape values and water supplies crucial to the region. Threats include …
Managing Natural World Heritage - World Heritage Resource Manual
… in any of the data interpreted within it. Free non-profit use/reproduction of this manual is encouraged, always quoting … in the evolution and development of terrestrial, fresh water, coastal and marine ecosystems and communities of … high biodiversity, exceptional landscape values and water supplies crucial to the region. Threats include …
Wildlife protection and trafficking assessment in Kenya - Drivers and trends of transnational wildlife crime in Kenya and its role as a transit point for trafficked species in East Africa
… Service, National Museums of Kenya, and the Ministry of Water, Environment and Natural Resources provided valuable … Manegene, Director of Wildlife, Ministry of Environment, Water and Natural Resources (MEWNR); Nick Ahlers, … in Kenya ix agricultural, residential, or industrial use. Kenya’s wildlife is also severely threatened by …
Cultural Heritage Information Pack: 11 Wetland cultural heritage and the Ramsar Convention
… Convention’s wise use and management guidelines. In Resolution VII.8 (San José, … Convention’s Standing Committee has designated “Wetlands: water, life, and culture” as the theme and focus of the 8th … have used their natural resources, and have managed their water in a variety of ways. This close and long-standing …