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… reduce marine pollution of all kinds, in particular from land-based activities, including marine debris and nutrient … marine scientific research. All States, whether coastal or land-loc- ked, have the freedom of navigation and over- … law” m Continental shelf: The natural prolongation of the land territory to the outer edge of the continental margin, …

… special religious signifi- cance, to traditional water and land- use management practices that have sustained human …

… This includes biodiversity conservation priorities, sound land use (and seascape) decision-making and sensitivity maps. … and above all through landscape-level, integrated land-use planning. 10.2 Additionality A biodiversity offset … context (e.g., connectivity, landscape position, adjacent land uses or condition, patch size, etc.), and ecosystem …

… Fact Sheet 8 Peatlands cover only 3% of the Earth’s land surface, but store more carbon than all the world’s … permission from IPS Peat < 5 % Peat 5 % – 10 % Peat > 10 % land area Mangroves Islands with peat Bays / lagoons often … have been drained, covering less than 0.4% of the global land surface. Yet this relatively small area contributes 5% …

… of conversion of intertidal wetlands to other forms of land use in the EAAF (faster than the rate of tropical forest … in relation to the benefits arising from the reclamation (land claim) or conversion of such habitats; b. includes case … further approval of intertidal mudflat reclamation (land claim) at priority sites for biodiversity, irrespective …

… in the sea to celebrate the pro- tection for the waters, land, and people of this region. Sometimes the sacred value …

… maintaining safe water supplies relies on the health of land and ecosystems and thus requires the integrated management of water, land and coastal areas; ALSO CONVINCED of the vital role of … attention to the integrated management of water resources, land and coastal ecosystems; and c. strengthen governance …

… to Aboriginal people for some 50,000 years, during which land and culture have become inextricably intertwined. In recent years, closer collaboration between traditional land-management techniques and western science have seen … annually (2005–2007 averages) in the Kakadu and Arnhem Land region of Australia’s Northern Territory. Most of these …

… a lack of access to production inputs, support services, land, facilities and decision-making processes over the … manage carefully the expansion of industrial agricultural land in such a way as to avoid compromising the integrity of …

… reflecting basic human rights to clean water, air, land, and environmental opportunity.9 Courts have even read … report that private interests were seeking to buy coastal land for dumping nuclear and highly hazardous waste51 and ordered the environmental regulator to monitor land allocation in the area and forbid such use.52 In West …