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Defenders of the Earth

… Colombia Global Witness documented the murder of 200 land and environmental defenders in 2016. This report is … lives, and to all those around the world who stand up for land rights and the protection of the environment. You are … of Emissions from Deforestation and Forest and Peat-land Degradation), (1 September 2014). Available at: …
25 May 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Review of Statutory and Customary Law in the Xe Champhone Ramsar Site, LAO PDR - Implications for a rights-based approach to conservation

… 17 3.3.1 Land Law (2003) … and inheritance patterns; civil law, including land ownership and access, social or community obligations … assets and reputations.6 While some of the information on land ownership and access from the MoJ/UNDP Customary Law … Tansoum village, and probably other villages as well, has land inside the largest core area of the Ramsar site. This …
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Toolkit for the Sound Management of DDT for Disease Vector Control

…     10.1    Description   DDT has a very low rate of degradation and, when released into the environment, it will … Basel Convention: Technical Guidelines on Incineration on land. … Basel Convention: Technical Guidelines on Incineration on land. …
25 May 2026 Document

Le cadre juridique international du bassin de la Volta

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Sustainable tourism management in the transboundary areas of the Dinaric Arc region: Manual for planning, development and monitoring of tourism in the protected areas of the Dinaric Arc

… some 5 million supporters. WWF's mission is to stop the degradation of the earth's natural environment and to build a … circumstances. The negligence of rural areas and degradation of the natural environment have had severe … surroundings are designated for specific levels of land use, for example, tourism activities. Zoning is based on …
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Handbook 4: Avian influenza and wetlands

… values, sustainable use of natural resources, and other land uses including research, education, and economic … Management plans provide a basis for controlling land uses and other activities within the relevant wetland … to development pressures has led to the increasing loss or degradation of wild ecosystems, which are the natural …
25 May 2026 Document

Significant Trade in Wildlife: A Review of selected species in CITES Appendix II - Volume 2 Reptiles and Invertibrates

… that the distribution covered 29-30X of the continental land area of the country. Bolivia Although no published … and conversion of forest and scrub to agricultural land (Salas, 1985; Gruss and Waller, 1986); local utilisation … 1982). Commercial hide-hunting caused the systematic degradation of caiman populations to such an extent that the …
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Aquaculture: responsible practices and certification

… approach is a strategy for the integrated management of land, water and living resources that promotes conservation … cost- effective measures to prevent environmental degradation’ (Principle 15 of the Rio Declaration on … the natural environment in the joint aim of protecting the land and biodiversity, as well as promoting and protecting …
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Directrices para la Aplicación de las Categorías de Gestión de Áreas Protegidas de la UICN en Áreas Marinas Protegidas

… dans le golfe de Carpentaria, est dirigée par la Dhimurru Land Management Aboriginal Corporation, qui travaille en …
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Special Rapporteur on the Environment_2016 Report

… States. Global warming expands ocean waters and melts land-based ice, causing sea levels to rise. Long before … such interference occurring as a result of environmental degradation (see A/HRC/25/53, paras. 47-61). 40. Apart from …
25 May 2026 Document in Environmental Governance