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Governing natural resources and the processes and institutions that affect them : North-West Frontier Province. Legislation.

… The Zilla Nazim shall be personally responsible for any loss, financial or otherwise, flowing from the decisions made … operate farms for breeding of wildlife and conservation of biodiversity and nature reserves subject to any law for the … In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,— (i) “biodiversity” or “biological diversity” means the variability …
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Legal aspects in the implementation of CDM Forestry Principles

… other aims in areas such as freshwater conservation, biodiversity and land degradation in order to better achieve … and forestry activities contributes to the conservation of biodiversity and sustainable use of natural resources.” The … having a plantation area of 5 million ha, is reporting a loss of forest cover of 23 million ha in the ten year period …
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Chemicals for a sustainable future; Report of the EEA Scientific Committee Seminar (Copenhagen, 17 May 2017)

… Environmental effects include the degradation and loss of function of ecosystems and their services. The … on mental health of well-researched substances, e.g. IQ loss associated with exposure to lead. • Tax on pesticides is … one, focusing on fewer aspects of high relevance for biodiversity and leakage to groundwater. These essential …
17 May 2026 Document

Compendium of Good Practices on Human Rights and the Environment

… particular arable land, forests and the reserves of water, biodiversity, in particular native plant and animal species, … and serious intimidation to community members, and the loss of food security. The NHRCT designated its Subcommittee … on the collective, stating that “Nature and its biodiversity, the environment and the national heritage are …
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Second report on the protection of the atmosphere

… (5) to the draft principles on the allocation of loss in the case of transboundary harm arising out of … argument for the consideration of climate change and biodiversity as part of the common heritage did not find … G. G. Davies and E. J. Goodwin, eds., Research Handbook on Biodiversity and Law (Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2015, …
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Closing Strategy - Ending Ivory Trade in Hong Kong

… on trade in wild animals and plants in the context of both biodiversity conservation and sustainable development. … the total weight of ivory stockpiles is allowed given the loss generated through processing, e.g. residue from cutting … on trade in wild animals and plants in the context of both biodiversity conservation and sustainable development. For …
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Groundwater in international law: Compilation of treaties and other legal instruments

… the system; (f) "land degradation" means reduction or loss, in arid, semi-arid and dry sub-humid areas, of the … or economic properties of soil; and (iii) long-term loss of natural vegetation; (g) "arid, semi-arid and dry … beauty and ecological value, an important reservoir of biodiversity, the headwaters of major rivers, an essential …
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Integration of groundwater management into transboundary basin organizations in Africa - Training manual

… inflow throughout their entire bed; others have seepage loss to groundwater throughout their entire bed; but perhaps … inflow through part of their bed and have seepage loss to groundwater through other parts (Figure 3.9). … More- over, like lakes, reservoirs can have significant loss of water by evaporation. Figure 3.9: Lakes’s interaction …
17 May 2026 Literature

A Global Register of Competences for Protected Area Practitioners

… below. Ia Strict nature reserve: Strictly protected for biodiversity and also possibly geological/ geomorphological … local communities, these projects work to reverse habitat loss, restore ecosystems and improve people’s well-being. … what-we-do/capacity-development The Biodiversity and Protected Areas Management (BIOPAMA) …
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Water as a human right?

… the key role of water in agriculture, energy, health, biodiversity and ecosystems as well as in combating poverty. … the key role of water in agriculture, energy, health, biodiversity and ecosystems as well as in combating poverty. … energy, health care, food security and the protection of biodiversity…”34 Regional arrangements Regionally too, there …
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