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United Nations Convention on the Law of the Non-Navigational Uses of International Watercourses - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… (e.g., navigation, irrigation, hydroelectric power production, industrial uses and so on) has priority over … life, including both drinking water and water required for production of food in order to prevent starvation.” …
31 May 2026 Course lesson in Marine and Freshwater

Special Rapporteur on the Environment_2016 Report

… very likely that climate change will adversely impact the production of major crops, such as wheat, rice and maize, in … by more than 2 to 3°C, 20 to 30 per cent of the assessed plant and animal species are likely to be at a high risk of …
31 May 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Speaking a common language: The uses and performance of the IUCN system of management categories for protected areas

… of the role and limitations of industrial timber production in protected areas prepared as a result of … exercises include the IUCN/WWF/Kew ‘Centres of Plant Diversity’, Birdlife International’s ‘Endemic Bird … with scientific value, protecting functions of animal and plant genetic resources, and as places for scientific …
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Briefing Note 2: Wetlands and water storage: current and future trends and issues

… distribute water efficiently for irrigation and hydropower production (Economic Commission for Africa 2008). The … such as Kuwait and Saudi Arabia are buying land for food production in other countries (e.g., Su- dan, Pakistan), … increases in meat de- mand have been met by national production (Ray 2008). Some commentators have expressed …
31 May 2026 Document

Enforcement of Environmental Law: Good Practices from Africa,Central Asia, ASEAN Countries and China

… agencies: the Departments of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation; Agriculture; Fisheries; Customs; and the … (36 for wildlife; 22 for aquatic species; 31 for plant quarantine; and 66 customs checkpoints). Thai-WEN … of importing and transit states. Parties should minimize production of hazardous wastes and should cooperate to ensure …
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Common Ozone-Depleting Substances and Some Alternatives

… 3.0 - 10.0 1,620 -7,030 Carbon tetrachoride (CCl4) Production of CFCs (feedstock), solvent/diluents, fire …
31 May 2026 Document in Climate and Atmosphere

Large-scale marine protected areas - Guidelines for design and management

… Task Force was able to support Big Ocean in initiating production on this publication, which is now a volume within … yearly tides. Invasive species: An introduced organism (plant, animal, fungus or bacterium) that out–competes native … well–being. Protected species: A species (animal or plant) which is forbidden by law to harm or destroy. …
31 May 2026 Literature

World Wetlands Day 2017 Factsheet 1: Wetlands: A natural safeguard against disasters

… that were protected by mangroves recovered their food production much more quickly than croplands without the …
31 May 2026 Document

Avoiding extinction in limestone karst areas

… environments (such as the supply of limestone for the production of construction materials, including cement …
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Brexit: environment and climate change

… provided for the conservation of rare endemic animal and plant species, and the Water Framework Directive of 2000,15 … such as chemicals, electrical goods, fertilisers and plant protection products, to name but a few. Transferring …
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