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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.” …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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. …