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Global Mercury Assessment

… form of mercury, which presents the greatest health risk to humans and wildlife, is mainly formed in aquatic … by enterprises that hold permits for hazardous waste management. The amounts that may be emitted or released … The majority of human exposure to mercury, and the health risk that comes with mercury exposure, is from consumption of …
19 Jun 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste

Closing Strategy - Ending Ivory Trade in Hong Kong

… trade in antique ivory 8.5. Review Hong Kong's stockpile management system for confiscated ivory 8.6. Tackling ivory … before the local ivory trade ban is in place. With the risk that existing commercial stocks could potentially be … Crimes: Penalties to Suit a Serious Crime The element of risk is a prevalent part of the equation for would-be ivory …
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Sharing Information with Confidence. “The Biodiversity Commons”: past experience, current trends and potential future directions

… provide a background to issues of biodiversity information management and to set some suggestions for a framework for … problems with open access is that the costs involved will risk keeping some useful information out of the public domain … articulated concerns that reputation and income are at risk. Business concerns are legitimate, but there are even …
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Introduction to the Minamata Convention on Mercury - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… and predatory mammals. It is also a serious human health risk. High exposure to mercury has been linked to a number of … the lifecycle of mercury, from mining to storage and waste management, including a phase-out of primary mercury mining. …
19 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Chemicals and Waste

MEA Negotiator’s Handbook

… issues, and we have developed our decision-making and management systems so that we can go farther. MEAs have … very quickly, with considerable time and investment at risk, not to mention the value of substantive outputs. Some … order to allow time for translation, otherwise there is a risk of a misunderstanding leading to opposition or the need …
19 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Handbook for the Preparation of Voluntary National Reviews (VNR)

… 16 Paris Agreement, and the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction. Countries could provide information on the … unions, the prevention of child labour and better waste management. Examples include the Bangladesh Accord on Fire … are made to reach groups that are marginalised and at risk of being left behind. 39 3. VNR Preparation  Review and …
19 Jun 2026 Literature

From reference levels to results reporting: REDD+ under the UNFCCC

… environmental impact and to promote sustainable forest management. iii Contents Acknowledgements vi Acronyms and … 15 TA responses. TAs sometimes pointed to the potential risk of overestimating land-use change when estimating … deforestation and forest degradation (including any risk of displacement of emissions among activities) and …
19 Jun 2026 Literature

Compendium of Summaries of Judgments in Environmen Related Cases

… Ltd v The Attorney General and the National Environment Management Authority, Misc app. No. 39 of 2001, High Court of … in a residential area, and (2) the potential risk of nuisance to nearby neighbours by noise, odour and fly … the Secretary of State to issue regulations to remove the risk by restricting the level of the electromagnetic fields. …
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The World Charter for Nature

… (b) Activities which are likely to pose a significant risk to nature shall be preceded by an exhaustive …
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World Wildlife Crime Report - Trafficking in protected species

… international community. We must stop the plundering or risk irreparable loss of our planet’s precious biodiversity. … United States Forest and Wildlife Service Law Enforcement Management Information System WCO World Customs Organization … and persons should be further mobilized to improve risk management systems and promote their active use. - -- …
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