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Factsheet on Human Rights and the Environment

… people are forcibly removed from their ancestral land, discussing the implications of such displacement on … or the environment. Such measures, including planning or land use laws and environmental impact assessment or risk …
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State of Biodiversity in Asia and the Pacific

… Earth’s total surface area and nearly 30 per cent of its land area. It is also host to certain wildlife species unique … is a major factor in biodiversity loss, causing both land degradation and habitat loss for many bird species. 8. …
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Tackling, poaching and illegal wildlife trafficking in Africa

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Vessel-Based Sources of Marine Pollution - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… per million (“ppm”) within fifty nautical miles (“nm”) of land or within special areas and regulated the rates of … in their territorial waters and persons undertaking land-based activities within their jurisdiction that might …
14 Aug 2026 Course lesson in Marine and Freshwater

Invasive Alien Species - a growing threat in Regional Seas

… threats to marine and coastal ecosystems, together with land-based sources of marine pollution, overexploitation of … as the main threat to island biodiversity. However, land makes up less than 2% of the vast Pacific region, and …
14 Aug 2026 Literature

Introductory presentation to the SEA Protocol

… decision-making in numerous development sectors, from land-use planning to transport and from agriculture to … telecommunications, tourism, town and country planning or land use? (4.2) Does the plan or programme set the framework …
14 Aug 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

The development of international environmental law at the Multilateral Environmental Agreements’ Conference of the Parties and its validity

… five thematic clusters: • Biodiversity;6 • Atmosphere;7 • Land;8 • Chemicals and hazardous wastes;9 and • Oceans, seas … waste into or under the seabed from the sea but not from land by tunnelling.81 The procedure for adopting decisions … and removals by sinks in the agricultural soils and the land-use change and forestry categories shall be added to, or …
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The precautionary principle in biodiversity conservation and natural resource management. An issues paper for policy-makers, researchers and practitioners

… within the CBD as “a strategy for integrated management of land, water and living resources that promotes conser- vation … of the decisions which most affect biodiversity, such as land-use decisions, is in its early stages (see e.g., … including economic and financial loss, loss of income, land or re- sources, restriction of livelihood options, and …
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Pangani River Basin, Tanzania - Building consensus on water allocation and climate change adaptation

… “promotes coordinated development and management of water, land and related resources, in order to maximize the … numbers of livestock and the expansion of cultivated land, as well as fishing, mining and hydroelectric power …
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The right to food within the international framework of human rights and country constitutions

… either for feeding oneself directly from productive land or other natural resources, or for well functioning … food; • the right to property, in particular access to land and other productive resources needed to produce food; • …
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