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… (WHO) published its latest estimates of the burden of disease related to ambient (outdoor) and household (indoor) … peak ozone exposure since the 1990s. However the burden of disease from ozone is not restricted to exposure during … as one of the top10 causes of the global burden of disease. Air pollution policy can significantly contribute to …

… in new traits such as higher yields, and drought or disease resistance. Any individual landrace is thus the … agricultural crops by selecting the most productive and disease-resistant naturally-occurring genotypes, and then … to new environments, and to decrease vulnerability to disease. Traditional farmers are thus continually seeking new …

… Japan. Recognizing the substantial lessons of Minamata disease, the convention reflects the determination of the … around this issue. Japan’s National Institute for Minamata Disease is the world’s first institute dedicated to … regulation to reduce exposure and thereby vulnerability to disease. To this end, UNEP has launched a new project to …

… Group 3 (WHSG) was named in an important decision on disease in migratory species. On the issue of “health”, three … especially on the management of the devastating fungal disease, chytridiomycosis. In 2011 we harmonized the SSC’s … • Knowledge of Chytridiomycosis has improved, but the disease cannot yet be mitigated in the wild. • Red List …

… Sanitary and Phyto-Sanitary Controls The control of disease, in both animals and plants, is important for SADC … and Zambia, this requires the establishment of special disease-free zones requiring special infrastructure, … animals straying into Zimbabwe that are suspected of being disease ridden.77 This includes the destruction of …

… Sanitary and Phyto-Sanitary Controls The control of disease, in both animals and plants, is important for SADC … and Zambia, this requires the establishment of special disease-free zones requiring special infrastructure, … animals straying into Zimbabwe that are suspected of being disease ridden.77 This includes the destruction of …

… bacteria Vibrio cholerae that caused an outbreak of the disease in South America in 1991 may have been brought to the … similar to strains that are common in Asia. The disease was first reported in coastal towns in Peru, but …

… provision of safe drinking-water but also the control of disease vectors in the aquatic environment; (c) Human … with the eradication of dracunculiasis (guinea worm disease) and onchocerciasis (river blindness) by the year … r-supply and sanitation and the eradication of guinea worm disease by 1995. Even for the more realistic target of …

… regulation � Water purification and waste treatment � Disease regulation +/- Pest regulation � Pollination � … for crops, wildlife for recreation, natural pest and disease control) are considerable, as are the costs of … may be affected by the increased frequency of outbreaks of disease or blooms of nuisance species that are symptomatic of …

… that the variety carries genes that are resistant to many disease causing fungi. It has since been used as a source of … of resistance to rhizomania, a devastating sugar-beet root disease. Meanwhile, it was found that the collections also … local conditions and that exhibit resistances to blast disease were multiplied and distributed to over 1000 …