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The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and overseas environmental crimes: How did we get here and what happens next?

… in transporting illegal timber, as well as endangered species, out of the country and across multiple borders.6 …
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At a glance: Minamata Convention on Mercury

… occurs mainly through ingestion of fish and other marine species contaminated with methylmercury, its most toxic and …
16 Aug 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste

Principles of phytosanitary legislation

… use of insecticides, it was decided to use a particular species of beetle to eliminate this pest. In view of its … are widespread in Mexico, and also because the forbidden species do not infest cherries. In the latter case, the … of a pest resulting in its establishment; "Pest" - any species, strain or biotype of plant, animal or pathogenic …
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Compendium of Good Practices on Human Rights and the Environment

… often focus on protecting endangered ecosystems and species, combating destructive development projects, … the Clean Water Act, the Clean Air Act, and the Endangered Species Act. This practice intends to provide an instrument … § 2604 (Clean Air Act); 16 U.S.C. § 1540(g) (Endangered Species Act). Name of Good Practice: Brazilian Ministerio …
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Wildlife Cases in Tanzanian Courts

Species, evidence and value of trophies 16% 84% …
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Statutes, including rules of procedures of the World Conservation Congress, and Regulations

… Council. The Programme shall inter alia: (a) examine how species and ecosystems function, how they might be sustained … practices for the conservation and sustainable use of species and ecosystems, including through cooperative field …
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Engaging people in sustainability

… human rights violations, environmental degradation, species extinction, corruption and terrorism. While such … time; the focus on individual persons or organisms or even species seen in isolation; the tendency to let technological … or global level. Take whatever they come up with – species loss, global warming, water pollution, whatever. …
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Case Study - Opportunities provided by the Nagoya Protocol in specific cases of the pharmaceutical, cosmetics and agricultural sector

… After the description of the new genus Salinispora and the species Salinispora tropica, researchers discovered the …
16 Aug 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

Protecting human health and the environment: A guide to the Rotterdam Convention on hazardous chemicals and pesticides

… could hatch. (The same effect was noticed in several other species of predatory birds.) But some critics said the …
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Chemicals for a sustainable future; Report of the EEA Scientific Committee Seminar (Copenhagen, 17 May 2017)

… to the (urban) sources, such as air, water and sensitive species, might serve better as an early warning system for … careers. Altered monitoring strategies of fast-responding species, such as air, water and biota, can provide early …
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