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… Advisory Council. This report was prepared under contract to the Secretariat of the Convention on International Trade … to thank all those who responded to requests for information selves and the CITES Secretariat, and to those … timber, and land cleared for agriculture (Asibey, 1978). Access roads built by timber operators open up forest, making …

… OF ECOSYSTEM SERVICES: ARE THE CHALLENGES TOO MANY TO ENSURE THE MAINTENANCE OF ECOSYSTEM INTEGRITY? FROUKJE … ‘benefit transfer method’. Benefit transfer uses economic information captured at one place and time to make 11 Ibid. … Discounting reflects the opportunity costs of not having access to money or any other benefits immediately. It …

… the provision of clean air and water; it contributes to local livelihoods, and economic development, and is es- … of NBSAPs please consult www.cbd.int/nbsap Additional information about the Strategic Plan can be found at … combating desertification. By 2015, the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable …

… Foreword These technical guidelines are principally meant to provide guidance to countries who are building their … Annex 1 lists these substance, together with some information on their properties. 2. Solvents may be … enforced by the competent authority, which will have full access to all records. 32. The facility should be designed …

… among Business, Government and NGOs could be the Key to Living with Turbulence and Change in the 21st Century Mark … decentralized, self-organising institutions are rich in information and empowered to make decisions on collective … reorganise, critical to resilience. • Learning – and access to information and knowledge. Companies, communities …

… measures at the national and international levels to protect nature and promote international co-operation in … common activities and other relevant actions, including information exchange and consultations; (b) Establish … of direct concern to their environment, and shall have access to means of redress when their environment has …

… call for urgent action on protected areas. We bear witness to those places most inspirational and spiritual, most … voice concern that many protected area practitioners lack access to technology, knowledge, lessons learned and … protected area managers, including through cutting- edge information services and technology transfer. We urge …

… of the ninth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention is Waste Management for Human Health … sanitation. Reducing half the proportion of people without access to improved sanitation by 2015 is one of the … and destroy tissues of living organisms. For further information, please contact: Secretariat of the Basel …

… More than 95% of the urban population in Europe is exposed to concentrations of fine particles (PM2.5) and ozone above … contributes to other sustainable development goals e.g. ‘access to sustainable and modern energy’; ‘safe and … Air Pollution. Over the years the mutual exchange of information between scientists and policy makers paid off in …

… 7 Chapter 1. Introduction 9 Chapter 2. Release of POP s to the environment 12 2.1. Environmental releases from … process of developing this report. The synthesis of the information into conclusions and policy recommendations took … nutrition, poor or crowded housing, less education, less access to health care, poorer quality local environments and …