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Risks from Maritime Traffic to Biodiversity in the Mediterranean Sea. Identification of Issues and Possible Responses

… Current cooperative efforts concentrate on giving effect to its special area status under Annex V. For European … in the protection of Mediterranean biodiversity from the adverse effects of maritime traffi c. Mediterranean nations … for the protection of the marine environment from the adverse effects of shipping by acceding to, implementing and …
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UNEP’s Compendium of Innovative Laws: promoting Green Economy & Sustainable Development

… and induce economic agents to assume the costs of the adverse environmental impacts that they cause; and encourage … of proposed projects or activities that are likely to have adverse effects on the environment or natural resources; e) … and has subsequently amended it several times in order to effect its original purpose of protecting and enhancing the …
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Improving governance of pastoral lands

… wide range of human rights has also been adopted to limit adverse impacts on the less powerful. It is not possible to … that seem to have positive outcomes nationally can have adverse local consequences. The Guidelines recognize various … mining concessions to private entrepreneurs. This had the effect of restricting access to grazing lands and polluting …
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Mapping the linkages between oceans and other Sustainable Development Goals: A preliminary exploration

… ma- rine and coastal ecosystems to avoid significant adverse impacts, including by strengthening their resilience, … but interact with the environment in various ways. The effect of fisheries subsidies on fish stocks can be positive … of marine and coastal ecosystems to avoid significant adverse impacts, including by strength- ening their …
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Convention on Biological Diversity

… of activities which have or are likely to have significant adverse impacts on the conservation and sustainable use of … or manage processes and activities where a significant adverse effect on biological diversity has been determined pursuant …
18 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Marine and Freshwater

Judges and Environmenal Law: a Handbook for the Sri Lankan Judiciary

… in the long-term, there is a time lapse between cause and effect which hides the contribution of humankind to this process of adverse change. For example, it was only decades a er CFCs … which can cause damage to the environment and have adverse impacts on human health. A contaminant is defined as …
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Water as a human right?

… water as a human right, and giving content and effect to this right could be a good way of encouraging the … to every aspect of human life; a water crisis would have adverse impacts on health and welfare, the environment and … sustenance value to the civilian population or to the adverse Party; (3) The prohibitions in paragraph 2 shall not …
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The three pillars of the Basel Convention - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… will protect human health and the environment against the adverse effects which may result from such wastes. … to protect human health and the environment from their adverse impacts, the Basel Convention aims to ensure the … will protect human health and the environment against the adverse effects which may result from such wastes”. The …
18 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Chemicals and Waste

Handbook of The Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer

… scientific knowledge of the ozone layer and possible adverse effects resulting from its modification, Determined … to protect human health and the environment against adverse effects resulting from modifications of the ozone … to the Depositary. 3. Any such withdrawal shall take effect upon expiry of one year after the date of its receipt …
18 Jun 2026 Document in Climate and Atmosphere

The greening of water law: Managing freshwater resources for people and the environment

… This results in aquatic ecosystem degradation, with adverse effects on ecosystem services and human well-being … into action. With regards to water related legislation the effect of unprecedented pressures on the natural environment … to the use of biological resources to avoid or minimize adverse impacts on biological diversity.”72 Parties to the …
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