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Large-scale marine protected areas - Guidelines for design and management

… Monument 53 Case Study 10 Managing existing or proposed mining in a large multi-use MPA – an example from Marae Moana … Industrial Research Organisation (Australia) DSM Deep Sea Mining DSS Decision Support Systems (DSS) EBSA Ecologically … extractive interests (e.g. fishing, oil drilling and mining), and actively contribute to the global management of …
17 Jun 2026 Literature

Judicial handbook on environmental law

… law seek to conserve the resources they regulate. • Mining and energy laws may regulate the emissions of … products or waste or dangerous activities such as mining or waste water treatment. • Strict liability. Statutes … South Africa in Witwatersrand Local Division set aside a mining authorization on the basis that the applicant had a …
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Guidelines for applying protected area management categories

… Meetings also took place at the International Council on Mining and Metals and the International Petroleum Envi- … system was the cornerstone of a WCPA position statement on mining and protected areas, which was taken up in a … indigenous reserves; International Council on Metals and Mining • : pres- entation followed by discussion leading to a …
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Becoming a Party to the Minamata Convention on Mercury

… is used, released or emitted. It also addresses the direct mining of mercury, its export and import, its safe storage … for it.  Notification that artisanal and small-scale gold mining and processing is more than insignificant, as per … B, or Parties which have artisanal and small-scale gold mining and processing that is more than insignificant). …
17 Jun 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste

Energy, Ecosystems and livelihoods: Understanding linkages in the face of climate change impacts

… disposal problems and ecosystem degradation from upstream mining operations. Heavy metals produced during the … for hydrocarbons, pipeline construction, uranium and coal mining, hydroelectric dam construction, fuelwood extraction … of tar sands is one such example (see Box 3). Box 3: Mining Tar Sands Tar sands consist of a mixture of …
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Enforcement of Environmental Law: Good Practices from Africa,Central Asia, ASEAN Countries and China

… (such as foreign affairs, health, land, minerals and mining, trade and industry, water, and so forth) but which … authorities (for example forestry, health and safety, mining agencies, and so forth), thereby leveraging on the … internally. Ghana: There is a Liaison Group for mining in forest reserves – this is a group of experts from …
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The Enivronmental Crime Crisis - Threats to Sustainable Development from Illegal Exploitation and Trade in Wildlife and Forest Resources. A UNEP Rapid Assessment

… of a wide range of animals, illegal fisheries, illegal mining and dumping of toxic waste. It is a rapidly rising … poaching and trafficking of wildlife, illegal fisheries, mining and dumping of toxic waste. It is a rapidly rising … logging and deforestation 2. Illegal fisheries 3. Illegal mining and trade in minerals including conflict diamonds 4. …
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Guidelines - Biodiversity in Impact Assessment

… Partial revision of the national policy on shell mining. The Netherlands. SEA on the routing of the Zandmaas / … of shells in marine environment required an SEA. Shell mining also takes place in protected areas, representing … studied in relation to exploitation pressure. However, the mining process itself also influences key ecological …
17 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Towards sustainable fisheries law: a comparative analysis

… (ii) industrial products, US$ 48,677.3 million; (iii) mining products, US$ 4,761.4 million; and (iv) fisheries … programmes have concentrated on agriculture, forestry, mining and industry. The idea of reorienting national … natural resource extraction, especially from forestry, mining and fisheries. Under this new law, the local …
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Governance of Ecosystem Services. Lessons Learned from Cameroon, China, Costa Rica and Ecuador

… entities, such as ministries of natural resources, mining, agriculture, cattle breeding, and forestry, but it is … data and the potential of the areas for agriculture, mining, forestry, tourism, and recreation. It projects a … between competitive uses,83 such as an overlap between mining reserves and permanent forest areas. Although it does …
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