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Climate Change Vulnerability of Migratory Species

… al communities1,2. Their vulnerability stems from the large energy investment they make to  … is separated from the sea by the Volta Hydroelectric Dam, whilst the population  … - Plan for potential increased impacts from dams, hydroelectric coastal developments and sea wall defences.  - …
30 May 2026 Document

Judges and the rule of law. Creating the links: Environment, human rights and poverty

… environmental laws relating to water, air, our soils and energy are critical to narrowing the widening gap between the …
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Integration of groundwater management into transboundary basin organizations in Africa - Training manual

… 9.6 The new approach: The nexus between water-, food- and energy security 15 9.7 References and further reading 16 9.8 … Partnership Groundwater User Groups International Atomic Energy Agency International Association of Hydrogeologists … by storm rainfall, or rapid release of water (e.g. from hydroelectric dams). Developing shallow aquifers that are …
30 May 2026 Literature

Assessing the international forest regime

… initiated pursuant to Article 6 will probably be in the energy sector, some countries with economies in transition, … issues are currently dealt with mainly by its Sustainable Energy and Environment Division.45 UNDP spends approximately … resource (timber use, ecotourism, potable water supply, hydroelectric production, biotechnology, and others). c. …
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Payments for Ecosystem Services - Legal and Institutional Frameworks

… project developers, irrigation districts or the hydro-energy sector, all of which could be dedicated to PES … amount of money coming from water use projects, the energy sector or irrigation districts into watershed … major tributaries of the Cauca River, where the Salvajina hydroelectric dam is located. Many of the watersheds in the …
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Compendiums on Human Rights and the Environment - Selected International legal materials and cases (Advanced Version)

… Use of the River Danube ...........................41 Energy Charter Treaty … 2009); World Health Organization, Fuel for Life: Household Energy and Health 10 (2006). 31 Committee on the Rights of … countries’ economies, increasing shipping and producing hydroelectric power. Article 15 of the Budapest Treaty aimed …
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Speaking a common language: The uses and performance of the IUCN system of management categories for protected areas

… attention from resource using industries, like mining and energy (see Chapters 2.15 and 2.16), so it should be of … Protected Areas (WCPA) received many reports of mining and energy threats to protected areas, and desperate calls for … are running active programmes relating to mining and energy sources. The Conservation International (CI) Energy & …
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Governance of Protected Areas: From understanding to action

… challenges. IUCN works on biodiversity, climate change, energy, human livelihoods and greening the world economy by … however, remains rife with conflict related to mining and hydroelectric projects, in the face of which the local … units for departments of forestry, agriculture, fisheries, energy or oceans, which may not coincide with administrative …
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Legal frameworks for REDD: design and implementation at the national level

… increasing difficulties in meeting their basic needs for energy, food, and clean water. * Legal Officer, IUCN … in Dublin, Ireland, and LLM candidate at the Centre for Energy, Petroleum and Mineral Law and Policy, University of … of the importance and impact of future factors such as energy security, progression to modern fuels, and commodity …
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Wilderness Protected Areas: Management Guidelines for IUCN categories 1b protected areas

… challenges. IUCN works on biodiversity, climate change, energy, human livelihoods and greening the world economy by … providing access to food, water, shelter, clothing, energy and income (Dias, 2012) through sustainable use of … properties) and functional properties (e.g. productivity, energy flow, nutrient cycling), including exchanges with …
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