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Environmental Guidance Note for Disaster Risk Reduction - Healthy Ecosystems for Human Security

… support shifting disaster risk management from reaction to prevention and placing sustainable ecosystem management for … center of disaster risk reduction strategies. Balancing prevention with reaction requires political will, donor … and forests are a key part of the country’s disaster prevention plan (Stolten et al., 2008). Healthy forests are …
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Drafting legislation for sustainable soils: A guide

… control of “soil erosion”, control of “soil pollution”, prevention of “soil degradation”, “establishment of soil … and International Lakes. Principle 10 The principle of prevention States shall adopt measures directed at prevention of damage to the soil environment. Prevention
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The legal framework for the management of animal genetic resources

… food-borne risks to consumers' health, through the prevention, elimination or control of hazards related to … control of movement and of slaughter of animals; for the prevention of cruelty to animals; and for measures pertaining … food; the conservation of settlements in rural areas, prevention of overgrowing and conservation of the cultivated …
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Technical guidelines on specially engineered landfill (D5)

… 4. Reducing dependence on land disposal through waste prevention, minimization and other technical possibilities … options. Chapter 20 of UNCED Agenda 21 stipulates that prevention of the generation of hazardous wastes and the … Environment Bureau (IEB), 1990 Special Wastes. Prevention - Reduction - Disposal State of the art in …
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The rise of environmental crime - A growing threat to natural resources, peace, development and security

… following COP 16)5-7, the UN Commission on Crime Prevention and Crim- inal Justice and UNODC,8 the Economic … in Resolution 23/1 of The Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice on strengthening a targeted crime prevention and criminal justice response to combat illicit …
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Compendium of Summaries of Judgments in Environmen Related Cases

… Electricity Bd v Assessing Authority, Raj- asthan Bd for Prevention & Control of Pollution; 1990 Sc 123 128 12. Union … 1986 148 27. The Member-Secretary, Kerala State, Board for Prevention & Control of Water Pollution, Kawadiar, Trivandrum … Sri Lanka 2 Venezuela 2 Financial Standing India 31 Fire Prevention Measures Canada 4 Fishing Zones International 5 …
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Auditing the Implementation of Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs): A Primer for Auditors

… Habitat (Ramsar Convention), the1972 Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and other … Convention), and the 1973 International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL). These MEAs set … of regulation. The International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL) contains Annexes …
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An introduction to the African Convention on the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources

… plans and projects. Current legislation now focuses on prevention and management, rather than suppression and … The EIA process is one of the key ways through which prevention and precaution may be implemented as it aims at an … the environment against 54 The World Bank Group, Pollution Prevention and Abatement Handbook, World Bank, 1997 at 27. 55 …
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Perspectives and guidelines on food legislation, with a new model food law

… CPE WHO Department of Communicable Diseases Control, Prevention and Eradication DSB WTO Dispute Settlement Body … than necessary to fulfil legitimate objectives such as the prevention of deceptive practices or the protection of human … OIE then analyses and distributes in order to facilitate prevention and control elsewhere. The OIE also provides …
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UN Environment foresight brief: marine plastics litter and microplastics

… and Futures SCIENCE DIVISION 1972 London Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other … 2011 Honolulu Strategy – a Global Framework for Prevention and Management of Marine Debris 2011 Global … and microplastics 1973 International Convention for the Prevention of Marine Pollution from Ships (modified by the …
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