Compensatory measures must be implemented with utmost caution, taking due account of the need to avoid potential adverse environmental impacts.

Minimization of adverse impacts in accordance with Article 3, paragraph 14

Ms. Hampson reiterated that the study was not about the environment, nor about adverse environmental impacts on indigenous land or displacement of indigenous people on account of development projects.

Proactive land and water management policies can help to avoid the adverse impacts of desertification.

India has continued to monitor the environmental impacts of Maitri Station.

Achieving economies of scale and lessening environmental impacts simply are not priorities.

Part VI Review of information on the minimization of adverse impacts in accordance with Article 3, paragraph 14

The agreements have the effect of strengthening compliance, maximizing opportunity and reducing adverse impacts associated with some changes.

In the view of the Panel, such preserves are feasible, cost effective and pose a low risk of adverse impacts.

Its draft operational policy and strategic framework supported participatory approaches and required consent, particularly on projects that would have adverse impacts.

In the view of the Panel, such a preserve is feasible, cost effective and poses a low risk of adverse impacts.

Tourism can also bring negative social impacts that have important consequences for environmental resource management.

We therefore call for fairer rules to govern international business and trade, in particular measures to cushion the impacts of adverse changes.

(a) The environmental impacts of anthropogenic activities on marine biological diversity beyond areas of national jurisdiction

For instance, and as the Secretary General's report In larger freedom reminds us in a timely manner, our security in Tuvalu also relates to and is already threatened by the adverse impacts of environmental degradation, in particular of climate change and sea level rise.

New Zealand continues to believe that action to address the adverse impacts of fishing activities on vulnerable marine ecosystems is necessary and urgent.

Not taking action now will aggravate environmental impacts and will make the socio economic costs even higher.

UNEP is working on post disaster assessments of environmental impacts, with a view to incorporating environmental concerns into the design of processes of recovery and restoration.

Desertification has strong adverse impacts on non drylands as well affected areas may sometimes be located thousands of kilometres away from the desertified areas.

Noting also with serious concern the dire humanitarian situation and its long term socio economic and environmental impacts,

Also noting with serious concern the dire humanitarian situation and its long term socio economic and environmental impacts,

Noting with serious concern also the dire humanitarian situation and its long term socio economic and environmental impacts,

Noting also with serious concern the dire humanitarian situation and its long term socio economic and environmental impacts,

Once discarded or lost, the fishing gear remains in the marine environment, with negative economic and environmental impacts.

Noting also with serious concern the dire humanitarian situation and its long term socio economic and environmental impacts,

Noting also with serious concern the dire humanitarian situation and its long term socio economic and environmental impacts,

30. Emphasizes the importance of ensuring that adverse impacts on the marine environment are taken into account when assessing and evaluating development programmes and projects

39. Emphasizes the importance of ensuring that adverse impacts on the marine environment are taken into account when assessing and evaluating development programmes and projects

Marine litter originates from many sources and has a wide spectrum of environmental, economic, safety, health and cultural impacts.

Like all members of the Pacific Islands Forum, New Zealand is seriously concerned about the need to protect biodiversity from the adverse impacts of that activity.

Expressing concern over the medium and long term social, economic and environmental impacts of the disaster on the affected States,

The 1999 Guidelines for Environmental Impact Assessment in Antarctica have been revised to ensure that cumulative impacts are explicitly addressed.

Finally, it is important to have appropriate environmental standards that monitor and set controls on adverse externalities generated by firms.

Methodologies for vulnerability assessment, reporting in national communications, research and systematic observation, funding issues, adaptation technologies, addressing adverse effects of climate change, and impacts of response measures.

It identifies the main options for achieving the objective and analyses their likely impacts in the economic, environmental and social fields.

The region also suffers negative environmental impacts from prevalent practices in energy and water, in addition to those generated by instability.

The cost of the prolonged Somali civil war is enormous in terms of its direct social, economic, political and environmental impacts.

It is increasingly recognized that tourism and environmental impacts should be addressed not in isolation, but within the wider context of sustainable development, paying equal attention to environmental, social and economic sustainability.

Some Parties proposed developing national drought policies to mitigate the adverse impacts of periodic droughts and indicated their need for a warning system to monitor the effects of drought.

The Commission will evaluate progress of member States, cost effectiveness, environmental and economic impacts, life cycle analysis and impact on greenhouse gas emissions.

The poor will be the most affected by the adverse impacts of climate change, and national strategies which aim to alleviate poverty will also enhance capacity to deal with climate change.

In order to exploit the potential environmental benefits of decentralized systems and guard against the potential negative impacts, the following principles should be observed

Expressing our deepest concern over the negative economic, social, psychological, environmental and other consequences and impacts of the tsunami disaster on those affected countries,

Noting that the hazardous chemicals and pesticides covered by the Convention contribute to poverty through their adverse effects on human health and environmental resources,

These include, among other things, national cleaner technologies strategies, environmental management accounting, integrated water resources management, energy for sustainable development and social impacts of mining