The illegal exploitation of Somali forests has had a tremendous negative environmental impact.

The Contracting Parties shall agree to carry out environmental impact assessment of hazardous activities, and to implement risk reducing measures.

A requirement to report abuse, to raise concerns about possible breaches of the code, and to notify others when unexpected results may have social, environmental, safety, security or health implications

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

27. Welcomes the programmes carried out by the Office of the High Commissioner with host Governments, the United Nations, non governmental organizations and the international community to address the environmental and socio economic impact of refugee populations

More recently, the construction of Three Gorges Dam and other similar projects throughout Asia, Africa and Latin America have generated considerable environmental and political debate.

Closed loop recycling, in which plastics waste is used to make another product, thus carries significant environmental benefits, such as reduced energy and oil consumption.

I call this environmental arbitrage.

Today is a great opportunity for the United Nations, Governments and scientific institutions to find solutions that can help mitigate the effects of natural disasters.

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They may also be applied for environmental purposes.

The economic struggle has environmental dimensions.

Considering the provisions of individual environmental treaties, Solomon Islands noted that although a vast majority of such treaties are silent on the question, there are exceptions.

In another example from Morocco, the establishment of regional control facilities for controlling fresh exports of fruit and vegetable had a significant impact on the competitiveness of the sector.

The recent tsunami, caused by an earthquake, was an unprecedented natural disaster with extensive and devastating effects.

Stewart Brand proclaims 4 environmental 'heresies'

They can take advantage of different environmental conditions.

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Synergy with other environmental objectives

Of course, fossil fuels brought their own environmental problems.

Several environmental factors influence blood pressure.

This for example has implications for meat consumption in Europe, which imports significant amounts of feed from Brazil.

Recognizing that the systematic violations of civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights by the Government of Myanmar have had a significant adverse effect on the health and welfare of the people of Myanmar,

Recognizing that effective deterrence and combating of illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing has significant financial and other resource implications,

However, along with trade policy, deregulation policies, fiscal policy, and exchange rate regimes also have the potential to cause considerable adverse effects in terms of inequality and poverty.

The way in which the international community dealt with that issue would have enduring and far reaching implications for the security of the Korean peninsula, North East Asia and the rest of the world.

Fiona Harvey is an award winning environment journalist for the Guardian.

Fiona Harvey is an award winning environment journalist for the Guardian.

Much of this area has been designated as a biosphere reserve.

(c) Promote the use of management tools to assess the impact on the environment of projects that may significantly affect forests, and promote good environmental practices for such projects

And he told me, Biosignatures, we need to look for a biosignature.

But much mental illness appears to depend on environmental factors.

Differences in human intelligence have environmental and genetic causes.

This must be complemented by at least the minimum environmental standards.

A statement was also made by Greenpeace China on behalf environmental groups.

(Hydroelectric power generation emits no CO2, but there are only a few remaining places in the world where it can be expanded without major environmental or social costs.)

The Engineering Section of the Logistics Support Division is requesting a P 3 post for an Environmental Engineering Officer to implement and monitor environmental programmes in the field (ibid., para.

Furthermore, expanding the base figure would have significant financial implications, as it would mean granting international status, with its associated allowances and benefits, to a larger pool of staff.

This work drew heavily on the report entitled The human consequences of the Chernobyl nuclear accident a strategy for recovery , as well as on the World Bank report entitled Belarus Chernobyl review .

If the world economy s current growth patterns continue, we face ecological disaster.

Obama s approval should be conditional on Canada enforcing serious environmental safeguards.

The switch to fossil fuels has also had tremendous environmental benefits.

That is why we support the idea of creating a United Nations environmental body.

Feedback from the least developed countries on the national adaptation programme of action process and on support from the Least Developed Countries Expert Group

Some Parties (Iran, Singapore, South Africa) noted that the impacts of the implementation of measures in reducing their GHG emissions may have a major impact on their economies which are highly dependent on income generated from the production, processing, export and consumption of fossil fuels such as coal and petroleum.