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Offshore petroleum and minerals: Plugging gaps in the present framework [PDF]
, 2011 For twenty years, it has been realized that there is a gap in New Zealand’s environmental law in that there is no general environmental legislation for the exclusive economic zone, and now for the extended continental shelf that includes areas more than ...
Barton, Barry
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Biological Reviews, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The ecology of forests, their losses, and terrestrial wood decomposition dynamics have been intensively studied and reviewed. In the aquatic realm, reviews have concentrated on large wood (LW) in rivers and the transition from freshwater to marine environments in the Pacific Northwest of North America. However, a comprehensive global synthesis
Jon Dickson +9 more
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Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management, EarlyView., 2023 Abstract In the Lake Koocanusa‐Kootenai River system (Montana, USA and British Columbia, Canada), selenium (Se) contamination has become an international concern and is suspected to contribute to the observed burbot (Lota lota) population collapse. Due to our limited ability to sample burbot in Lake Koocanusa for monitoring studies, we used a reference
Stephanie D. Graves +6 more
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Water Development in South Africa [PDF]
, 2011 A report on South African water development: South Africa's water resources are, in global terms, scarce and extremely limited: average rainfall (450 mm per year) is well below the world average (of about 860 mm), evaporation is comparatively high, no ...
Marthinus Basson
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Meitan xuebaoYushen mining area is the main mining area of the coal base in northern Shaanxi at present. During the development of high-intensity coal resources, the problems of coal seam roof water disaster and water resource leakage are prominent.
Chunhu ZHAO +4 more
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Assessment of accidental water pollution with mine waters in Romania during 2017-2023 [PDF]
Aerul şi Apa: Componente ale MediuluiAgainst the background of an increasingly restricted mining activity at the national level, due to the high economic costs, the active and conservation mining objectives sporadically register environmental incidents, which affects mainly the aquatic ...
Răzvan BĂTINAŞ +4 more
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Subterranean environments contribute to three‐quarters of classified ecosystem services
Biological Reviews, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Beneath the Earth's surface lies a network of interconnected caves, voids, and systems of fissures forming in rocks of sedimentary, igneous, or metamorphic origin. Although largely inaccessible to humans, this hidden realm supports and regulates services critical to ecological health and human well‐being.
Stefano Mammola +30 more
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Environmental Laws in Nigeria and Occurrence of Some Geohazards: A Review [PDF]
, 2017 Nigeria as a country is blessed with an abundance of both human and natural resources. Exploitation of natural resources in Nigeria over the years with little or no regard for the environment has increased susceptibility of parts of the country to ...
C. N. Chibo, I. E. Osumgborogwu
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Estimation of Soil and Water Conservation Rates by Remote Sensing in Shanxi Province
Shuitu Baochi Xuebao[Objective] Soil and water conservation is important in protecting and improving the ecological environment, which plays an important role for the sustainable development of ecosystems.
HE Dongmei +6 more
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Rheomax™ and Water Conservation at Orapa Mine [PDF]
Proceedings of the International Seminar on Paste and Thickened Tailings, 2008 Andrew Vietti +4 more
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