Definition(s)
Measures taken in advance to prevent the occurrence (waste prevention, prevention of disasters or similar emergencies). (Source: draft based on GEMET/GUNNa)
In other languages
French
mesure de prévention
Russian
профилактическая мера
Spanish
medida de prevención
Chinese, Simplified
预防措施
Arabic
إجراء وقائي
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Multilateral environment agreements tagged with prevention
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Convention on Biological Diversity | 3 articles and paragraphs |
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Basel Convention | 10 decisions72 documents |
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Stockholm Convention | 7 documents |
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United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification | 1 article or paragraph |
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Rotterdam Convention | 2 documents |
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Barcelona Convention | 1 article or paragraph |
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Dumping Protocol | 1 article or paragraph |
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Prevention and Emergency Protocol | 1 article or paragraph |
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Specially Protected Areas and Biodiversity Protocol | 1 article or paragraph |
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Offshore Protocol | 1 article or paragraph |
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Hazardous Wastes Protocol | 2 articles and paragraphs |
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Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution | 1 article or paragraph |
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Abidjan Convention | 2 articles and paragraphs |
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Noumea Convention | 5 articles and paragraphs |
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Convention for the Protection and Development of the Marine Environment in the Wider Caribbean Region | 3 articles and paragraphs |
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Convention on the Transboundary Effects of Industrial Accidents | 8 articles and paragraphs2 documents |
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Framework Convention on the Protection and Sustainable Development of the Carpathians | 1 article or paragraph |
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ASEAN Agreement on Transboundary Haze Pollution | 4 articles and paragraphs |
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The Nagoya – Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety | 1 article or paragraph |