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Infrastructure refers to the basic network of capital facilities or community investments which are necessary to serving a country, city, or area, including services and facilities necessary for its economy to function. It typically characterizes technical structures such as roads, bridges, tunnels, water supply, sewers, electrical grids, telecommunications et. al (...), essential to enable, sustain, or enhance societal living conditions. (Source: GEMET/Wikipedia), and as such can be an (adverse) anthropogenic impact on the environment.
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Multilateral environment agreements tagged with Infrastructure
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Convention on Biological Diversity | 16 decisions |
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Basel Convention | 5 decisions |
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Stockholm Convention | 27 decisions |
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Vienna Convention | 1 decision |
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Montreal Protocol | 36 decisions |
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The Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety | 4 decisions |
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Nagoya Protocol | 3 decisions |
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International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture | 1 decision |
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United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change | 2 decisions |
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World Heritage Convention | 285 decisions |
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United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification | 15 decisions |
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Rotterdam Convention | 5 decisions |
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Prevention and Emergency Protocol | 1 decision |
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Governing Council | 1 decision |
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Convention for the Protection and Development of the Marine Environment in the Wider Caribbean Region | 1 decision |
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Minamata Convention on Mercury | 3 decisions |
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Agreement on the Conservation of Populations of European Bats (EUROBATS) | 1 document |
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Framework Convention on the Protection and Sustainable Development of the Carpathians | 2 decisions |
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United Nations Environment Assembly | 3 decisions |