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White Paper - Regional Seas Governance
… NATIONS UNEP (DEPI)/VW.1 /WP.3. Original: ENGLISH Regional Seas Visioning Workshop, Geneva, Switzerland, 3-4 July 2014 … from ballast water,2 among others. Overfishing on the high seas is in particular a challenge,3 inter alia, because … for instance because it also deals with discrete high seas fish stocks. It is this broader meaning of the term …
International ocean governance: Using international law and organisations to manage marine resources sustainably (revised)
… Markings and An Automatic Identification System for Ships High Seas Vessel Registration System Illegal Trade III.B.4.b. … (Table II-2) A major goal was to ban at-sea dis- posal of high-level radioactive wastes.3 A second trend in ocean …
Guidelines for Protected Areas Legislation
… considerations 124 4.2 Nature of authority 125 4.2.1 High policy level 125 4.2.2 Lead protected areas agency 127 … Programme 234 3.3 Regional agreements 235 3.3.1 Regional Seas 235 3.3.2 OSPAR Convention 239 3.3.3 Helsinki Convention … between marine areas within national jurisdiction and the high seas 213 Box III(2)-2: South Africa’s first offshore MPA …
Shared resources: Issues of governance
… Negotiating agreements on management and use of regional seas ........................... 26 2.5.1 The Mediterranean … as a multilateral forum in order to serve as a permanent high-level intergovernmental framework in which the eight … acid rain. Though all these countries have experienced high levels of public pressure on this issue, their policies …
Legal aspects of Connectivity Conservation Volume 1 - A Concept Paper
… drafts of the project: • Antonio Benjamin, Justice, High Court of Brazil [STJ]; Chair, IUCN World Commission on … is licensed to practice law as a Cape Town Attorney of the High Court of South Africa. He has also worked in the NGO … of the Baltic, North East Atlantic, Irish, and North Seas AWG-LCA Ad Hoc Working Group on Long-term Cooperative …
Addressing pollution: Governance frameworks, challenges and oppotunities in the context of the 2030 Agenda
… provide a legal framework for international governance of seas and the ocean, prevention of pollution from ships, as … Human Rights and the Environment and the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, works to assist countries … guidance materials on how to enforce relevant laws. High-income countries also face enforcement problems. For …
International environmental governance: An international regime for protected areas
… to the Alpine Convention, 1994; protocols to the Regional Seas Conventions 1989, 1990, 1996…). This general guidance … fragmented protected areas that are not representative of high levels or important types of biodiversity. Also, without … efforts to relocate ancient temples because of the Aswan High Dam and rescue and restoration efforts of paintings, …
Large Marine Ecosystem Mechanisms
… in one single governance strategy. Unlike Regional Seas and RFBs, LME are identified based on ecological … OSPAR and SPREP covering ABNJ) Three groups: (1) both high seas and coastal state maritime zones; (2) only or mainly the high seas; and (3) only coastal state maritime zones Some in …
International water governance: Conservation of freshwater ecosystems Vol. 1: International agreements compilation and analysis
… 301 2.2 Conventions and protocols within the UNEP Regional Seas Programme 306 viii International Water Governance: … the degree of harm, used by the Convention is relatively high. It uses the word “significant” leaving aside the harm … with the Conference are the Council of Ministers, the High Commission and the Water Permanent Commission. Source …
ASEAN Handbook on legal cooperation to combat wildlife crime
… national-level enforcement actions are at an all time high. The network successfully links environmental agencies, … treaties. The ASEAN region is characterized by a generally high rate of adherence6 to international treaties and … of exotic, non –native species/ Introduction from the High-seas Importing Exporting Re-exporting Offer for sale …