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White Paper - Regional Seas Governance

… IOC-IUCN-NOAA Large Marine Ecosystem, 15th Consultative Committee Meeting, 10 July 2013, Paris, France. 15 … cooperation with other RFBs by means of MOUs, to have standing agenda-items on such cooperation, to accord each … have formalized their cooperation by means of MOUs, have standing agenda-items on cooperation, accord each other …
21 Jun 2026 Document in Marine and Freshwater

International water governance: Conservation of freshwater ecosystems Vol. 1: International agreements compilation and analysis

… the Protocol: n SADC Water Sector Organs, such as: n the Committee of Water Ministers; n the Committee of Water Senior … practices and technology necessary for a better under- standing of the Great Lakes Basin Ecosystem and to eliminate … for addressing the Aral Sea crisis, and under it: n the Standing Tashkent-based Executive Committee; n the Commission …
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Negotiate: reaching agreement over water

… involuntary risk bearers come to the table with legal standing and negotiate from the position of having a human … and values, of relevance to water negotiations.5 The UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights maintains … recourse is often closed to stakeholders without the legal standing, financial resources or specialist skills needed to …
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Transboundary Water Governance - Adaptation to Climate Change

… Management,” Global Water Partnership Technical Advisory Committee, Background Paper No. 4. 73 GWP (2000), supra note … co-basin State.40 While the Helsinki Rules have no formal standing or legally binding effect, they have been broadly … entirely in a consultative manner, it has developed a long-standing reputation for efficiency and integrity.64 Ideally, …
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Governance of Ecosystem Services. Lessons Learned from Cameroon, China, Costa Rica and Ecuador

… with two coordinating bodies: the Inter- Ministerial Committee on the Environment26 and the National Advisory … administrative, civil, and • criminal laws) and by the standing committees of the National People’s Congress; … The compensation program was not funded until 2004. 18 The Standing Committee of the 7th National People’s Congress, …
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Guidelines for Protected Areas Legislation

… 1978 relating thereto MEPC Marine Environment Protection Committee MOU memorandum of understanding MPA marine … has been approved. The plan should have sufficient legal standing to provide the necessary powers to the protected … This application of adaptive management has been a long-standing operational tool for protected area managers. Most …
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Legal frameworks for REDD: design and implementation at the national level

… should guarantee that forests remain intact and standing on a permanent basis. This outcome is more likely to … by the increased profitability attached to conversion of standing forest land vis-à-vis degraded land (as the … put on hold the operation of the scheme and appointed a committee to review the legislation. The existing scheme …
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Managing MIDAs - Harmonising the Management of Multi-Internationally Designated Areas: Ramsar Sites, World Heritage Sites, Biosphere Reserves and UNESCO Global Geoparks

… June 2015); and the 39th session of the World Heritage Committee (Bonn, Germany, 28 June–8 July 2015). The delegates … years for the Conference of the Parties) and an 18-member Standing Committee, the inter-sessional executive body, which meets on an annual basis. The Standing Committee represents the Contracting Parties in the …
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Rule: Reforming water governance

… Right to Water On 12 November, 2002, the United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) … economic instruments or other means. water usage. - standing that water is not for ‘free’, while also providing … in particular. Customary law refers to un-codified, long-standing customs and practices of traditional or reli- gious …
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Improving governance of pastoral lands

… the language of the Guidelines as endorsed by the Committee on World Food Security on 11 May 2012 nor the role … Descriptive Persons “typical” of the group they are standing for (e.g. pastoralists standing for pastoralists) Advocatory (symbolic) Unelected, …
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