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Maritime Traffic Effects on Biodiversity in the Mediterranean Sea. Volume 2 - Legal Mechanisms to Address Maritime Impacts on Mediterranean Biodiversity
… V, but the Special Area requirements have not yet taken effect because of the lack of adequate reception facilities … activities which have or are likely to have a significant adverse impact on the conservation and sustainable use of … provisions of Part V of UNCLOS, a coastal state must tie adverse effects from ship- source pollution to its EEZ …
Groundwater in international law: Compilation of treaties and other legal instruments
… of the watercourse and the costs of measures taken to that effect; (g) The availability of alternatives, of comparable … - Notification concerning planned measures with possible adverse effects Before a watercourse State implements or … of planned measures which may have a significant adverse effect upon other watercourse States, it shall …
UN Watercourses Convention User’s Guide
… projects and rights of third parties. 90 3.1.3 Significant adverse effects to other watercourse states – Objective test … | Notification Concerning Planned Measures with Possible Adverse Effects 139 12.1 Commentary 139 12.1.1 Significant adverse effect 140 12.1.2 Implements or permits the implementation …
International water governance: Conservation of freshwater ecosystems Vol. 1: International agreements compilation and analysis
… achieving the UN Millennium Development Goals and to give effect to the WSSD Johannesburg Plan of Implementation. … measures to prevent and reduce, as far as possible, adverse impacts from fishing activities conducted under their … measures may be considered to avoid or mitigate adverse environmental effects. Institutional framework …
Handbook for the 1979 Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution and its Protocols
… jurisdiction, Recognizing the existence of possible adverse effects, in the short and long term, of air pollution … pollutants within the region as forecast may increase such adverse effects, Recognizing the need to study the … with a view to establishing a scientific basis for dose/effect relationships designed to protect the environment; (e) …
Glossary of terms for negotiators of multilateral environmental agreements
… by the head of State. Acceptance has the same legal effect as ratification. Accession Act whereby a State becomes … exchange of resources or products that could have adverse effects on the environment should not proceed without … and use of living modified organisms that may have an adverse effect on the conservation and sustainable use of …
MEA Negotiator’s Handbook
… But we need to keep working on them and through them, to effect real change. There is still much more to do. If you … resulting from modern biotechnology that may have adverse effects on the conservation and sustainable use of … should take the lead in combating climate change and its adverse impacts.212 Moreover, the specifi c commitments in …
Wildlife law and the empowerment of the poor
… requiring the enactment of national legislation to this effect (Birnie and Boyle, 2002). 1.1.1 The Convention on … required to identify and control all potential sources of adverse impacts on biodiversity, and to carry out … impact assessments of projects likely to have "significant adverse effects" on biological diversity (article 14). The …
Handbook of The Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer
… scientific knowledge of the ozone layer and possible adverse effects resulting from its modification, Determined … to protect human health and the environment against adverse effects resulting from modifications of the ozone … to the Depositary. 3. Any such withdrawal shall take effect upon expiry of one year after the date of its receipt …