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Role of Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs) in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
… restoration and sustainable use of terrestrial and inland freshwater ecosystems and their services, in … Target 11 By 2020, at least 17 per cent of terrestrial and inland water, and 10 per cent of coastal and marine areas, … for biodiversity, and of terrestrial, marine and inland water systems Trends in the delivery of ecosystem …
International water governance: Conservation of freshwater ecosystems Vol. 1: International agreements compilation and analysis
… of the Contracting Parties to cover all aspects of wetland conservation and wise use, recognising wetlands as … States regarding pollution of the environment along the inland interna- tional boundary by discharges of hazardous … “border area” is defined as 100km on either side of the inland and maritime boundaries between the Parties. The …
Document - Freshwater Law and Governance: Global and Regional Perspectives for Sustainability
… 87 5.4.2. Waste management for inland navigation … birds depend may affect the health and productivity of a wetland located on the same flyway in another State in a … square kilometres. The basin is the centre of the largest inland fishery in the world and supports the livelihoods of …
Introduction to the Rotterdam Convention - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… and mining, even if occurring many hundreds of kilometres inland, often lead to widespread erosion and thereby large … marine life, including gulfs and coastal areas, but not inland waters. The course has a special focus on marine …
Introduction to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants
… and mining, even if occurring many hundreds of kilometres inland, often lead to widespread erosion and thereby large … marine life, including gulfs and coastal areas, but not inland waters. The course has a special focus on marine …
UN Watercourses Convention User’s Guide
… from TFDD, Oregon State University, 2009) the case of a wetland extending over the territories of more than one … which will sometimes end its journey terminating into an inland lake or delta (endorheic), or at other times into the … Assessment (MEA) estimated that water withdrawn from inland waters system has increased by at least 15 times over …
Groundwater in international law: Compilation of treaties and other legal instruments
… States Regarding Pollution of the Environment Along the Inland International Boundary by Discharges of Hazardous … that agricultural development schemes, in particular for wetland drainage or forest clearance, pay due regard to the … Code of Conduct on Accidental Pollution of Transboundary Inland Waters, … Emphasizing that co-operation between member …
Manual of Compliance with and Enforcement of Multilateral Environmental Agreements
… 213 Small Grants Fund for Wetland Conservation and Wise Use ................. 217 … to more than one MEA on which States could report on (e.g. inland waters, invasive species, protected areas); n the … to all five conventions. These issues are: climate change, inland water, invasive alien species, and sustainable use. …