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Judicial handbook on environmental law

… the Earth’s environment increasingly threatens the natural resource base and processes upon which all life on Earth … in fragile areas where they compete for water and land. In marine waters, nearly three-quarters of all commercial fish … Diversity (CBD). The CBD itself calls for access to genetic resources on agreed terms and requires that such …
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Judges and Environmenal Law: a Handbook for the Sri Lankan Judiciary

… in Sri Lanka 40 Air Pollution 40 Water Pollution and Water Resource Management 41 Soil Pollution 44 Noise Pollution 44 … 50 Disasters 52 Biodiversity and Protected Areas 53 Marine and Coastal Environment 56 1.3.2 Transboundary … influence on vulnerability to some diseases than internal genetic factors.23 In Sri Lanka, there are no statistics that …
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Judges and the rule of law. Creating the links: Environment, human rights and poverty

… to the judiciary in implementing Mozambique’s new natural resource laws 3 A review of global initiatives conducted by … land, water, fisheries, wildlife, food, biodiversity and genetic resources – literally hundreds of new laws have been … the environmental impact of large projects like dams and marine life. Particularly in India, most of the environmental …
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Compendium of Summaries of Judgments in Environmen Related Cases

… Research Foundation for Sciences, Technology and National Resource Policy v Union of India; The Supreme Court of India, … on to the beaches of Chanaral, destroying any trace of marine life in the area. From 1939 to 1974, 200 million tons … In the judicial review of Law 208 of 1995 (Statute of the Genetic Engineering International Centre), the constitutional …
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UNEP Global Judges Programme

… international control of hazardous wastes; chemicals; marine pollution; conservation of species and habitats; … and sustainable use of biological diversity; access to genetic resources and benefit sharing; biosafety; protection … fisheries and fisheries cooperation; freshwater resource management; desertification; mountain, forest and …
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