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Framework for Assessing and Improving Law for Sustainability - A Legal Component of a Natural Resource Governance Framework

… Framework IUCN Environmental Policy and Law Paper No. 87 Paul Martin, Ben Boer and Lydia Slobodian (Eds.) IUCN … content of the principle. There is no firm rule about what is a principle of environmental law. Some … activities’ in the reserve as well as the real risk of harm that could result to Maui’s dolphin along with other …
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Guidelines for Protected Areas Legislation

… Areas Legislation IUCN Environmental Policy and Law Paper No. 81 G uidelines for P rotected A reas Legislation IUCN … institution of government decision making, respect for the rule of law and deference to prior governmental decisions … certainty regarding the threat of a serious environmental harm, this uncertainty should not be used as an excuse for …
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Aquaculture - site selection and site management

… from the outset in any aquaculture project. This general rule is particularly relevant in the Mediterranean region, … in order to avoid possible rejection. Precaution has no defined or measurable limits, and these must be … for action to avoid serious or irreversible environmental harm in advance of scientific certainty of such harm (Cooney, …
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Albania and marine protected areas: Legal and insituttional framework assessment for conservation of coastal and marine biodiversity and establishment of MPAs

… culture, tourism and socio-economy in general, there were no marine protected areas established in Albania until 2010. … and damage, through prevention and deter- rence of such harm caused by human activity in the sea and in the coastal … the involvement of other financ- ing sources. As a general rule the Fund will not finance 100 percent of project costs; …
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Towards a strategy for high seas marine protected areas: Proceedings of the IUCN, WCPA and WWF Experts Workshop on High Seas Marine Protected Areas

… from land and sea-based sources, especially plastics, harm marine animals and act as vectors for the transport of … International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law, Vol. 16, No. 3, pp. 515-528. At the third United Nations Open-ended … species, to ii) economic values, including services with no current market value, but providing substantial economic …
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Guidelines for applying protected area management categories

… environmental and social decline. Protected areas are by no means uniform entities however; they have a wide range of … to impartial judgement in case of related conflict; Do no harm ● – making sure that the costs of establishing and … But this is still more the exception than the rule. Most ICCAs are at present not formally recognised, …
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Large-scale marine protected areas - Guidelines for design and management

… to at least three-quarters of the protected area – the 75% rule. The management categories are applied with a typology … Best Practice Protected Area Guidelines Series, No. 26, Gland, Switzerland: IUCN. xxviii + 120 pp ISBN: … to prevent it from inadvertently causing ecological harm. Cultural considerations In some places, the cultural …
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Sharing governance! A practical guide for marine protected areas in West Africa

… by the national government, communities have no legal power to prevent migrant fishermen from coming to … fi- nalised: …and we try to detect any gaps that could harm the smooth running of this first meeting The Team … environment, however, or where broken promises are the rule rather than the exception, it is wiser to postpone …
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Ecological Restoration for Protected Areas - Principles, Guidelines and Best Practices

… planet Best Practice Protected Area Guidelines Series No.18 IUCN WCPA’s BEST PRACTICE PROTECTED AREA GUIDELINES … three-quarters of the protected area – the 75 per cent rule. The management categories are applied with a typology … and maintains the values of a protected area n ‘Do no harm’ by first identifying when restoration is the best …
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European Union overseas coastal and marine protected areas - overview of coastal and marine conservation efforts in the European Union's overseas countries and territories and outermost regions

… currents, running paral- lel to the coast There is no clear-cut definition for the distinction between nearshore … to establish regional and local systems, but car- ries no authority or mandate, leaving all activity within the … (amended last in 1997) in order to ban hunting or causing harm to any species of cetacean The estab- 89 More …
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