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Brochure - Sustainable Ocean Initiative
… “the time to act is now, if we are to ensure a healthy and sustainable future for the environments that cover … Targets related to marine and coastal biodiversity Sustainable Ocean Initiative Achieving a balance between … in subsequent meetings, such as the SOI Programme Development Meeting (2-4 August 2011, Kanazawa, Japan) and …
Integrated coastal management law: Establishing and strengthening national legal frameworks for integrated coastal management
… ICM guidelines is set out in Box 2). Another positive development has been a perceptible shift toward acknowledging … Chapter 17, Programme Area A, ″Integrated Management and Sustainable Development of Coastal and Marine Areas, … for a Global Consensus on the Management, Conservation and Sustainable Development of all Types of Forests, 31 ILM …
White Paper - Regional Seas Governance
… J. Molenaar Julien Rochette 2 Context of the paper The development of regional governance for the protection of the … to review the regional mechanisms for the conservation and sustainable use of marine biodiversity, identifying their … to study issues relating Group to the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity beyond areas …
Regional Sea Agreements
… (SPAW Protocol) to the Convention for the Protection and Development of the Marine Environment of the Wider Caribbean … of the world’s oceans and coastal areas through the sustainable management and use of the marine and coastal … principal objectives and recognizes the need to strive for sustainable development. In furtherance of these objectives, …
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
… Assembly 1. Introduction The rapid pace of technological development following, and in part triggered by, the Second … of issues than those related to marine biodiversity and sustainable fisheries, but those are not discussed in this … is immediately followed by the overarching objective of sustainable development, which requires a balancing of …
Maritime Traffic Effects on Biodiversity in the Mediterranean Sea. Volume 2 - Legal Mechanisms to Address Maritime Impacts on Mediterranean Biodiversity
… 57 4. Historical development of the PSSA concept … and other interested parties committed to furthering the sustainable use of the Mediterranean Sea. The importance of … environment in that Area so as to contribute towards its sustainable development.’ Article 1 defines the Mediterranean …
The Law of the Sea
… of the sea. The work of the Commission led to the gradual development of a number of conventions that addressed, inter … environmental community. In addition to the notion of sustainable development, there are the precautionary … Organic Pollutants of 2001. http://leo.informea.org/terms/sustainable-development …
Introduction to the International Legal Framework on Marine Biodiversity - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… Deforestation and mining Tourism and infrastructure development Fisheries Invasive alien species Climate change … eastern Mediterranean region. Tourism and infrastructure development As a considerable segment of tourism occurs in … coastal State authority is a sufficient guarantee for sustainable fisheries. A form of fishing that is currently …
Background document - 1995 United Nations Fish Stocks Agreement
… of the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) called for the convening of an … with a view to ensuring their long-term conservation and sustainable use. Highly migratory fish stocks, such as tuna, … legal regime for the long-term conservation and sustainable use of straddling and highly migratory fish …