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RAMSAR Handbook 3: Laws and institutions
… coastal management, water resource management or pollution control. At the local level, customary laws and … may include subsidies or tax incentives for irrigation, flood insurance, intensive forestry and intensive agriculture … infrastructure projects (river channel straightening, flood control measures, transport routes) or the designation …
Integrated coastal management law: Establishing and strengthening national legal frameworks for integrated coastal management
… 38 ILM (1999), 259. Not in force. 1998 Protocol on the Control of Marine Transboundary Movements And Disposal of … administratively for coastal zone management. Command and control policy instruments Mechanisms (often laws) for … the construction of roads and harbours, canalization or flood relief works, yacht marina (regulation 8 as read with …
Governing natural resources and the processes and institutions that affect them : North-West Frontier Province. Legislation.
… 130 5.1.1 Land Tenure 135 5.1.1.1 NWFP Gomal Zam Project (Control and Prevention of Speculation in Land) Ordinance 2001 … and adopted children; (ix) ‘disaster’ includes famine, flood, cyclone, fire, earthquake, drought, and damages caused … of the Zilla Accounts Committee; (t) review measures for flood relief, and storm water drainage; and (u) require the …
Marine litter legislation: a toolkit for policy makers
… (EU) MPPRCA Marine Plastic Pollution Research and Control Act (U.S.) MSFD Marine Strategy Framework Directive … and includes the conservation of biological diversity and control of pollution as two goals; chapter 17 of section II … landfill facilities, prohibiting them from being built in flood plains and wetland areas, where floods could transport …
EU Environmental Policies and Strategies in South-Eastern Europe - Training guidelines for involving CSOs from SEE in the implementation of EU nature-related legislation
… weather, such as more shade for farm animals or through flood relief by providing a ‘natural sponge’ to retain water. … such as marshes, floodplain forests and bogs for flood prevention, water storage and CO2 intake, giving space … of storm water management infrastructure and provide flood control, offer food sources, and stabilize soil to prevent or …
Rule: Reforming water governance
… management was also used to even out the fluctuations of flood and drought by storing water and to carry away waste. … to supplement water law wherever federal laws did not control the field. The legal reform process was the result of … by water law: allocation of water resources and pollution control; consistency of water law with other laws regarding …
Enforcement of Environmental Law: Good Practices from Africa,Central Asia, ASEAN Countries and China
… statutes and 40 sets of environmental regulations. Strict control of land use planning measures, and close attention to … This means that local authorities are able to take more control than they did in the past, while remaining subject to … and so forth to facilitate decision making. Pollution control officers assigned within private companies and the …
UNEP’s Compendium of Innovative Laws: promoting Green Economy & Sustainable Development
… by laws relating to environmental quality, including control of pollution and conservation, protection and … Drought Preparedness Plan, National Policy on Erosion and Flood Control, National Water Policy, National Forest Policy, … The remaining part of the Law contains provisions on flood retention areas, international rivers, servitudes and …
Managing Natural World Heritage - World Heritage Resource Manual
… be subject to the highest international standards of care control and management. Within the two definitions of … as by human settlement, construction of reservoirs which flood important parts of the property, industrial and … acceptable level of pollution and the management response control of agricultural chemicals or human waste as …
Assessing environmental impacts - A global review of legislation
… recognition of SEAs as a tool to strengthen democratic control, little guidance is provided in many countries’ SEA … la utilidad de las EAE como herramienta para fortalecer el control democrático, la legislación en materia de EAE de … from the United Kingdom – The development of the Humber Flood Risk Management Strategy SEA systems – Legal and …