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Framework for Assessing and Improving Law for Sustainability - A Legal Component of a Natural Resource Governance Framework
… . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 Issue 2: Fit with socio-economic and governance context . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . … solution – that encompasses a complex system of social, economic and political processes and relationships – but it … effort to take on these questions, through empirical assessment and analysis. The framework it presents is a …
An Explanatory Guide to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety
… to Articles 15–16 and Annex III 105 Article 15 Risk assessment 107 Box 29. Examples of the types of scientific … 25 Illegal transboundary movements 159 Article 26 Socio-economic considerations 163 Article 27 Liability and redress … MEA Multilateral Environmental Agreement REIO Regional Economic Integration Organization RNA Ribonucleic acid SBSTTA …
The precautionary principle in biodiversity conservation and natural resource management. An issues paper for policy-makers, researchers and practitioners
… regulatory presumption in favour of allowing develop- ment/economic activity to proceed when there is a lack of clear … not only underlying natural systems but the socio-economic and political context which shapes the impact of … the precautionary strategy is likely to require assessment of the relative conservation threats and benefits …
Principles and concepts of international environmental law (Part 2) - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… “Golden Rule” for the environment, for both ecological and economic reasons. It is frequently impossible to remedy … rise to a multitude of legal mechanisms, including prior assessment of environmental harm, licensing or authorization … the internalization of environmental costs and the use of economic instruments, taking into account the approach that …
The burden of proof in natural resources legislation: Some critical issues for fisheries law
… wide range of disparate purposes - to regulate social and economic behaviour, as well as to protect human life and … to provide support for legislation designed to regulate economic activities. Health and safety legislation lays down … clean technologies rather than simply to rely on an assessment of the risks of various levels of pollutant …
The Law of the Sea
… forming the territories of parties, and their exclusive economic zones including the sea bed and to the high seas, … technical assistance, monitoring and environmental assessment, international rule formation, enforcement, … to the competent international organizations. The latter assessment is also, in effect, an obligation to conduct …