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

… Cover photo: Landscape scenery in Kruger National Park, South Africa © Nicolas Raymond, Creative … of legal aspects of natural resources governance. This report presents a first step in this process: a framework for … e) General legal principles that are widely accepted in national or international jurisprudence, particularly as …
21 Jun 2026 Literature See it in ECOLEX · This content is provided by ECOLEX

An Explanatory Guide to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

… relevant to the Protocol 20 Box 8. Possible elements of national biosafety regulations 21 Preamble 25 Box 9. Centres … 41 Box 13. Examples of definition of “contained use” in national legislation 42 Box 14. Genetic material: … I, II and III, paragraph 18 (a),1 of Annex I of the report of the Open-ended Ad Hoc Group of Experts on …
21 Jun 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

The burden of proof in natural resources legislation: Some critical issues for fisheries law

… entirely a matter within the discretion of state organs. National Constitutions and laws or codes of criminal … In addition, matters can be further complicated where a national criminal law implements rights or duties derived … law. In 1990, the UN Secretary General in his Report on the Law of the Sea expressly recognised the …
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The precautionary principle in biodiversity conservation and natural resource management. An issues paper for policy-makers, researchers and practitioners

… coherent environmental policy at both international and national levels. There are some important features of the … development and environmental policy at multilateral and national levels. The principle represents a formalization of … during discussions and preliminary work. See e.g., Report: Liaison Group meeting on Ecosystem Approach, 15–17 …
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The Fish Stock Agreement - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… real litmus test remains, as always, implementation at the national and regional level. … licences, authorizations or permits, Establishment of a national record of fishing vessels authorized to fish on the … vessels and adopt regulations empowering the relevant national authorities to prohibit landings and …
21 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Marine and Freshwater

The Law of the Sea

… created impetus for states to assert claims of national jurisdiction further from the coast, setting them on …
21 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Marine and Freshwater

The Vienna Convention for the protection of the Ozone Layer - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

21 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Climate and Atmosphere

Principles and concepts of international environmental law (Part 2) - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… 8. Principle of progressive realisation and non-regression National level 1. Cooperation, and Common but Differentiated … article 14(1)(a) and (b) of the 1992 CBD treat both the national and international aspects of the issue. The concept … Declaration provides: 1992 Rio Declaration Principle 16 “National authorities should endeavour to promote the …
21 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Environmental Governance