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Governance of Shared Waters - Legal and Institutional Issues

… For this reason, an alternative name is proposed for the term ‘Basin State’. As in the words of Guillermo Cano, this … to local navigation of that river. To this end it was agreed, with regards to the Rhine, Scheldt, Main, Meuse, … Sonora, Mexico. The agreement requires that the two States mutually consult each well as extraction and replenishment …
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Free Prior and Informed Consent - An indigenous peoples' right and a good practice for local communities - Manual for project practitioners

… the national government has recognized them as such. The term “Indigenous Peoples” in plural was internationally agreed by Indigenous Peoples to encompass diverse collectives … their responsibility and role as representatives; • Mutually agreed substantive evidence of consent; • Summary of …
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Accountability through Civic Participation in the Post-2015 Development Agenda

… For the current purposes, the term ‘civil society’ is intended very broadly. While those … States to ascertain progress being made towards achieving mutually agreed goals and compliance with agreed political, economic …
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Transboundary Water Governance - Adaptation to Climate Change

… In 2010, in Cancun, Mexico, the Parties to the UNFCCC agreed to establish the Cancun Adaptation Framework, whose … designed to help achieve this objective are longer-term adaptation planning through developing National … The strategies presented here should not be considered mutually exclusive. Quite to the contrary, a degree of …
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The Aarhus Convention: An implementation guide. Securing the public's rights through access to information, public participation and Access to justice for a healthy environment

… integration organizations. The Guide thus uses the term to refer to any internal law of a Party, whether a State … of this, through decision IV/5, the Meeting of the Parties agreed some simple procedural steps for approving such … of paragraph 1 of this article should be complementary and mutually supportive to the provisions of their national …
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Introduction to International Environmental Governance (IEG) - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… States’ action is the most fundamental part of IEG. The term ‘international organization’ refers to intergovernmental … more appropriate. If the negotiations are successful, an agreed text is adopted by the States and signed by their … legal decisions on how to understand and implement the agreed treaty. MEA secretariats monitor and assist in …
01 Sep 2017 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

The Aarhus Convention:An implementation guide. UN/ECE Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-Making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters

… our current preoccupations may seem trivial in such a long-term perspective, the goal of sustainable, equitable and … steps to become Parties to the Conven- tion.”72 Have agreed as follows: 27 GENERAL PART The General Part of the … method of imple- mentation, though their meaning was never agreed. Given this background, the best that can be done at …
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Introduction to Human Rights and the Environment - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… can be affected by environmental disasters and more long-term environmental degradation, which produce … development in terms of three interdependent and mutually reinforcing pillars: Environmental Protection Social … harm. What are good practices? Although there is no agreed definition on “good practices”, a review of several …
01 Mar 2017 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

Wildlife law and the empowerment of the poor

… users and managers to operate responsibly with a long-term perspective. Public participation in decision-making and … or mitigate project impacts and ensure the species long-term survival or recovery. The second mechanism is the … Democratic Legitimacy and Promoting Stewardship are not Mutually Exclusive Goals. UCLA Journal of Environmental Law …
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Women’s participation and gender considerations in country representation, planning and reporting to the BRS Conventions

… (ToR) set out in the appendix to decision VI/12 for a term ending at the close of the 14th COP (2019). … and more recently as reflected in the gender mandates agreed by Parties to the so-called Rio Conventions (UNFCCC, … women in all or none of these ways; the categories are not mutually exclusive. Figure 18: How women are characterised in …
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