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Governance of Shared Waters - Legal and Institutional Issues

… 9 1.1.1 Water basins … 23 2.1 Sources of international law related to water … differences are expressed in relation to the management of territorial space, i.e. the “basin” or linear space, i.e. the … under the restriction that precipitation data, for the territorial unit being studied, adequately reflects causal …
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Transboundary Water Governance - Adaptation to Climate Change

… Roberts (Eds.) Adaptation to Climate Change Transboundary Water Governance IUCN Environmental Policy and Law Paper No. … an absolutist position. Instead of the notions of absolute territorial sovereignty and absolute territorial integrity, the doctrines of limited territorial
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Framework principles on Human Rights and the environment

… standard of living, to adequate food, to safe drinking water and sanitation, to housing, to participation in … rights, including their rights to life, health, food and water. Like directly discriminatory measures, such indirect … about: the quality of the environment, including air and water; pollution, waste, chemicals and other potentially …
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Free Prior and Informed Consent - An indigenous peoples' right and a good practice for local communities - Manual for project practitioners

… of these interventions. Desert areas, huge holes in land, water pollution (fresh and sea water), changing the course of rivers, the reduced ability of … and who are able to gather information about the territorial issues, resources and customs. It is also …
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Introduction to Human Rights and the Environment - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… to fulfil individual’s human rights to life, health, water, food, work, culture, development, access to … to life, health, an adequate standard of living, food, water, housing, self-determination and means of subsistence, … the CESCR adopted General Comment No. 15 on the right to water. Article 1 states that “The human right to water is …
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Wildlife law and the empowerment of the poor

… of its range. "Range" means all the areas of land or water that a migratory species inhabits, stays in … clearly specify the division of labour between different territorial levels of government. In China, legislation … and Oceans Canada and Parks Canada Agency) provincial and territorial government agencies, wildlife management boards …
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Framework for Assessing and Improving Law for Sustainability - A Legal Component of a Natural Resource Governance Framework

… into direct impacts on human wellbeing. Poverty, hunger, water scarcity, lack of sanitation and violent conflict can … its waters out to 3 nautical miles from the coast (or territorial baseline).19 It has a chequered history in … management plans. 124 The marine area corresponds to the territorial sea and the exclusive economic zone and is …
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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

… Senior Advisers to ECE Governments on En- vironmental and Water Problems (which later became the Committee on … Convention on the Protection and Use of the Transboundary Water- courses and International Lakes, adopted at Helsinki … territory has been allocated for forestry purposes in a territorial plan). The planning permission conditions are …
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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

… increasing energy demands, rapid urbanization, and air and water pollution. The Guide is an essential reference for … Senior Advisers to ECE Governments on Environmental and Water Problems (which later became the Committee on … of the Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes (Water Convention), adopted at Helsinki on 17 March 1992, …
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Natural Resource Governance. Trainers' Manual

… well as improving their access to basic services including water and sanitation, education, and renewable energy. SNV … ƒ Handout 31: Role Play: Sustainable Agriculture, Water Pricing and Logging Ban – The Story and Steps for the … at the community level. Management determines how those water resources are distributed equitably -– when each farmer …
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