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Wildlife law and the empowerment of the poor
… I - OVERVIEW INTRODUCTION 1. INTERNATIONAL FRAMEWORK 1.1 Species-based international agreements 1.1.1 The Convention … criteria and procedures use science-based definitions of "threatened" and/or "endangered," both of which imply an … their trade through export permit systems. For species threatened with extinction that are or may be affected by …
Framework for Assessing and Improving Law for Sustainability - A Legal Component of a Natural Resource Governance Framework
… . . 50 New Zealand: Precautionary principle and endangered species . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 … has a specific environmental focus in which the habitat of threatened species, such as Maui’s, is considered.129 126 … avoiding adverse effects on indigenous ecosystems that are threatened or are rare.146 This is of particular relevance to …
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
… of which they are part; this includes diversity within species, between species and of ecosystems”. Biodiversity … They were faced with a constitutional oddity that threatened to undermine the Convention. It is a well-known … injunctive relief: In cases where harm is occurring or is threatened, or where a statute designed to protect public …
Free Prior and Informed Consent - An indigenous peoples' right and a good practice for local communities - Manual for project practitioners
… their rights, territories and livelihoods are seriously threatened by the world’s demographic pressure, compounded by … project’s pesticides and herbicides affecting non-targeted species (and human communities) in areas outside of the …
Natural Resource Governance. Trainers' Manual
… What happened when a fisher caught the last fish of a ‘species’? Did the fisher who caught that last fish admit it? … differently if the resource had been trees, or an animal species other than fish? If so, how would individuals have … game, there is only one fish of a size in the bowl, that species of fish has been fished out and cannot be fished any …
Governance of Shared Waters - Legal and Institutional Issues
… such as some forests are, or just like types of migratory species, air masses, electromagnetic waves or oil and gas … necessary measures to prevent the introduction of aquatic species into shared water systems, i.e. those with … including preventing the introduction of migratory species into the Incomati and Maputo watercourses that could …
Transboundary Water Governance - Adaptation to Climate Change
… water containing a geographically distinct assemblage of species, natural communities, and environmental … to climate change, to ensure that food production is not threatened and to enable economic development to proceed in a … the Drin River Basin water quality and biodiversity are threatened by pollution from agriculture, untreated urban …
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
… CITES Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora CJEU Court of Justice of the … of the matter. In cases where harm is occurring or is threatened, or where a statute designed to protect public … relief to show that: (a) irreparable injury is immediately threatened or may occur before the case can be heard in full; …