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Energy law and sustainable development
… Energy Law and Sustainable Development Energy Law and Sustainable … distribution of energy to users. Energy law extends from customary practices, such as an individual's conduct like a … steppes or desert. Oil and gas activity can affect customary land use patterns, fishing, hunting, trapping, and …
Freshwater Law and Governance: Global and Regional Perspectives for Sustainability
… Freshwater Law and Governance: Global and Regional Perspectives for … and regional perspectives for sustainabil ity i Freshwater Law and Governance: Global and Regional Perspectives for … 3.6.3. Relationship of the UN Watercourses Convention to customary international law …
Case studies on bioenergy policy and law: options for sustainability
… Case studies on bioenergy policy and law: options for sustainability FAO LEGISLATIVE STUDY 102 … debate in Brazil over the formal legal recognition of customary and other types of land rights in the Amazon, and … of occupancy may be held in common, or in accordance with customary law, or in accordance with the provisions of the …
UNEP’s Compendium of Innovative Laws: promoting Green Economy & Sustainable Development
… that it is possible to ingrain green economy tools in the law, and further that the legal approach is necessary to … marine and coastal are of New Zealand, to recognize the customary rights of aboriginal inhabitants, and to provide for the exercise of customary interests in the common marine and coastal area. …
Principles and concepts of international environmental law (Part 1) - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… – Principles and concepts of international environmental law (Part 1) Book – Principles and concepts of international … instruments, while others are predominantly based in customary law. In many cases it is difficult to establish the … one legal system to another. http://leo.informea.org/terms/customary-law Public International Law Finally, it is …
Draft International Covenant on Environment and Development - Implementing Sustainable Development - Fifth Edition: Updated text (4th Revision)
… – Fifth Edition: Updated Text The Environmental Law Programme of IUCN, International Union for Conservation … and development (many of which are now declaratory of customary international law); • to facilitate institutional … of two reasons . First, where the Covenant is restating customary international law on fundamental issues, it extends …
Pastoralism and the Green Economy - a natural nexus?
… rights and transhumance corridors, linking government with customary institutions, improving access to equitable … between government, often at the local level, and customary institutions for natural resource management. To … labelling has been supported under European Union law by the 1992 “protected designation of origin” framework …
Mapping the linkages between oceans and other Sustainable Development Goals: A preliminary exploration
… marine areas, consistent with national and international law and based on the best availa- ble scientific information … characterized by strong sociocultural institutions such as customary taboos and marine tenure, and high levels of local … In addition, many community-based meas- ures, including customary marine managed areas, have been effective in …
WTO Panel Report on the "EC-Biotech" Case: Considerations for Trade and Development"
… environmental agreements and other international law in interpreting WTO rules will impact on how WTO Members … products from cattle treated with growth hormones. 12 with customary rules of interpretation of public international law". These customary rules are reflected, in part, in Article 31 of the …
Factsheet on Human Rights and the Environment
… rights. Substantive rights International and national law have addressed environmental aspects of a number of … interests in property and health. Both human rights law and environmental law recognize collective rights … • State parties to take indigenous and local communities’ customary laws and community protocols into account when …