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Guidebook for policy and legislative development on conservation and sustainable use of freshwater resources
… availability of water. Water quality reveals everything, right or wrong, that we do. Its abundance is an indicator of … without cost recovery objectives becoming a barrier to access to safe water by poor people, and adopt”. This call … availability of a “one-stop shop” where they could gain access to reference material that provides them with …
Compilation of Internationally agreed environmental Goals and Objectives
… and the principles of international law, the sovereign right to exploit their own resources pursuant to their own … the national level, each individual shall have appropriate access to information concerning the environment that is held … by making information widely available. Effective access to judicial and administrative proceedings, including …
Sources of international water law
… 1.1.2.4 Declaration recognising the Right to a Flag of States having no Sea-coast … 3.2.1.3 Recommendation of the Council on Equal Right of Access in relation to Transfrontier Pollution - Paris, 11 May … for the Implementation of a Regime of Equal Right of Access and Non-Discrimination in relation to Transfrontier …
International environmental governance: An international regime for protected areas
… covers the rules of decision-making, including who gets access to information and participates in the decision-making … and n the requirement to provide for procedural rights (right to information, public participation, access to justice) in the environmental field generally, is …
The greening of water law: Managing freshwater resources for people and the environment
… and growth rates. The accepted poverty line for access to freshwater is 1,000 cubic meters per person per … quantities of clean freshwater while securing their access to life’s most basic resource. Although not … the General Assembly of the United Nations affirmed the “right to safe and clean water and sanitation as a human right …
Manual of Compliance with and Enforcement of Multilateral Environmental Agreements
… Air Pollution (LRTAP) .... 142 The UNECE Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters (Aarhus … the States Parties intended to allow for withdrawal or a right of withdrawal may be implied from the nature of the …
Guidelines for Protected Areas Legislation
… 40 4.1 Good governance 40 4.2 Aarhus Convention 43 4.3 Access to information 44 4.4 Public participation 45 4.5 … other means. Individuals receiving this draft along with access to the online review were: (1) project steering group … of Human Rights (1948) states: 1. Everyone has the right to take part in the government of his country, directly …
Shared resources: Issues of governance
… equitable and reasonable manner, which includes both the right to use the watercourse and the duty to cooperate in the … 1998, Aarhus Convention on Information, Participation, and Access to Remedies in Environmental Matters. International … of resources, and habitat destruction; and (f) provides access, as far as possible, for concerned individuals, …
ASEAN Handbook on legal cooperation to combat wildlife crime
… this Order or under any regulations made hereunder. Right of entry Subject to section 35(2) and notwithstanding … new fishing lots or industrial fishing in the open access areas; Exporting and importing all types of natural … in a manner violating the recognized and authorized access rights. Felling, pruning, clearing or poisoning …
Glossary of terms for negotiators of multilateral environmental agreements
… A Aarhus Convention Shorthand for the UNECE Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters. Adopted in 1998, … European Union (the Maastricht Treaty). Member in its own right of several international organizations and a Party to …