Search results
13 Results
Sorted by relevance
The greening of water law: Managing freshwater resources for people and the environment
… a growing global population while sustaining flows to the ‘ecological infrastructure’ that often supplies that water in … flow rates, which take into account the geographic and ecological function of the water bodies. The Armenian Water … reduced the amount available to maintain the ecological character of many inland water ecosystems. Over-harvesting of …
Sources of international water law
… in cases in which there are valid reasons of a practical character for carrying out customs formalities at a place on … (a) geographic, hydrographic, hydrological, climatic, ecological and other factors of a natural character; (b) the … of a hydrological, meteorological, hydrogeological and ecological nature and related to the water quality as well as …
The development of international environmental law at the Multilateral Environmental Agreements Conference of the Parties and its validity
… to the problem of controlling phenomena of global character, such as global warming or ozone depletion, where … challenges Recognition of the inherently global character of many environmental challenges, for example, … List; • to consider information regarding changes in the ecological character of wetlands included in the List …
International environmental governance: An international regime for protected areas
… on Biological Diversity: Marjo Vierros UNESCO Division of Ecological Sciences: Mireille Jardin, Jane Robertson Ramsar … are non-binding (soft law), but have a powerful guidance character, especially for those states having participated in … n equally important has become the requirement to avoid ecological isolation, and achieve protected areas connected …
Glossary of terms for negotiators of multilateral environmental agreements
… terrestrial, marine and other aquatic ecosystems, and the ecological complexes of which they are part; this includes … of the Parties to various MEAs. EC European Community 33 Ecological character Combination of the ecosystem components, processes …
Third report on the protection of the atmosphere
… activities in the Area, which referred to the erga omnes character of the obligations under article 137 of UNCLOS … are required on account of the often irreversible character of damage to the environment and of the limitations … use of water resources as well as at the conservation of ecological resources” (article 6 (a)). 246 The Agreement on …
Compilation of Internationally agreed environmental Goals and Objectives
… to be informed at the earliest possible time if the ecological character of any wetland in its territory and included in the … potential atmospheric changes and their socio-economic and ecological impacts are fully taken into account in planning …
Introduction to International Environmental Governance (IEG) - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… of instability in the economic, social, humanitarian and ecological fields have become threats to peace and security’. … agreements often designate bodies with a policy-making character. Those bodies like the Conference of the Parties … activities in the environmental sphere aimed at addressing ecological threats to security in its participating States. …
Shared resources: Issues of governance
… and its components. As the global and multidimensional character of environmental problems has become clear, most … jurisdiction, treating the natural system as a single ecological unit. As Iwona Rummel-Bulska describes in Chapter … institutions or rules for joint management reflected the ecological reality of a shared resource. Common or joint …
Manual of Compliance with and Enforcement of Multilateral Environmental Agreements
… are made by different authorities, depending on the character of the agreement. The law also sets forth … is a register of listed Ramsar sites where changes in ecological character have occurred, are occurring, or are … are a few examples. Since 2000, in Kazakhstan, an NGO “Ecological Press Center” disseminates an electronic …