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Shared resources: Issues of governance

… and large-scale dams, have few or no international norms governing them. No treaty for mountain areas exists at the … This resulted in the establishment of an interim executive body, which held regular annual meetings and created … When the draft Principles were presented to the UNEP Governing Council, the head of the Brazilian delegation led …
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International environmental governance: An international regime for protected areas

… Scanlon and Françoise Burhenne-Guilmin A. Overview This body of work on governance in the lead up to the Vth IUCN … environmental impacts 7. Access to justice IV. Principles governing international institutions 1. Duty to assess … that these entities might be able to give to their governing bodies and donors, which will justify the increase …
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Introduction to International Environmental Governance (IEG) - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… international law, there is no over-arching international body or institution that has the right or authority to impose … major and emerging environmental policy issues. The governing body was then composed of 58 member Governing Council adopting political decisions on major …
01 Sep 2017 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

Volta River Basin Ghana & Burkina Faso - Transboundary water management through multi-level participatory governance and community projects

… Volta Basin before and after BEFORE No regional/basin-wide body to manage the Volta Water laws in place but lack of …
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Compliance under biodiversity - related conventions

… Cooperation → programmes of work; voluntary guidelines; “a body” of periodic COP decisions … an effort to enhance effectiveness of NBSAPs • Subsidiary Body on Implementation (Dec XII/12) + voluntary peer review …
26 May 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Compliance under the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions

26 May 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Institutional Arrangements

… Governance Structures of the International Treaty 1. 1. Governing Body 1. 2. The Bureau 1.3. The Secretary 1.4. National Focal … Governance Structures of the International Treaty 1. 1. Governing Body The Governing Body is the highest organ of the …
26 May 2026 Course lesson in Biological Diversity

Guidebook for policy and legislative development on conservation and sustainable use of freshwater resources

… Programme, adopted at the twenty first session of the UNEP Governing Council, provides a strong mandate to incorporate … texts for the consideration of the relevant legislative body. Each of the examples of existing legislation contained … set out immediately below, more specific examples governing selection of allocation priorities and water …
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Glossary of terms for negotiators of multilateral environmental agreements

… ATCM Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting. The governing body of the Antarctic Treaty (see ATS). Meets annually. 13 … on the basis of an indicative scale adopted by the governing body of the agreement or the international …
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Guide for negotiators of multilateral environmental agreements

… Consent POPs Persistent Organic Pollutants SBI Subsidiary Body for Implementation SBSTA Subsidiary Body for Scientific … Framework Convention on Climate Change. In 1995, the UNEP Governing Council passed a decision inviting various … have initiated the process of join- ing the EU. The EU’s governing bodies are located primarily in Brussels, Belgium. …
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