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Guidelines for Protected Areas Legislation

… considerations 124 4.2 Nature of authority 125 4.2.1 High policy level 125 4.2.2 Lead protected areas agency 127 … Programme 234 3.3 Regional agreements 235 3.3.1 Regional Seas 235 3.3.2 OSPAR Convention 239 3.3.3 Helsinki Convention … between marine areas within national jurisdiction and the high seas 213 Box III(2)-2: South Africa’s first offshore MPA …
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Shared resources: Issues of governance

… Negotiating agreements on management and use of regional seas ........................... 26 2.5.1 The Mediterranean … as a multilateral forum in order to serve as a permanent high-level intergovernmental framework in which the eight … acid rain. Though all these countries have experienced high levels of public pressure on this issue, their policies …
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Compilation of Internationally agreed environmental Goals and Objectives

… 8. Oceans and seas … (e) Energy; (f ) Forests; (g) Freshwater; (h) Oceans and seas; (i) Soil, land use, land degradation and … of this Convention are: (i) to achieve and maintain a high level of safety worldwide in spent fuel and radioactive … of this Convention are: (i) to achieve and maintain a high level of nuclear safety worldwide through the …
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Third report on the protection of the atmosphere

… from 25 to 27 September 2015 in New York and convened as a high - level plenary meeting of the General Assembly. It … of conduct as grave as genocide require “proof at a high level of certainty appropriate to the seriousness of the … 214-266. A/CN.4/692 16-02241 16/52 areas, such as the high seas and the airspace above the high seas, there is no …
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Introduction to the Rotterdam Convention - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… framework 1. Why protecting the marine environment? Our seas and oceans cover about 70% of the earth’s surface and … and sustaining the earth’s ecological balances. The seas and oceans produce a third of the oxygen that we … problem is nevertheless frequently limited to by-catch of high profile species, such as marine mammals, birds and sea …
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International environmental governance: An international regime for protected areas

… to the Alpine Convention, 1994; protocols to the Regional Seas Conventions 1989, 1990, 1996…). This general guidance … fragmented protected areas that are not representative of high levels or important types of biodiversity. Also, without … efforts to relocate ancient temples because of the Aswan High Dam and rescue and restoration efforts of paintings, …
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A guide to the complementarities between the Convention on Migratory Species and the Convention on Biological Diversity

… beyond the limits of national jurisdiction, such as the high seas. The only other comparable but more limited example in … beyond the limits of national jurisdiction (e.g., the high seas), was recognised in Recommendation 32 of the United …
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Glossary of terms for negotiators of multilateral environmental agreements

… Conservation of Small Cetaceans of the Baltic and North Seas (ASCOBANS), and the Secretariat of the Convention on … Signed by the Head of State or Government or other high authority. Without credentials in order, a person is not … of aspirations issued by a meeting. Usually issued by high-level representatives. A declaration is not binding. …
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Sources of international water law

… Wishing to conclude a Convention for this purpose the High Contracting Parties have appointed as their … came into force on 31 October 1922. 8 Article 1 The High Contracting Parties declare that they accept the Statute … Convention may be made at any time by one-third of the High Contracting Parties. In faith whereof ......... …
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Manual of Compliance with and Enforcement of Multilateral Environmental Agreements

… that compliance with and enforcement of MEAs will remain a high prior- ity of the international community for many years … Manual. Most of the comments in the final three workshops high- lighted additional case studies to be included in the … Conservation of Small Cetaceans of the Baltic and North Seas (ASCOBANS), n 1995 African-Eurasian Waterbird Agreement …
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