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

… issues. It addresses such issues as the precautionary principle, adaptive management, and the importance of data … approach, the principle of avoided harm, and the polluter pays principle. The precautionary approach states that where …
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Manual of Compliance with and Enforcement of Multilateral Environmental Agreements

… of this Manual, MEA includes bilateral agreements.] As a principle of international law, MEAs (as with other … law. Typical approaches include: n Pollution prevention n Polluter-pays n Precaution n Transparency and public participation n …
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Compilation of Internationally agreed environmental Goals and Objectives

… the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development Focus Principle 1 “Human beings are at the centre of concerns for … instruments, taking into account the approach that the polluter should, in principle, bear the cost of pollution, … distorting international trade and investment.” Polluter pays principle Principle 17 “Environmental impact assessment, …
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International environmental governance: An international regime for protected areas

… financing for protected areas, and its relationship to the principle of common but differentiated responsibilities … Environmental Governance 10 5 For example, the Polluter Pays principle and the Precautionary principle provide the …
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The greening of water law: Managing freshwater resources for people and the environment

… and allocation of freshwater resources. These include the principle of equitable and reasonable utilization, as well as … principle, the principle of preventive action, the polluter-pays principle, and the principle of not increasing …
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Sources of international water law

… Recognising in particular that a fresh confirmation of the principle of Freedom of Navigation in a Statute elaborated by … potential transboundary impact, on the other hand; (b) the polluter-pays principle, by virtue of which costs of pollution …
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Shared resources: Issues of governance

… Environmental Protection Strategy, it is based on the principle that management, planning, and development … listed in Article 2(2): precaution and prevention, polluter pays, public participation and stakeholder involvement, …
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ASEAN Handbook on legal cooperation to combat wildlife crime

… n above. Anyone, who places, transfers, forwards, spends, pays, grants, deposits, takes to the abroad, changes the …
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UNEP - Our Planet Magazine - Making Our Future Chemical Safe - Edition from Sept 2015

… learn from the mistakes of the past. Yet the precautionary principle does not apply to manufacturers, old or new, …
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Glossary of terms for negotiators of multilateral environmental agreements

… additions to existing documents. Additionality 1) Funding principle envisaged to ensure that the Global Environment … request for final approval. Advanced Informed Agreement Principle or procedure whereby the international exchange of … a notification (Basel Convention). Complementarity Funding principle according to which funded activities must be …
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