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Wetlands, water and the law. Using law to advance wetland conservation and wise use
… framework is needed to incorporate the polluter pays principle into sectoral policies and to ensure that polluters … Activities affecting wetlands should be governed by the precautionary principle where knowledge of ecological … prevention of environmental deterioration,136 the precautionary principle, the polluter-pays principle, …
E2 - Prevention of Aquifer Pollution
… to avoid effluent in line with the polluter-pays principle. For landfills, regulations on siting, operation, … the core obligations of international water law, and the precautionary principle. 4.2. UN Draft Articles on … harm to other aquifer States. Aquifer States shall take a precautionary approach in view of uncertainty about the …
Issues in water law reform
… response to the High Court which would impose a "free flow principle", instead of the High Court's rules. A series of … the effects of trade on environmental flow; • the proposed precautionary approach to determining environmental … an ecological economist is likely to advocate a precautionary approach. In contrast, conventional …
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 … Articles also mandate that “Aquifer States shall take a precautionary approach in view of uncertainty about the … that the Parties “shall be guided,” inter alia, by the precautionary principle, the principle of preventive action, …
C1 - No Significant Harm, Pollution Prevention and Quality Standards
… Scope: The class is devoted to the “no significant harm” principle. In particular, we discuss the prevention, … impacts. The class addresses the manner in which the principle is implemented at the (international) basin level … At Art. 2.5, the UNECE Water Convention indicates that the precautionary principle, the principle of inter-generational …
Law for water management: a guide to concepts and effective approaches
… in periods of heavy rainfall. equitable utilization: the principle that each state within an international drainage … in 1982) was the first international endorsement of the precautionary principle, which holds that the lack of a … or irreversible harm to persons or the environment. The precautionary principle was implemented in an international …
Sources of international water law
… Recognising in particular that a fresh confirmation of the principle of Freedom of Navigation in a Statute elaborated by … of the above Articles; it being understood that the principle of the freedom of navigation, and especially … shall be guided by the following principles: (a) the precautionary principle, by virtue of which action to avoid …