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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, …
21 May 2026 Literature See it in ECOLEX · This content is provided by ECOLEX

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 …
21 May 2026 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

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 …
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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 … 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, …
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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 …
21 May 2026 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

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 …
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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 … 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 …
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Commodities at a Glance - Special issue on Shale Gas

… Necessary steps should be taken in accordance with the precautionary principle to avoid the waste and/or deterioration of this …
21 May 2026 Literature