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Spring: Managing groundwater sustainability
… and protection of ground- water and who has the right to use it. They should create a stable framework … use groundwater have often, historically, been attached to property rights for land, with landowners entitled to extract groundwater from under their property. The trouble is that a neigh- bouring landowner, …
Flow : The essentials of environmental flows
… . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 2.6 Choosing the right method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . … users of the resources of a river. If there are no common-property subsistence users, modules 2 and 4 can be omitted. … and 2. The predicted impact of each scenario on the common-property subsistence users is also described. Module 4. …
Sources of international water law
… 1.1.2.4 Declaration recognising the Right to a Flag of States having no Sea-coast … the exercise of navigation referred to above, the nations, property and flags of all Contracting States shall be treated … No distinction shall be made between the nationals the property and the flags of the different riparian States, …
Guidebook for policy and legislative development on conservation and sustainable use of freshwater resources
… availability of water. Water quality reveals everything, right or wrong, that we do. Its abundance is an indicator of … natural habitats; forests; pest management; cultural property; involuntary resettlement; indigenous peoples; … around the world, states that each person should use their property in a way that avoids foreseeable harm to others. And …
The greening of water law: Managing freshwater resources for people and the environment
… the General Assembly of the United Nations affirmed the “right to safe and clean water and sanitation as a human right … the boundary … on either side to the injury of health or property on the other.”89 Such notions were founded, in large … of Water laW non laedas, which prohibits the use of one’s property in a way that would harm the property of another.108 …
Freshwater Law and Governance: Global and Regional Perspectives for Sustainability
… 3.4.1. Human right to water … prohibits pollution that would cause “injury of health or property” across the boundary.73 The waters covered by the … does prohibit pollution that causes “injury of health or property”122). 3.2.3 Notification and consultation regarding …
GEO yearbook 2003
… Rights provisions. These rights include: intellectual property protection of traditional knowledge relevant to plant genetic resources for food and agriculture; the right to participate equitably in sharing benefits from the … technology, protection of biodiversity and intellectual property. The original treaty produced little tangible result …
Transboundary Water Governance - Adaptation to Climate Change
… . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 4.3.2 The right of the public to participate in environmental matters . … lands or natural resources, including water, and cultural property – both tangible and intangible.74 67 UNECE Protocol … Vol. 57, pp. 231-235; Mckean, M.A. (2000). “Common Property: 114 in positive changes at the community level, …
A window of opportunity for the Mekong Basin: the UN Watercourses convention as a basis for cooperation - A legal Analysis o fhow the UN Watercourses Convention complements the Mekong Agreement
… Equitable and reasonable refers generally to the equal right among states sharing an international watercourse to … have been deposited with the depositary. Jurisdiction: The right in international law for a state to exercise authority … ‘real detriment’ to, for example, human health, industry, property, environment or agriculture. Sustainable …