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Law for water management: a guide to concepts and effective approaches

… water. self-executing treaty: a treaty that comes into effect immediately upon ratification and does not require … in different parts of the world and caused significant adverse impacts on human health and the environment (WCD, … harm to human health and the environment. Unforeseen adverse impacts of past water development efforts and ongoing …
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Groundwater in international law: Compilation of treaties and other legal instruments

… of the watercourse and the costs of measures taken to that effect; (g) The availability of alternatives, of comparable … - Notification concerning planned measures with possible adverse effects Before a watercourse State implements or … of planned measures which may have a significant adverse effect upon other watercourse States, it shall …
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Climate Change and the Human Rights to Water and Sanitation Position Paper

… the human rights and climate change legal regimes B. Adverse impacts of climate change on the human rights to … the realisation of human rights globally. Not every adverse impact of climate change constitutes a human rights … – assuming the requisite political will to do so – to give effect to a mutually compatible overall set of international …
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Guidebook for policy and legislative development on conservation and sustainable use of freshwater resources

… may not be suitable for drinking without causing adverse health effects. Polluted water may also be … inadequate sanitation facilities and to suffer consequent adverse effects on their health and environment. It is thus … and waste disposal uses could potentially have this effect, especially in view of the relationship between …
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International water governance: Conservation of freshwater ecosystems Vol. 1: International agreements compilation and analysis

… achieving the UN Millennium Development Goals and to give effect to the WSSD Johannesburg Plan of Implementation. … measures to prevent and reduce, as far as possible, adverse impacts from fishing activities conducted under their … measures may be considered to avoid or mitigate adverse environmental effects. Institutional framework …
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Sources of international water law

… ratification. Thereafter the present convention will take effect in the case of each party ninety days after the … 12 Notification concerning planned measures with possible adverse effects Before a watercourse State implements or … of planned measures which may have a significant adverse effect upon other watercourse States, it shall …
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Governance of Shared Waters - Legal and Institutional Issues

… the use of any of these components has sooner or later an effect on the other components. According to Guillermo Cano … the aquatic environment whenever there is the risk of such adverse effects, including situations where there is no … which causes, or which could cause, a damage and potential adverse effects. Damage Prevention Each State that is part of …
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Water Law and the Environment

… impact” is defined in Article 1 as: “any significant adverse effect on the environment resulting from a change in the … force since 1996. It explicitly requires the avoidance of adverse environmental effects on transboundary freshwater …
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Water as a human right?

… water as a human right, and giving content and effect to this right could be a good way of encouraging the … to every aspect of human life; a water crisis would have adverse impacts on health and welfare, the environment and … sustenance value to the civilian population or to the adverse Party; (3) The prohibitions in paragraph 2 shall not …
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The greening of water law: Managing freshwater resources for people and the environment

… This results in aquatic ecosystem degradation, with adverse effects on ecosystem services and human well-being … into action. With regards to water related legislation the effect of unprecedented pressures on the natural environment … to the use of biological resources to avoid or minimize adverse impacts on biological diversity.”72 Parties to the …
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