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Preparing national regulations for water resources management: Principles and practice (2nd edition)

… 140 6. PREVENTING WATER POLLUTION THROUGH PRECAUTIONARY PRESCRIPTIONS … of such legislation involves settling issues of policy and principle on the one hand, and matters of implementing detail …
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Regulation of Freshwater at the Regional and Subregional Levels - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… in the Southern African Development Community Objective Principle of unity and coherence of each shared watercourse … actions, by the following fundamental principles: The precautionary principle, according to which action to avoid … to meet their own needs. http://leo.informea.org/terms/precautionary-principle
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Governance of Shared Waters - Legal and Institutional Issues

… sovereignty over international rivers is limited by the principle of freedom of navigation. However, if the … essential services. Sustainability is also related to the precautionary principle, a fundamental principle of … signed since 1990. The principle of precaution, or the precautionary principle, applied to shared basins implies …
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Transboundary Water Governance - Adaptation to Climate Change

… . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 2.4.2 The precautionary principle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . … the Berlin Rules also explicitly incorporate the precautionary principle, stating that: “… in implementing …
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Groundwater in international law: Compilation of treaties and other legal instruments

… on Environment and Development which states, in its Principle 2, that States have, in accordance with the Charter … shall be guided by the following principles: (a) The precautionary principle, by virtue of which action to avoid … by the following principles and approaches: (a) The precautionary principle, by virtue of which action to …
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Guidebook for policy and legislative development on conservation and sustainable use of freshwater resources

… limited to legal issues. It addresses such issues as the precautionary principle, adaptive management, and the importance of data … well-known examples of such general principles are the precautionary approach, the principle of avoided harm, and …
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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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Climate Change and the Human Rights to Water and Sanitation Position Paper

… Any payment for water services has to be based on the principle of equity, ensuring that these services, whether … and rigid economic modelling, without sufficient regard to precautionary approaches and the broader public interest. The … Development Report” team has argued for a flexible and precautionary approach to policy-making that transcends the …
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Spring: Managing groundwater sustainability

… accountability, sub- sidiarity, conjunctive use and the precautionary principle. Water users should take part in developing … to the groundwater eventually exceeding these limits. As a precautionary measure, these areas were desig- nated as …
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