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… access, States have affirmative duties to provide for the assessment of the potential impacts of proposed projects and … resources are the second largest group of defenders at risk of being killed (A/HRC/4/37), and that their situation … and adjudicating abuse by business enterprises, or risk breaching their international obligations” (A/ HRC/4/35, …

… Significant progress has been achieved in the areas of risk reduction, governance, capacity building and technical … in coastal communities in the developing world (Seas at Risk 2016). Freshwater Access to clean drinking water and … for Europe Espoo Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context (1991). According to …

… Allocation and Re-Allocation 5.1. Environmental Impact Assessment of Water Projects 5.2. Ecological flows of … is required for landfills. The aim is to minimize the risk of water pollution (1997 amendment to the 1959 Water … water resources such as a watershed or a wetland, from the risk of contamination (Water Act, 2011). In Palestine, zoning …

… with resources to protect defenders under threat, such as risk assessments, legal aid, security provi- sion and … Human Rights Violations18 should address the heightened risk posed by business activities to environmental and land … AND TIMBER EXPORTERS In 2013, the last time a global assessment was made, Brazil accounted for 25% of the world’s …

… of the term. For instance, the 2005 Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA) adopts the CBD definition, further specifying … ecosystem services, or to rescue services that are at risk. PES schemes may be divided into four types of financial … 2005a. Ecosystems and Human Well-being: A Framework for Assessment, Chapter 2 – Ecosystems and Their Services, The …

… 1992) 4-7. 3 Peter H. Sand on the topic,7 – and at the risk of over-simplifying matters – we can boil down the … expertise. One difficulty here is that part of the assessment will have to be counter- factual; i.e., how much … also raise a problem of reliability, in light of the risk of political interference and outright cheating;45 for …

… impact assessments in respect of activities posing a risk of causing transboundary harm; and the obligation to … obligation to prepare a transboundary environmental impact assessment where there is a risk of transboundary harm.[1] In the Case concerning …

… the identification of water polluted by nitrates or at risk of pollution, the designation of nitrate vulnerable …

… pays principle (Principle 16) • environmental impact assessment (Principle 17) • States to cooperate in the … very quickly, with considerable time and investment at risk, not to mention the value of substantive outputs. Some … order to allow time for translation, otherwise there is a risk of a misunderstanding leading to opposition or the need …

… rise to a multitude of legal mechanisms, including prior assessment of environmental harm, licensing or authorization … that flows from the concept of prevention is prior assessment of potentially harmful activities. Since the … considered that a properly conducted Environmental Impact Assessment might serve as a standard for determining whether …