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Manual for the national focal points for CMS and its instruments

… Manual for the national focal Points for cMs and its instruMents Manual for national focal Points for cMs and its instruMents chapter 2 … negative impacts of marine debris in waters within their jurisdiction; 1. Considers marine debris to include any … Manual for the national focal points for CMS and its instruments …
01 Jun 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

Principles and concepts of international environmental law (Part 1) - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… in positive law. Principles and concepts also appear in national constitutions and laws; and they are referred to in, and influence, international and national jurisprudence. Today, almost all major binding and … the responsibility to ensure that activities within their jurisdiction or control do not cause damage to the …
01 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

Publication - An Explanatory Guide to the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing

… 134 ARTICLE 13 NATIONAL FOCAL POINTS AND COMPETENT NATIONAL AUTHORI- TIES … Policy Unit xv List of Acronyms ABNJ areas beyond national jurisdiction ABS access and bene!t-sharing ACP Africa, the …
01 Jun 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

Water Law and the Environment

… of States to ensure that activities within their jurisdiction and control respect the environment of other States or of areas beyond national control is now part of the corpus of international … respect the environment of other States or of areas beyond national control. The ICJ and other tribunals have since …
01 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

Special Rapporteur on the Environment_2016 Report

… the potential to inform and strengthen international and national policymaking in the area of climate change, … practices between climate and human rights experts at the national level. Before the Paris conference, 30 countries … steps to safeguard the lives of those within its jurisdiction. 38. Above all, the Court stated, Governments …
01 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

An Explanatory Guide to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

… relevant to the Protocol 20 Box 8. Possible elements of national biosafety regulations 21 Preamble 25 Box 9. Centres … 41 Box 13. Examples of definition of “contained use” in national legislation 42 Box 14. Genetic material: … with international law, and the sovereign rights and the jurisdiction which States have in their exclusive economic …
01 Jun 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

Introduction to the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits

… divided into maritime zones. These comprise areas within national jurisdiction, such as the territorial sea, exclusive economic … zone and continental shelves, as well as areas beyond national jurisdiction, such as the high seas and deep seabed. …
01 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Biological Diversity

Introduction to Human Rights and the Environment - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… judicial or other appropriate remedies at both the national and international levels and should be entitled to … the responsibility to ensure that activities within their jurisdiction or control do not cause damage to the … of other States or of areas beyond the limits of their national jurisdiction. After Stockholm, environmental …
01 Mar 2017 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

C1 - No Significant Harm, Pollution Prevention and Quality Standards

… implemented at the (international) basin level and at the national level of the basin states concerned. The focus is on … water resources at the basin level and within the national contexts of the states concerned. Methodology: Among … Court of International Justice (PCIJ) in the Territorial Jurisdiction of the International Commission of the River …
01 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

A1- Integrating Environmental Concerns in International Water Law

… of States to ensure that activities within their jurisdiction and control respect the environment of other States or of areas beyond national control is now part of the corpus of international … respect the environment of other States or of areas beyond national control. The ICJ and other tribunals have since …
01 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Environmental Governance