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UN Watercourses Convention User’s Guide

… agencies and other bodies responsi- ble for transboundary water issues. It is hoped that the document will also be … 123 8.1.1 General 123 8.1.2 Sovereign equality 124 8.1.3 Territorial integrity 124 8.1.4 Mutual benefit 124 8.1.5 The … States shall cooperate on the basis of sovereign equality, territorial integrity, mutual benefit and good faith in order …
21 May 2026 Document in Marine and Freshwater

Ramsar Convention Manual, 6th Edition

… at low tide, as well as human-made wetlands such as waste-water treatment ponds and reservoirs. Copyright © Ramsar … world”. 1.2 What are wetlands? Wetlands are areas where water is the primary factor controling the environment and … the associated plant and animal life. They occur where the water table is at or near the surface of the land, or where …
21 May 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

Document - The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands: its History and Development

… that wetlands have a far greater importance for ground water protection, regulation of the water cycle, water … a Soviet proposal to delete Article 13, concerned with territorial application, it now, in the spirit of … of the Convention does not include an article concerning territorial application, this will not preclude Parties to …
21 May 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

White Paper - Regional Seas Governance

… nuclear accidents, invasive alien species from ballast water,2 among others. Overfishing on the high seas is in … can consist of: internal waters, archipelagic waters, a territorial sea, a contiguous zone,66 an exclusive economic … discussed. 24 Internal waters, archipelagic waters and the territorial sea are part of a state’s territory and subject …
21 May 2026 Document in Marine and Freshwater

United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea

… or a thematic scope. The zonal scope is used for part II ‘Territorial Sea and Contiguous Zone,’ part III ‘Straits used … the land (including islands and rocks), internal waters, territorial sea, archipelagic waters, and the subsoil below … (articles 55-57). These resources include those in the water column, such as fish, and on or under the sea bed, for …
21 May 2026 Course lesson in Marine and Freshwater

Document - Freshwater Law and Governance: Global and Regional Perspectives for Sustainability

… 13 1.1 Water scarcity and governance … 21 2.3 Actors Created by Water Agreements at the Global Level … 22 2.4 Actors Created by Regional and Basin Water Agreements … 38 2.10.1. International Network of Water Basins (INBO) … 38 2 2.10.2. Global Water Partnership Organisation (GWPO) …
21 May 2026 Document in Marine and Freshwater

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

… comprise areas within national jurisdiction, such as the territorial sea, exclusive economic zone and continental … to a belt of sea adjacent to its coast, described as the territorial sea. This area typically extends 12 nautical … sources include operational discharges such as bilge water discharges, but not the operation of a vessel for the …
21 May 2026 Course lesson in Biological Diversity

Introduction to Marine Pollution - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… comprise areas within national jurisdiction, such as the territorial sea, exclusive economic zone and continental … to a belt of sea adjacent to its coast, described as the territorial sea. This area typically extends 12 nautical … sources include operational discharges such as bilge water discharges, but not the operation of a vessel for the …
21 May 2026 Course lesson in Marine and Freshwater

Introduction to the International Legal Framework on Marine Pollution

… comprise areas within national jurisdiction, such as the territorial sea, exclusive economic zone and continental … to a belt of sea adjacent to its coast, described as the territorial sea. This area typically extends 12 nautical … sources include operational discharges such as bilge water discharges, but not the operation of a vessel for the …
21 May 2026 Course lesson in Marine and Freshwater

Vessel-Based Sources of Marine Pollution - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… emissions in fumes, or oil residue in bilge and ballast water and hull washings (62%). The total annual oil spillage … parties to inspect foreign ships entering their territorial waters to determine whether they have discharged any harmful substances into the territorial waters or elsewhere and, if so, to institute …
21 May 2026 Course lesson in Marine and Freshwater