Search results

Explore only content tagged with
13 Results
Sorted by relevance

D2 - Dams, Ecosystems and Fisheries

… rights of different nations in terms of the regional fishery management organizations described in Articles 63(1) … area or for the species regulated by a particular regional fishery management organization. Article 11 of the UN … are overwhelmingly dependent on the exploitation of living marine resources; and (f) the interests of developing States …
31 May 2026 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

Introduction to the Rotterdam Convention - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… Course to the International Legal Framework on Marine Biodiversity Book: Book - Unit 1 - Introduction … Table of contents 1. Why protecting the marine environment? Endemic species Other uses 2. Impact of … Invasive alien species Climate change 3. Definition of marine biodiversity 4. The international legal framework 1. …
31 May 2026 Course lesson in Chemicals and Waste

Introduction to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants

… Course to the International Legal Framework on Marine Biodiversity Book: Book - Unit 1 - Introduction … Table of contents 1. Why protecting the marine environment? Endemic species Other uses 2. Impact of … Invasive alien species Climate change 3. Definition of marine biodiversity 4. The international legal framework 1. …
31 May 2026 Course lesson in Chemicals and Waste

Principles and concepts of international environmental law (Part 2) - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… the 1996 Protocol to the Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and other Matter of … to believe that wastes or other matter introduced in the marine environment are likely to cause harm even when there … http://leo.informea.org/terms/fishery
31 May 2026 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

Addressing pollution: Governance frameworks, challenges and oppotunities in the context of the 2030 Agenda

… the Global Programme of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land-based Activities (GPA). However, … substances has avoided reductions in agricultural and fishery yields. During the period 1987 to 2060, $460 billion … “the prevention and significant reduction of all kinds of marine pollution, in particular from land-based activities, …
31 May 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

D1 - Ecosystem Approach and Ecosystem Services

… of alien or new species and the preservation of the marine environment. Reference is made to existing and … from all sources including, inter alia, terrestrial, marine and other aquatic ecosystems and the ecological … Species (CITES), the 1974 Convention for the Prevention of Marine Pollution from Land-Based Sources (Paris Convention), …
31 May 2026 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

Guidelines - Biodiversity in Impact Assessment

… from all sources including inter alia, terrestrial, marine and other aquatic ecosystems and the ecological … (or underground) area affected; • Change in the use of marine and/or coastal ecosystems, and extraction of seabed … of use of inland water ecosystems or a change of use of marine and coastal ecosystems, and creation of linear …
31 May 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Global Mercury Assessment

… Cover photo: Tuna fish (Ugo Montaldo / Shutterstock.com). Marine food-webs are an important route of human dietary … form, methylmercury, which can accumulate in fish and marine mammals consumed by humans. This Executive Summary … per year. Mercury concentrations in the oceans and in marine animals have risen due to anthropogenic emissions. …
31 May 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste

International Environmental law-making and Diplomacy Review

… amended to be the Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment and the Coastal Region of the … See Peter H. Sand, ‘The Rise of Regional Agree- ments for Marine Environment Protection’, 39 International Digest of … elements from other contemporaneous regional fisheries and marine environment agreements.56 One of its most influential …
31 May 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Transitioning to a pollution-free planet

… pollutants; ii. Areas of pollution (air, water, marine and coastal, land/soil) including the cross-cutting … aspect of pollution that affects freshwater and marine environments. Plastics often originate on land or upstream and find their way to the coastal and marine environment through rivers, waterways, and streams. It …
31 May 2026 Document in Environmental Governance