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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 … 57 3.4.1. Human right to water … 101 5.7.5. Human right to water … to international watercourse governance: the human right to water; procedural rights; and the rights of …
23 Jun 2026 Document in Marine and Freshwater

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 … stakeholders from other sectors with a direct relevance to water, such as health, environment, education, agriculture, … to watercourse agreements 96 4.1 Commentary 96 4.1.1 Right to participation for watercourse states 97 4.1.2 The …
23 Jun 2026 Document in Marine and Freshwater

United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea

… aircrafts. The main exception to that jurisdiction is the right of innocent passage for ships of all states under … (articles 55-57). These resources include those in the water column, such as fish, and on or under the sea bed, for … Areas beyond national jurisdiction The water column that is not part of the internal waters, …
23 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Marine and Freshwater

Desertification: the invisible frontline

… some neighbors claimed our trees were drawing too much water from the ground. We cut them down. Our harvests fell. … chad or afghanistan were in before local conflicts over water or land turned into civil wars, sexual violence or … have control in managing agricultural land, with this right ranging from 5% in north africa and West asia to 15% in …
23 Jun 2026 Document in Climate and Atmosphere

White Paper - Regional Seas Governance

… nuclear accidents, invasive alien species from ballast water,2 among others. Overfishing on the high seas is in … CBD as “a strategy for the integrated management of land, water and living resources that promotes conservation and … exist for particular maritime zones - for instance the right of innocent passage in the territorial sea - or for all …
23 Jun 2026 Document in Marine and Freshwater

The Law of the Sea

… pollution issues. http://leo.informea.org/terms/territoral-water http://leo.informea.org/terms/continental-shelf … uses of the sea, impairment of quality for use of sea water and reduction of amenities.” This definition raises the … capabilities and, later, by reference to their sovereign right to exploit their natural resources. Article 194 also …
23 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Marine and Freshwater

3rd UNCCD Scientific Conference: Book of abstracts

… land degradation to support decision making in land and water management ” and in 2013 in Bonn on “Economic … Workshop 2.2: Agro-ecosystems Workshop 2.3: Soil and water issues Workshop 2.4: Knowledge and knowledge transfer … 207 ADOPTION OF GREEN ECONOMY AS A RIGHT STRATEGY TO ADDRESS DESERTIFICATION: AN AFRICAN …
23 Jun 2026 Document in Climate and Atmosphere

Convention on Biological Diversity

… schemes, improved border controls and quarantine, water and waste management, use of ecosystem based approaches … By 2020, at least 17 per cent of terrestrial and inland-water areas and 10 per cent of coastal and marine areas, …
23 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Marine and Freshwater

United Nations Convention on the Law of the Non-Navigational Uses of International Watercourses - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… the ICJ referred to what it called a state’s “basic right to an equitable and reasonable sharing of the resources … to cooperation in the joint management of shared water resources. Considering the authoritative character of … and as a model for ad hoc agreements regulating specific water bodies. http://www.unwatercoursesconvention.org/ …
23 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Marine and Freshwater

Handbook for the 1979 Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution and its Protocols

… Flue gas desulphurization FGR Flue gas recirculation H2O Water HC Hydrocarbon HCB Hexachlorobenzene HCH … matter UV Ultraviolet VOC Volatile organic compound WB Water-borne coating WBB Wet bottom boiler WHSC World heavy … and the principles of international law, the sovereign right to exploit their own resources pursuant to their own …
23 Jun 2026 Document in Climate and Atmosphere