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South African indigenous community win environmental rights case over mining company
… land. This represents a new achievement in land and mining rights for South Africa. On 9 December 2018, the world will … celebrate the 20 th anniversary of the UN Declaration on Human Rights Defenders , with International Human Rights Day following a day later. It is therefore …
White Paper - Regional Seas Governance
… of living and non-living resources, physical impacts by human activities on habitats for important and endangered species and important ecosystem services for human benefits and climate change. Examples of threats faced … UNCLOS. Within their EEZs, coastal states have sovereign rights and jurisdiction for certain purposes. The sovereign …
Convention on Biological Diversity
… in paragraph (1) that the Convention shall not affect rights and obligations under other existing international … respect to the marine environment consistently with the rights and obligations of States under the law of the sea.” … on marine and coastal biodiversity 5. Impacts of human activities on marine and coastal biodiversity …
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Non-Navigational Uses of International Watercourses - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… special regard being given to the requirements of vital human needs.” According to a “statement of understanding” … that negotiated the UN Convention, “ in determining ‘vital human needs,’ special attention is to be paid to providing sufficient water to sustain human life, including both drinking water and water required …
The Law of the Sea
… the mid-twentieth century, international competition over rights to harvest fisheries in outside of territorial waters … as harm to living resources and marine life hazard to human health, hindrance to marine activities, including … environment; Article 193 which preserves the sovereign rights of states to exploit their own natural resources …
Introduction to Freshwater Resources - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… water resources 1. Introduction Water is essential to human and other forms of life. Therefore, attention should be … ecosystems should not be seen as something separate from human society and well being. They are, in fact, an integral … course will also address the issue of water allocation rights, falling under what is traditionally referred to as …
Vessel-Based Sources of Marine Pollution - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… certificates and, if they do not, to deny them sailing rights. Article 7 establishes that inspections are to be … into the marine environment is likely to create hazards to human health, to harm living resources and marine life, to … 2008. It is designed to protect the marine environment and human health from the harmful effects of organotin-based …
National Regulation of Freshwater resources - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… advocates for a new decision-making framework based on a rights and risks approach. Provision of water services … a critical part, and of how these systems serve to support human life and contribute to economic development. These … water forms an integral part but also the many different human activities, both existing and proposed, that use and …