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E1 - Regulation of the Environment - Support Function of Groundwater Systems

… aquifer. It can also result in the subsidence of overlying land, which can destroy the storage and transmission … negatively affected. Further, contamination from various land-based human activities, such as, agricultural, … of aquifer pollution; (h) direct the owner or occupier of land to seal off any borehole situated on the land – (i) …
01 Jul 2026 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

A2 - Integrating Environmental Concerns in National Water Law

… sources. These include: regulation of agricultural land use and practices regulation of the siting and operation of landfills and waste dumps regulation of urban land development, as regards the control of stormwater runoff … activity on water-dependent ecosystems, and providing for rehabilitation works of such ecosystems and habitats; in …
01 Jul 2026 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

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

… situations. Even when harm is remediable, the costs of rehabilitation are often prohibitive. An obligation of … Protection of the Mediterranean Sea against Pollution from Land-Based Sources (Preamble para. 5), and the 2001 Stockholm … http://informea.org/treaties/land-based …
01 Jul 2026 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

Compliance under biodiversity - related conventions

… Art. 8: in situ conservation • Protected areas • Rehabilitation of degraded ecosystems • Invasive alien …
01 Jul 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Guidelines - Biodiversity in Impact Assessment

… Protection of the Mediterranean Sea against Pollution from Land-based Sources. Consideration should be given to … approach is an approach for integrated management of land, water and living resources that promotes conservation … of the proposed activity, as well as restoration or rehabilitation of sites), and compensation (often associated …
01 Jul 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

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

… looking at specific transboundary water basins, while land and soil pollution is indirectly addressed by the United … Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land-based Activities (GPA). However, global and regional … deliver on pollution avoidance, reduction, mitigation and rehabilitation. 2.5 Multiple stakeholders and multi-level …
01 Jul 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Mr. John Knox, Policy Brief_Universal Human Rights Group

… had been killed as a result of protecting their rights to land and the environment. global Witness emphasised that this … that clearly connected the murder to an environment or land use issue.7 as a result, global Witness concluded that … to compensation, reparations can involve ‘restitution, rehabilitation and measures of satisfaction, such as public …
01 Jul 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

UN Watercourses Convention User’s Guide

… persons 85 2.2 Application 85 2.2.1 Scope scenario – Which land based water use activities are covered by the … Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land- based Activities Hydrology for the Environment, Life … resources and agriculture, and for the protection and rehabilitation 33 Ibid, Art. 5. 34 UN Convention on …
01 Jul 2026 Document in Marine and Freshwater

White Paper - Regional Seas Governance

… damage to the oceans is caused by sea-based and land-based pollution, unsustainable exploitation of living … management derives from wildlife management, born on land, involving direct manipulation of the habitat and … Federation, Turkey, Ukraine Environmental protection and rehabilitation of the Black Sea. According to its Article 1, …
01 Jul 2026 Document in Marine and Freshwater

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

… Development Bank AFOLU Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use AMCOW African Ministers’ Council on Water CBD … 6 Lao PDR Lao People’s Democratic Republic LULUCF Land Use, Land-Use Change and Forestry MDBA Murray-Darling … these goals it is recognised that there must be “rehabilitation, conservation and sustainable management of . …
01 Jul 2026 Document in Marine and Freshwater