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Groundwater in international law: Compilation of treaties and other legal instruments

… of the watercourse and the costs of measures taken to that effect; (g) The availability of alternatives, of comparable … - Notification concerning planned measures with possible adverse effects Before a watercourse State implements or … of planned measures which may have a significant adverse effect upon other watercourse States, it shall …
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Compilation of Internationally agreed environmental Goals and Objectives

… international law regarding liability and compensation for adverse effects of environmental damage caused by activities … proposed activities that are likely to have a significant adverse impact on the environment and are subject to a … may have a significant adverse transboundary environmental effect and shall consult with those States at an early stage …
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Addressing pollution: Governance frameworks, challenges and oppotunities in the context of the 2030 Agenda

… international law regarding liability and compensation for adverse effects of environmental damage caused by activities … seeks to protect human health and the environment against adverse effects resulting or likely to result from human … to protect human health and the environment against the adverse effects of hazardous wastes. Parties have committed …
17 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

No Significant Harm and Transboundary Environmental Impact Assessment

… The basic rationale of these obligations is to prevent adverse transboundary effects on other watercourse states. … to carry or permit activities that may cause a significant adverse transboundary environmental effect to another state shall give timely notification of …
17 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

Towards a mutually supportive relationship between the Convention on Biological Diversity and the World Trade Organisation: An action guide

… and activities that have or are likely to have significant adverse effects on the conservation and sustainable use of … to the use of biological resources to avoid or minimise adverse impacts on biological diversity”. � Article 10(d) … those trade-related activities that have an adverse effect on forest biodiversity. � The CBD should continue …
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UN Watercourses Convention User’s Guide

… projects and rights of third parties. 90 3.1.3 Significant adverse effects to other watercourse states – Objective test … | Notification Concerning Planned Measures with Possible Adverse Effects 139 12.1 Commentary 139 12.1.1 Significant adverse effect 140 12.1.2 Implements or permits the implementation …
17 Jun 2026 Document in Marine and Freshwater

D2 - Dams, Ecosystems and Fisheries

… impoundment and release of water from on-stream dams; (2) effect of on-stream dams on fisheries/aquatic habitat and … Justice (“ICJ”) in the Gabcikovo- Nagymaros case.[1] The adverse effects related to slack water have also become a … below the dam. This may in turn have particularly acute adverse impacts on some cold-water fish species. For example, …
17 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

A guide to designing legal and institutional frameworks on alien invasive species

… resulting from biotechnol- ogy which are likely to have adverse environmental impacts that could affect the … common denominator of such terms is often the concept of adverse impact, in the form of damage inflicted on the … do not become established. A working definition to this effect could be: “Invasive species means an alien species …
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Second report on the protection of the atmosphere

… and that have or are likely to have significant adverse effects on human life and health and the earth’s … of atmospheric conditions resulting in significant adverse effects on human life and health and the Earth’s … their nature, status and role, and their function and effect, 54 it seems generally to be the case that the term …
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Third report on the protection of the atmosphere

… favoured inclusion of a reference to the significant adverse effects to living resources in draft guideline 1 (c). … law is based on the concept of due diligence. Significant adverse effects on the atmosphere are caused, in large part, … application of the higher standard of proof would have the effect of making it all but impossible for a State to …
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