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The burden of proof in natural resources legislation: Some critical issues for fisheries law

… regulatory criminal offences are often strict or absolute liability offences. This means that the prosecution simply … 1991, p. 119. 6 legislation - strict and absolute liability, reversal of the burden of proof, etc.8 However in … because the presumptions are being used to impose liability in situations where the defendant has not been …
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Biodiversity offsets: Views, experience, and the business case

… financial payment for damage, often associated with legal liability and damages, or it can mean activity designed to … offsets –as in the US– can turn a potential environmental liability into a financial asset that can be sold. … wisdom of many landowners that endangered species are a liability to be avoided because of the land use restrictions …
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Judicial handbook on environmental law

… Chapter 3). Concepts in environmental law such as strict liability for hazardous activities and the law of nuisance … application of legal rules, and establish the extent of liability when harm occurs. The word environment is derived … aspects of landscape. Art. 2(1), Convention on Civil Liability for Damage Resulting from Activities Dangerous to …
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International ocean governance: Using international law and organisations to manage marine resources sustainably (revised)

… Preparedness and Response — II.B.7. Responsibility, Liability, and Compensation for Damage — II.B.7. II.B.2. … Preparedness and Response — II.B.7. Responsibility, Liability, and Compensation for Damage — II.B.7. TABLE OF … Preparedness and Response — II.B.7. Responsibility, Liability, and Compensation for Damage — II.B.7. II.B.5. …
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An Explanatory Guide to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

… Article 26 Socio-economic considerations 163 Article 27 Liability and redress 167 Box 44. Other international conventions and processes relating to liability and redress: examples 168 Box 45. Core issues commonly addressed in liability and redress regimes 170 General introduction to …
17 Jun 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

An explanatory guide to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

… Article 26 Socio-economic considerations 163 Article 27 Liability and redress 167 Box 44. Other international conventions and processes relating to liability and redress: examples 168 Box 45. Core issues commonly addressed in liability and redress regimes 170 General introduction to …
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Compendiums on Human Rights and the Environment - Selected International legal materials and cases (Advanced Version)

… international Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage … Nagoya – Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety … Convention on Civil Liability for Damage Resulting from Activities Dangerous to … ............................45 UNECE Protocol on Civil Liability and Compensation for Damage Caused by the …
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The status of climate change litigation - A global review

… 2.2.4 Establishing liability for failure to adapt and the impacts of adaptation … Climate Change Litigation several cases seek to establish liability for entities that generate emissions with full … of those terms but dealt with the highly germane issue of liability of a local government for decisions related to its …
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First report on the protection of the atmosphere

… but is also without prejudice to, questions such as the liability of States and their nationals, the … of the issues currently excluded from the mandate, such as liability or the precautionary principle”. Japan stated that … law since concluding its work on international liability for injurious consequences arising out of acts not …
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Legal frameworks for REDD: design and implementation at the national level

… Ensuring permanence: Avoided leakage, possible safeguards, liability ...................... 91 4.4 Conclusions … recognizes CSRs as interests in land, it does not regulate liability issues and the allocation of risk for carbon loss. … the loss of carbon sequestration potential. Existing civil liability regimes and criminal offences may also be deployed. …
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