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The status of climate change litigation - A global review
… emissions—rather many emitters had created the risk of flood confronting Lliuya’s town such that the root cause of … ZEITUNG, Dec. 15, 2016, https://perma.cc/LX3R-7SVE ([“A flood risk would however not be attributed singly to RWE … plaintiffs also alleged that the government’s failure to control CO2 emissions constituted a violation of their …
Integrated coastal management law: Establishing and strengthening national legal frameworks for integrated coastal management
… 38 ILM (1999), 259. Not in force. 1998 Protocol on the Control of Marine Transboundary Movements And Disposal of … administratively for coastal zone management. Command and control policy instruments Mechanisms (often laws) for … the construction of roads and harbours, canalization or flood relief works, yacht marina (regulation 8 as read with …
Technical guidelines on specially engineered landfill (D5)
… ON SPECIALLY ENGINEERED LANDFILL Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements on Hazardous Wastes and … existing or abandoned landfill sites which require strict control, monitoring and often remedial measures. They provide … and any problems caused by unregulated disposal. Some control must be exercised at dumping sites while …
Linkages in the landscape : The role of corridors and connectivity in wildlife conservation
… studies where comparison is made between fragments and ‘control’ areas of similar size and habitat within larger … • Surface drainage patterns • Ground water accession • Flood mitigation and control • Sedimentation and holding … of habitats is frequently high. Stream edge habitats, flood plain habitats, old stream channels, and successional …
A Gateway to Payments for Ecosystem Services. Using Payments for Ecosystem Services for Livelihoods and Landscapes
… paper (15 pages). It describes market failures, pollution control, and environmental valuation. It concludes by stating … pollution, water purification, forest carbon storage, and flood damage. … trade-offs between 6 ecosystem services (carbon storage, flood control, forage production, outdoor recreation, crop …
Governing natural resources and the processes and institutions that affect them : North-West Frontier Province. Legislation.
… 130 5.1.1 Land Tenure 135 5.1.1.1 NWFP Gomal Zam Project (Control and Prevention of Speculation in Land) Ordinance 2001 … and adopted children; (ix) ‘disaster’ includes famine, flood, cyclone, fire, earthquake, drought, and damages caused … of the Zilla Accounts Committee; (t) review measures for flood relief, and storm water drainage; and (u) require the …
D1 - Ecosystem Approach and Ecosystem Services
… of ecosystems” (article 2(2)). In order to prevent, control and reduce transboundary impact, State parties are … obligation contained in article 21 to prevent, reduce and control the pollution of an international watercourse. With … watercourses, natural or artificial reservoirs, springs, flood plains and wetlands in general. The 2014 Japanese Water …
New Directions in Earth Rights, Environmental Rights and Human Rights: Six Facets of Constitutionally Embedded Environmental Rights Worldwide
… the class of potential plaintiffs precisely to enhance the control that the people have over the government. In many … alleged that the implementation of a substantial flood control plan would so disrupt the affected community‟s … Association (BELA) to enjoin dumping of wastes in a flood zone,56 to prevent cutting forests for a cement …