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Drafting legislation for sustainable soils: A guide

… Law Programme IUCN Environmental Policy and Law Paper No. 52 IUCN – The World Conservation Union 2004 The … institutional system. 18 An element can be a principle, a rule of conduct or a power to achieve a Drafting Legislation … of care could require individuals who influence a risk of harm to the environment to take “reasonable and practical …
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UNEP. The first 40 years

… in some of the key decisions. Those reports are no longer available. Nor is it easy to locate, after a lapse … that are liable to create hazards to human health, to harm living resources and marine life, to damage amenities or … released some official papers under the ‘thirty-year rule’. The next day the New Scientist published an article …
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White Paper - Regional Seas Governance

… their own 2 UNCSD Secretariat, RIO 2012 Issues Briefs. No. 4 Oceans, pp. 3-4. 3 FAO (2011), Global Sustainable … laid down in Part XII are the duty to avoid transboundary harm (article 194(2)) and the duty to conduct environmental … occasions the CECAF meeting was held without observing its rule IV.6, which establishes that a majority of the members …
25 May 2026 Document in Marine and Freshwater

An introduction to the African Convention on the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources

… Deuxième édition IUCN Environmental Policy and Law Paper No. 56 Rev. IUCN – The World Conservation Union 2006 The … resources sectors and were mostly “use-oriented” and “rule-oriented.”3 They were more focused on the allocation and … disincentives in order to prevent or abate environmental harm and to restore or enhance environmental quality. The …
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A2 - Integrating Environmental Concerns in National Water Law

… as a limit on the government’s allocation authority. This rule bars new abstractions or impoundments. It requires the … generic direction that an abstraction right trade must not harm the environment is found in the Water Act of Honduras … services component from other components. However, no specific criteria are provided by the law for the relevant …
25 May 2026 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

Towards sustainable fisheries law: a comparative analysis

… Fisheries Law IUCN Environmental Policy and Law Paper No. 74 Tow ards S ustainable Fisheries Law IUCN Environmental … and Article 193 UNCLOS, has long been established as a rule of international custom.13 Moreover, according to … of prevention, requiring action before scientific proof of harm exists.158 Garcia has observed that ‘[o]ne reason for …
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Lessons learnt in the establishment and management of protected areas by indigenous and local communities in South Asia. TILCEPA report

… and Action Group in India called Kalpavriksh (Appt. No.5, Shri Dutta Krupa, 908 Deccan Gymkhana, Pune 411004, … 16 Pathak, N. and Gour-Broome, V. (2000). Tribal Self-Rule and Natural Resource Management: Community Based … in Rajasthan in India. Traditionally the farmers do not harm the birds or do not let the birds be harmed as these …
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Persistent Organic Pollutants: Contaminated Site Investigation and Management Toolkit

… C Hexachlorobenzene Amaticin, Anticarie, Bunt-cure, Bunt-no-more, Co-op hexa, Granox, No bunt, Sanocide, Smutgo, … injury does not manifest itself immediately or because the harm goes undiscovered for a period of time. Injuries such as … the form of generalized DQO decision rules. A decision rule is an “if... then...” statement that defines the …
25 May 2026 Document

Mr. John Knox, Policy Brief_Universal Human Rights Group

… stake coupled with a high level of corruption and lack of rule of law. EHrDs offered a number of concrete examples to … of the officer’s killing but served only a few months. no one was charged with killing Chut Wutty.32 other … states have obligations to protect against environmental harm that interferes with the enjoyment of human rights. …
25 May 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Ozone Depletion - Chapter 9 - UNEP Training Manual on International Environmental Law

… and HCFCs but potent greenhouse gases, but have reached no agreement. During the 25th MOP held in Bangkok in 2013, … supported by separate majorities of both groups. The same rule applies to decisions concerning financial mechanisms. …
25 May 2026 Document in Climate and Atmosphere