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The Aarhus Convention:An implementation guide. UN/ECE Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-Making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters
… 144 Article 11. Right to vote … Senior Advisers to ECE Governments on En- vironmental and Water Problems (which later became the Committee on … matters to human rights and set out the fundamental right to “an environ- ment of a quality that permits a life … Convention on the Protection and Use of the Transboundary Water- courses and International Lakes, adopted at Helsinki …
Law, Policy and Dryland Ecosystems in the People's Republic of China
… 66 4.4.6 Managing water resources … 107 6.3.6 Establishing a water and soil conservation system … techniques in favor of land protection. It includes the right that persons enjoy a healthy natural environment, … relating to IEM. It includes public interest groups’ right to information, an organizational system of public …
Special Rapporteur on the Environment_2016 Report
… economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development Report of the Special Rapporteur on the … human rights, including the rights to life, health, food, water, adequate housing and self-determination (A/HRC/10/61). … the Special Rapporteur on the human right to safe drinking water and sanitation, and the Independent Expert on human …
An introduction to the African Convention on the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources
… use of renewable resources 8 2.1 Land, soil and water 8 2.2 Species and genetic diversity 9 2.3 Conservation … of natural resources such as soil and land, air and water, and biological resources. It also considers processes … should be guided by three principles, including the right to a satisfactory environment and the right to …
Integration of groundwater management into transboundary basin organizations in Africa - Training manual
… for Economic Cooperation and Development ■■ GWP – Global Water Partnership ■■ IGRAC – International Groundwater … Centre ■■ imawesa – Improved Management of Agricultural Water in Eastern and Southern Africa ■■ IWMI – International … in groundwater management) ■■ Water as a free human right and a chargeable, tradeable commodity or service. …
International ocean governance: Using international law and organisations to manage marine resources sustainably (revised)
… a series of relationships between large marine ecosystems, water- sheds, national boundaries, and regional ocean … and seventies over the encroachment by foreign, distant-water vessels on coastal harvests have been replaced by … coastal state exercises full sovereignty subject to the right of inno- cent passage for foreign ships; • a contiguous …
World Heritage, Wilderness and Large Landscapes and Seascapes
… Australian Government Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts: 96. Bernard, E., Penna, L.A.O & … when the brown- wrinkled Mother Earth was still covered by water, the crown of the Earth—the mountains of Altai were … the Ranger uranium mine on us, but the old people were right and today we are dealing with everything they were …
A critique of transboundary natural resource management in Southern Africa
… policy issues. For shared natural resources such as water, the SADC functional integration model displays weak … is a major weakness especially for a shared resource like water with potential for conflict arising from competing … progress to date but rather to ensure that its design is right. There remain numerous but pertinent issues that need …
Indigenous and local communities and protected areas: Towards equity and enhanced conservation. Guidance on policy and practice for co-managed protected areas and community conserved areas
… repre sen ta tives of pasto ral ists has so far focused on water points for pastoral use, with no agree ments to date. … Reso lu tion 1.43 on “public partic i pa tion and the right to know” reit er ates earlier commit ments through … city a commu nity? is the sum of all people inhab iting a water shed a commu nity?), it can be further spec i fied that …
Guidelines for Protected Areas Legislation
… member • France: Armelle Guignier, Researcher, Centre for Water Law, Policy and Science, University of Dundee, … Panama • Guy Preston, National Programme Leader, Water Programme, South Africa • Michel Prieur, Professor … of Human Rights (1948) states: 1. Everyone has the right to take part in the government of his country, directly …