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Judges and Environmenal Law: a Handbook for the Sri Lankan Judiciary

… have been plundered, coral reefs have been ravaged and water and air have been polluted to dangerous levels. There … a particular state but also to those areas beyond its territorial jurisdictions.40 Accordingly, although every … Therefore environmental law should not be confined to mere territorial considerations. The rationale for this is that …
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Wildlife law and the empowerment of the poor

… of its range. "Range" means all the areas of land or water that a migratory species inhabits, stays in … clearly specify the division of labour between different territorial levels of government. In China, legislation … and Oceans Canada and Parks Canada Agency) provincial and territorial government agencies, wildlife management boards …
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Guidelines for Protected Areas Legislation

… member • France: Armelle Guignier, Researcher, Centre for Water Law, Policy and Science, University of Dundee, … out to the extent of the state’s jurisdiction, whether territorial sea or exclusive economic zone (EEZ), consistent … parks), while protected areas managed by provincial and territorial governments collectively cover about the same …
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On dangerous ground _ Global Witness

… Agribusiness (20 killings), hydroelectric dams and water rights (15) and logging (15) were also major drivers of … Land, Securing the Peace - Indigenous and Afro- Descendent Territorial Rights. Available from: … Land, Securing the Peace - Indigenous and Afro- Descendent Territorial Rights. Available from: …
21 May 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Second report on the protection of the atmosphere

… research: a review of turbulence, exchanges of energy and water, and the urban heat island”, International Journal of … accordance with area-based divisions of the sea (such as territorial waters, contiguous zones, exclusive economic … the relationship with an “adjacent State” sharing a common territorial border. The principle was a corollary to that of …
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Sacred Natural Sites – Support for custodian protocols and customary laws in the face of global threats and challenges

… for Protected Area Managers as “Areas of land or water having special spiritual significance to peoples and …
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United Nations Convention on the Law of the Non-Navigational Uses of International Watercourses - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… to cooperation in the joint management of shared water resources. Considering the authoritative character of … and as a model for ad hoc agreements regulating specific water bodies. http://www.unwatercoursesconvention.org/ … must “cooperate on the basis of sovereign equality, territorial integrity, mutual benefit and good faith in order …
21 May 2026 Course lesson in Marine and Freshwater

Convention text of the Minamata Convention on Mercury

… to reduce emissions and releases of mercury to air, water and land and the impact of such emissions and releases … compounds, often expressed as “total mercury”, to land and water from the relevant point sources not addressed in other … means releases of mercury or mercury compounds to land or water; (b) “Relevant source” means any significant …
21 May 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste

Case Study - Inland Wetlands in India

… of inland wetlands 46 for sustainable management of water resources 50 Ousteri wetland, Puducherry 52 53 Jammu … MoUD Ministry of Urban Development MoWR Ministry of Water Resources MPA Marine Protected Areas MSC Marine … Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974; The Territorial Waters, Continental Shelf, Exclusive Economic …
21 May 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

Safe Havens: Protected Areas for Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation

… • Integrated Coastal Zone Management; • Integrated Water Resource Management (IWRM); • Integrated Fire … Forest and natural habitat preservation. Afforestation. Territorial protection Maintenance of integrity of ecosystems … to climate change mitigation and adaptation. The Territorial Approach to Climate Change (TACC) project was …
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