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Legal and institutional frameworks for sustainable soils: A preliminary report

… problems but they generally lack a linking or coordinating mechanism. Current Situation: International At a global … effective planning and decision-making system; • Achieve compliance with acceptable ecological soil standards; and • … practical soil conservation measures, promote effective compliance, and monitor the successes and failures of soil …
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Climate Change and the Human Rights to Water and Sanitation Position Paper

… sanitation in climate policy (pages 40-43). 5. Develop a mechanism within the Nairobi Work Programme (NWP) … ESCR, see e.g. Edward Anderson & Marta Foresti, Assessing Compliance: the Challenge for Economic and Social Rights, … duties, and their different approaches to encouraging compliance, need to be resolved by States through …
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Towards sustainable fisheries law: a comparative analysis

… the Agreement does give guidance in this respect. The mechanism which makes conservation measures automatically … following ‘specific conventions’: (i) Agreement to Promote Compliance with International Conservation and Management … of binding international agreements such as UNCLOS, the Compliance Agreement and the Straddling Stock Agreement. The …
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Contracting for ABS: The legal and scientific implications of bioprospecting contracts

… 42 2.1.3 Inter-sectoral uncertainties 44 2.2 The contract mechanism and the forces that control why/how it functions 44 … 3.2.9.3 ‘Boilerplate’ and contract formalities 157 3.2.10 Compliance provisions: Addressing enforcement of the legal … and interlinked in a way that encourages and rewards compliance by both users and provides an integral and …
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Enhancing regulatory tools to support sustainable and legal trade in timber and non-timber plant products

… the sustainability of harvest and trade through voluntary compliance mechanisms, and supporting implementation of … FWS could also be used as a reference framework to verify compliance with public procurement policies on sustainable … to any of which is not subject to regulation. However, compliance with laws, regulations and agreements is its core …
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Policy Brief - Bioscience at a Crossroads: Implementing the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit Sharing in a Time of Scientific Technological and Industry Chang

… regarding the internationally recognized certifi cate of compliance and the establishment of checkpoints to monitor … countries, as governments introduce laws that require ABS compliance before access to genetic resources is permitted. … It could also include identifying checkpoints to monitor compliance on the basis of a good understanding of the range …
31 May 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

Legal aspects of Connectivity Conservation Volume 1 - A Concept Paper

… Box II(3)-18: Revolving Funds 128 Box II(3)-19: Ensuring compliance with management agreements 130 Box II(3)-20: … and support for its potential co-benefits is the UNFCCC mechanism called REDD (an acronym for Reduction of Emissions … by a licence, etc (ss 437-440). It is a defence to prove compliance with the general environmental duty. This includes …
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Legislative and regulatory options for animal welfare

… (Delgado, 2003), even where these may cost more due to compliance with animal welfare standards. The key challenge … of Manitoba followed the UK's lead by referencing non- compliance with the codes as admissible evidence of … . . . . (sec. 24) This sort of decentralized enforcement mechanism may make more sense in certain national contexts …
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Montenegro and marine protected areas: Legal and insituttional framework assessment for conservation of coastal and marine biodiversity and establishment of MPAs

… B. Management mechanism and management structure for marine protected … and sustainable development of protected natural resource. Compliance with the requirements of paragraph 1 of this … given in the Law on Nature Protection, are not fully in compliance with description and definition of IUCN …
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UN Watercourses Convention User’s Guide

… of which is discussed briefly under Part VI of this Guide. Compliance, disputes and enforcement | Why do states comply … are numerous internal and external motivations for state compliance and contrary to popular belief states do observe … which may include the establishment of a joint management mechanism. 2. For the purposes of this article, “management” …
31 May 2026 Document in Marine and Freshwater