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Regional instruments on hazardous wastes- extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… take legal, administrative and other measures within their national jurisdictions to prohibit the import of all … that parties shall prohibit all persons under their national jurisdictions from transporting or disposing of … requires very close supervision of waste in each party's jurisdiction. Further, the Waigani Convention makes waste …
01 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Chemicals and Waste

Payments for Ecosystem Services - Legal and Institutional Frameworks

… water-related PES schemes. The lessons presented in the national assessments, and in particular the recommendations … and usually need to be established at the regional or national scale. An appropriate legislative framework which … to avoid (or at least limit) conflicts of interest and jurisdiction, and to achieve synergies. The creation of new …
01 Jun 2026 Literature See it in ECOLEX · This content is provided by ECOLEX

Regional Sea Agreements

… marine protected areas, including areas that occur beyond national jurisdiction; 3. Human activities: assessment and development … measures and concrete and coordinated actions at the national, and regional levels for the conservation of the …
01 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Marine and Freshwater

Net Positive Impact for biodiversity. The business case

… NPI policies were launched by businesses in 2003/2004, few national or sub-national jurisdictions were regulating biodiversity … over the last decade, as expressed by the number of national and sub-national offset policies.2 Currently 46 …
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Glossary of terms for negotiators of multilateral environmental agreements

… Schafer / Still Pictures Cascade in Sucker Creek, Siskiyou National Forest, Illinois River Valley, Siskiyou Mountains, … UNEP has therefore engaged in a series of regional and national training workshops to build the capacity of novice … development. They are of course under national sovereign jurisdiction, yet share their experience and ideas …
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Marine protected areas and climate change - Adaptation and mitigation synergies, opportunities and challenges

… of the United Nations GFNMS Greater Farallones National Marine Sanctuary GI Green Infrastructure IMO … Mitigation Action MPA Marine Protected Area NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration PAME … over 10% of the coastal and marine areas within national jurisdiction, and approximately 4% of the global ocean …
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Legal and institutional frameworks for sustainable soils: A preliminary report

… 23 13. Soil Science Organisations 23 Section 3 25 III. NATIONAL SOIL REGIMES 27 1. Soil in Other Resource-Oriented … Legal Frameworks for Soil Law 30 vi Section 4 33 IV. NATIONAL LEGAL AND INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORKS 35 1. Existing … compare existing legislation and policy in any particular jurisdiction, and as a method of determining the …
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International environmental governance: An international regime for protected areas

… that “good governance within each country and at the inter national level is essential for sustainable development”. 2. … sustainable development, governance at all levels – local, national, regional, and global – should be mutually … as States are the only entity in the position to exercise jurisdiction over lands they hold in trust and subsequently …
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An introduction to the African Convention on the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources

… activities 12 4. Empowering people and strengthening national institutions 13 4.1 Procedural rights 13 4.2 … aspects to be addressed at regional, sub-regional, national and local levels. At the African regional level, the … in 11 July 2003. Article 19 (1) (b) assigns the Court’s jurisdiction to “the interpretation, application or validity …
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Introduction to International Environmental Governance (IEG) - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… by their representatives. States then undertake their own national procedures to ratify the treaty. After a certain … are responsible for implementing international law at the national level. National governments must give effect to … Court of Justice (for State Parties that have accepted its jurisdiction) or to arbitration. An example of such procedure …
01 Sep 2017 Course lesson in Environmental Governance