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Directives pour l’élaboration d’une stratégie nationale de gestion des eaux de ballast (version française)

… est lié aux EEE (exemples, liste non exhaustive) Gestion/protection de l’environnement : Protection des écosystèmes et biotes d’origine ; conservation … comprendre des dispositions liées aux EEE Faune et flore : Protection des écosystèmes et espèces indigènes ; …
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Principles and concepts of international environmental law (Part 2) - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… shall apply a precautionary approach to environmental protection ... when there is reason to believe that wastes or … Examples ITLOS, in its Order of 3 December 2001 in the MOX Plant Case, considered (para. 82) the duty to cooperate in … downstream community can build an adequate water treatment plant at its own cost; (3) the polluter may receive public …
31 May 2026 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

Culture and wetlands: A Ramsar guidance document

… 12 The Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural … and biological diversity. Also, the Con- vention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural … and agricultural practices, including the development of plant species and animal breeds. Traditional know- ledge is …
31 May 2026 Document

Compendium of Good Practices on Human Rights and the Environment

… of practical and innovative examples of environmental protection viewed through a human rights lens. These examples … the reserves of water, biodiversity, in particular native plant and animal species, as well as cultural assets shall … drinking water, and the control of ragweed, an allergenic plant. Further Information: The website for the Commissioner …
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The precautionary principle in biodiversity conservation and natural resource management. An issues paper for policy-makers, researchers and practitioners

… as a broad principle weighing in favour of environmental protection in the case of uncertainty. The core of the … prudence”, meaning that “the introduction of animal and plant species and of modern technologies into the forest and … (see Decisions IV/7, V/4, VI/9), the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation (Decision VI/9), or the deliberations of …
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Forest fires and the law: a guide for national drafters based on the fire management voluntary guidelines

… other ecosystems; and all stakeholders concerned with the protection of lives, property and resources from the effect … of fire at wrong frequency or intensity leads to loss of plant species, change or reduction in vegetation structure … sequestration of atmospheric carbon for regrowth of plant biomass. Thus, natural and anthropogenic fires in fire- …
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Rule: Reforming water governance

… legislation 50 3.3 Water allocation 54 3.4 Water quality protection 58 3.5 Incorporating conservation into water law … require conservation of natural habitats for animal and plant species along or within a watercourse, creating … condi- tions. Agricultural land owners have a duty to plant up to 5 percent of their holdings with trees, but …
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Assessing the international forest regime

… and development of legal and other appropriate forms of protection for TFRK, and providing the COP of the CBD with … excepts measures necessary to protect human, animal, or plant life or health. Article XX(g) excepts measures relating … necessary to ensure ... the protection of human, animal or plant life or health, [or] of the environment ... at the …
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Handbook of working procedures and policy guidance for the Chemical Review Committee

… sources e.g . Pesticides Manual, A World Compendium (Crop Protection Publications - ISBN 0 948404 79 5) 2. … include: · Report on medical surveillance on manufacturing plant personnel · Report on clinical cases and poisoning … Report, Joint Meeting on Pesticide Residues (JMPR); FAO Plant Production and Protection Paper 122. FAO/WHO, 1995. …
31 May 2026 Document

Payments for Ecosystem Services - Legal and Institutional Frameworks

… Peruana de Derecho Ambiental - Perú), Warwick Manfrinato (Plant BR - Brasil), Sabrina Macedo (Ambiental PV - Brasil), … prepared under the auspices of the UNECE Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and … in the world, with between 43,000 and 49,520 identified plant species, more than 3,000 species of fresh- water fish, …
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