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Mapping the linkages between oceans and other Sustainable Development Goals: A preliminary exploration
… of Goal 14; share the expe- riences gained at the national, regional and international levels in the … 10 per cent of coastal and marine areas, consistent with national and international law and based on the best availa- … in territorial seas and very few in areas beyond national jurisdiction (Boonzaier and Pauly, 2016). There has been a …
Vessel-Based Sources of Marine Pollution - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… 5 and 6 requiring states to create and enforce appropriate national laws implementing MARPOL; Article 5 requiring … force in 2007. The OPRC mandates that parties establish national measures to deal with vessel accidents that threaten … and persons undertaking land-based activities within their jurisdiction that might lead to pollution of the marine …
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
… will undoubtedly be an even greater challenge. Amending national laws to bring them into compliance with the … responsible for transposing the Convention into national systems, as well as at public authorities and their … the environmental consequences of activities under their jurisdiction or control. Accord- ing to some scholars, this …
In the front line : Shoreline protection and other ecosystem services from mangroves and coral reefs
… and policy analysis, and making the results available to national and international decision makers and businesses. … recreation. ❏ Both ecosystems contribute significantly to national economies, particularly those of small island … or mangrove. ❏ Many of the world's wealthiest nations have jurisdiction over these ecosystems – more than 30 per cent of …
Share - Managing water across boundaries
… legal framework is implemented at the international, national and local level 56 4.3 Establishing new … states. 7 International regimes need to be transposed to national and local levels International law on freshwater … legal term for marine waters that lie outside any national jurisdiction, whereas when it is used to describe shared …
The development of international environmental law at the Multilateral Environmental Agreements Conference of the Parties and its validity
… Increasingly, international law is also addressing national or domestic environmental problems of global … of the CITES Convention under the auspices of the United National Environmental Programme (UNEP), unlike the Ramsar … maintain, however, that even in the absence of compulsory jurisdiction or review machinery, the final acts and …
Patents and clean energy technologies in Africa
… technology and innovation (STI) poli- cies, as well as national programmes or white papers, which all place … Technological advances, coupled with the growth in inter- national trade of knowledge-based goods and services, have … driving its development. While there is no single jurisdiction in charge of granting patents with a world wide …
Implementing the Rotterdam Convention through regional collaboration in west africa the example of the permanent interstates committee fordrought control in the Sahel (CILSS)
… Sahelian Pesticides Committee (CSP) and the Desig- nated National Authorities (DNAs) of the countries belonging to the … CILSS 7 THE PARTNERS IN THE COLLABORATION 9 The Designated National Authorities 9 The Rotterdam Convention Secretariat … porting nations to make sure that pro- ducers within their jurisdiction comply. The Rotterdam Convention entered into …
Spring: Managing groundwater sustainability
… impact human health, livelihoods, food security and national economic development. Many aquatic ecosystems and … Each has a role to play, whether at local, basin, national or international levels, to implement multi-actor, … It is clear that groundwa- ter management falls under the jurisdiction of the states and to this effect the central …
Natural Resource Governance. Trainers' Manual
… -– are at the heart of the efforts being made at local, national, bilateral and multilateral levels to ensure that … on natural resource governance. Stakeholders at sub- national and local levels are increasingly being called upon … as well as provincial and local authorities, have jurisdiction over different issues related to the Negombo …