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Covering ABS: Addressing the need for sectoral, geographical,legal and international integration in the ABS regime - papers and studies of the ABS Project
… Seamounts as ecosystems 8 2.4 Threats to seamounts 9 2.5 Protection of seamounts 10 3 Raising the Floor: Legal Issues … be quickly implemented to protect them from poten- 2.5 Protection of seamounts tially devastating overexploitation. … habitat which we have only just begun to understand. The protection of these deep-sea oases is not only the prudent …
Non-judicial grievance mechanisms in land-related disputes in Sierra Leone
… District Council DO District Officer EPA Environment Protection Agency FAO … (NMA) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have also been involved in … ignore provisions of statutes that provide better protection for women’s property rights, choosing …
Compliance-Related Texts and Decisions of Selected Multilateral Environmental Agreements
… functioning to control trade in, and afford effective protection to, endangered animal and plant species; AWARE … problems in other Parties, while there are still consumer countries that continue allowing illegal imports as … high levels of trade in wildlife, it is incumbent upon consumer nations together with producer countries to ensure …
Share - Managing water across boundaries
… in major social and economic impacts. Environmental protection and economic development are simply not separable. … inte- grated water resources management and environmental protection. It requires, for example, that dam opera- tions … e.g., legal, regulatory, land tenure, taxes and pricing, consumer protection • Public-private partnerships – e.g., …
Integrated coastal management law: Establishing and strengthening national legal frameworks for integrated coastal management
… B&B Docs, 1. 1972 UNESCO Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage, UKTS 2 … In force on 1 July 1975. 1974 Nordic Convention on the Protection of the Environment (Stockholm), 13 ILM (1974), … 511. In force on 5 October 1976. 1974 Convention on the Protection of the Marine Environment of the Baltic Sea Area …
Maritime Traffic Effects on Biodiversity in the Mediterranean Sea. Volume 1 - Review of Impacts, Priority Areas and Mitigation Measures
… kHz, in a wide variety of behaviours including aggression, protection of territory, defence and reproduction. Although … this very complex subject and to introduce appropriate protection policies and mitigation measures. Very similar … that take noise pollution into account should ensure the protection of critical and productive habitats, and …
Review of Statutory and Customary Law in the Xe Champhone Ramsar Site, LAO PDR - Implications for a rights-based approach to conservation
… 23 3.3.7 Environmental Protection Law (1999) … initiative and can serve to work towards ensuring that the protection of rights and biodiversity conservation become and … up to 2020, emphasizes the importance of environmental protection. One feature of the strategy is the participation …
International water governance: Conservation of freshwater ecosystems Vol. 1: International agreements compilation and analysis
… provide further support to the legal foundations for the protection of freshwater ecosystems under international law. … the Contracting States may, inter alia, provide for n the protection of sites; and n the regulation of water flow. … of natural water regimes to conserve wetlands; n protection on restoration of wetlands and biodiversity; n …
UN Watercourses Convention User’s Guide
… the utilisation, development, conservation, management and protection of international watercourses and the promotion of … Application 132 10.2.1 Unsustainable scenario 132 10.2.2 Protection vital human needs scenario 132 10.3 Additional … Scenario 2 163 19.3 Additional reading 163 Part IV | Protection, Preservation and Management (Articles 20-26) 164 …
Biodiversity offsets: Views, experience, and the business case
… System of Conservation Units 29 4.2.5 Federal Law for the Protection of Nature and Landscape in Switzerland 31 4.2.6 No … service value), and under a more secure level of protection, such as by financing in perpetuity” (Goodland, … wetlands and protected sites and considerable biodiversity protection, that would not have existed had the law not …