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E1 - Regulation of the Environment - Support Function of Groundwater Systems
… that is indispensable to community well-being and economic development worldwide. Communities and nations benefit from … groundwater legal mechanisms include regulations to secure sustainable groundwater supplies, protect groundwater … of aquifers: (1) For the purpose of promoting the sustainable use and protection of aquifers, the Minister may …
Transboundary Lakes and Reservoirs: Status and Trends (Summary for Policy Makers)
… its own activities. This report is printed on paper from sustainable forests including recycled fibre. The paper is … vital contributions to human health and social- economic development. Unlike all other water bodies, aquifers are … are located outside regions highly affected by groundwater development stress. Indeed, transboundary aquifers experience …
Strategic Report: Environment, Peace and Security - a Convergence of Threats
… to tackling crime convergence in peace, security and sustainable development. Erik Solheim, Under-Secretary-General of the … not only governments’ revenues, legitimate businesses and sustainable development, but also peace and security. This …
Convention on Biological Diversity
… of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, held in Rio de Janeiro in 1992, and establishes … framework for the conservation of biodiversity, the sustainable use of its components and the fair and equitable … have significant adverse impacts on the conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity, and monitor their …
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
… seem trivial in such a long-term perspective, the goal of sustainable, equitable and environmentally sound development takes on even greater importance, as it concerns … more effectively in our crucial collective search for sustainable development. KOFI A. ANNAN Secretary-General of …
EU Action Plan against Wildlife Trafficing
… Mimica EU Commissioner for International Cooperation and Development The world has witnessed a surge in wildlife crime … of the EU’s response to the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, and in particular to Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 15, which calls for urgent …
Statutory recognition of customary land rights in Africa - An investigation into best practices for lawmaking and implementation
… lawmaking and implementation by Rachael S. Knight for the Development Law Service FAO Legal Office TABLE OF CONTENTS … of state land, resolving land disputes, attracting sustainable investments, improving gender equity and … a project are quantified and measures taken to encourage sustainable resource use while minimizing the risk/magnitude …
The human right to water and sanitation
… Declaration establishing the United Nation’s Millennium Development Goals and of halving by 2015 the proportion of … do not have access to basic sanitation (World Summit on Sustainable Development, Johannesburg, 2002); ALSO AWARE of … the competence of a society to ensure the development of sustainable water resources and the implementation of …
The status of natural resources on the high-seas
… display life-history strategies that allow only low sustainable yields of these organisms. The intense and … Report to Environment Australia and the Fisheries Research Development Corporation. FRDC Project 95/058 16) Creasy, S.S. … the resources but are unable to show that theirs will be a sustainable use, or • unwilling to curtail other activities …
Issues in water law reform
… path of reforming their legislation on the management and development of Credit and responsibility for each individual … for the water; and (ii) the rate of use of the water is sustainable; and (d) in providing for the allocation of water … on the innovative principles suggested in M.D. Young, Sustainable Investment and Resource Use (Man and the …