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Rule: Reforming water governance
… up a river basin institution, a clear mandate, a long-term strategy, and a clear organizational structure must be … Good water management can result in harmonious and mutually beneficial water agree- ments with neighbouring … norms and standards to which many countries have agreed to abide. When developing a new water policy it is …
Draft International Covenant on Environment and Development - Implementing Sustainable Development - Fifth Edition: Updated text (4th Revision)
… aspects of environment and development; • to create an agreed single set of fundamental principles like a “code of … universal, indivisible, interrelated, interdependent, and mutually reinforcing, is essential to the achievement of … concerning family planning; and g) provide for long-term resettlement of persons displaced by changing …
Human rights and the Environment: Rio + 20 - Joint Report OHCHR and UNEP
… Moving the Global Agenda Forward” where it was agreed to provide a contribution to the 2012 United Nations … sectors can make informed decisions that support long-term sustainable development and help strengthen human rights … T H E E N V I R O N M E N T 9 Because of the overlapping, mutually enforcing nature of many human rights and prevention …
Security considerations in the planning and management of transboundary conservation areas
… such regional needs, is essential if we are to ensure long-term viability not only of individual species but of entire … of security personnel that must be discussed and agreed. These include: the location of security … presence of a TBCA provides the opportunity to establish mutually beneficial joint operations between security …
Improving governance of pastoral lands
… improve tenure governance through three inter-related and mutually-dependent objectives: (1) achieving food security … may be strengthened to reduce risk in the medium term, but addressing fundamental development needs may be … in times of need, access by other clans or factions is agreed through negotiation (Niamir-Fuller, 1999). Mechanisms …
Principles and Guidelines on Indigenous and Traditional Peoples and Protected Areas
… coastal seas and other resources, in compliance with agreed management regulations and plans, c) rights to … provincial, or national protected area agencies, should be mutually accountable for the fulfilment of the agreed … unmodified natural systems, managed to ensure long-term protection and maintenance of biological diversity, …
A moving target : Genetic resources and options for tracking and monitoring their international flows
… could finish its work and that outputs throughout the term of the project have achieved the level of legal … tool under which a series of rights and obligations are agreed between those providing genetic resources and using … for access on the basis of prior informed consent and mutually agreed terms on the basis of national access …
A window of opportunity for the Mekong Basin: the UN Watercourses convention as a basis for cooperation - A legal Analysis o fhow the UN Watercourses Convention complements the Mekong Agreement
… or to set up particular relations between themselves. The term is used interchangeably with Treaty. Treaties are also … the Mekong Agreement Ratifying the UNWC would provide a mutually reinforcing and supportive framework for the Mekong … states by providing them with a globally negotiated and agreed set of principles and obligations which are …