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Shared resources: Issues of governance

… agreements can be difficult because of doctrines of sovereignty and the problems of national debt, technology … scholars view transboundary resources as being within the sovereignty of each State, to the extent that the resource is … which the concept of a shared resource acts to limit State sovereignty in respect to the resource, 14 even without an …
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B2 - Equitable and Reasonable Use of Water Resources in Practice

… of each State. The issue of most concern in the USA was sovereignty. The USA, while realizing the necessity of an … expressed in the USA position that absolute territorial sovereignty must be retained over the waters within each …
01 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

Judges and Environmenal Law: a Handbook for the Sri Lankan Judiciary

… Constitutional Provisions of Sri Lanka 154 5.3.3 State Sovereignty, Transboundary Issues and Environmental Law 156 … jurisdictions.40 Accordingly, although every state has sovereignty over its own natural resources, every state also … Article 3 of the Constitution, which recognises that sovereignty is vested in the people, provides as follows: ‘In …
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Rights-based approaches - Exploring issues and opportunities for conservation

… was awarded a Ph.D. for her thesis examining indigenous sovereignty and the common law from the Australian National … 2007 Human rights, conservation and the privatization of sovereignty in Africa: A discussion of recent changes in … 2007 Human rights, conservation and the privatization of sovereignty in Africa: A discussion of recent changes in …
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D2 - Dams, Ecosystems and Fisheries

… In the 20 century, the principle of absolute territorial sovereignty in international water law gave way to the principle of “limited territorial sovereignty”, a principle that itself was based on the …
01 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

Accountability through Civic Participation in the Post-2015 Development Agenda

… Ibid.: 36. 266 International Planning Committee for Food Sovereignty, The Reformed Committee on World Food Security: A … Civil Society, International Planning Committee for Food Sovereignty, bilbao, September 2010: 23, available at … report of the International Planning Committee for Food Sovereignty hypothesizes two polar extremes of the reformed …
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Strengthening the implementation of Farmers' Right in Guatemala

… as relevant tools for improving food security and food sovereignty. The electronic version of this booklet is … family agriculture, farmers’ rights, food security, food sovereignty, genetic diversity and traditional knowledge. 3. …
01 Jun 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

E1 - Regulation of the Environment - Support Function of Groundwater Systems

… of transboundary aquifers is challenged by notions of sovereignty under international law and its implications for … significant because it strikes a balance between state sovereignty and state responsibility in its management …
01 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

IUCN Information Papers on Marine Genetic Resources

… purport to subject any part of the high seas to its sovereignty” (Article 89). Concerning the Area it further states that “No State shall claim or exercise sovereignty or sovereign rights over any part of the Area or … the interests of coastal states keen to protect their sovereignty over the resources within their national …
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Explanatory guide to the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

… Material Transfer Agreements (MTAs) 99 Box 14. National Sovereignty and Property Rights 102 Article 13 – … decision-making at the national level. It recognizes the sovereignty of States over their natural resources, and laid … the International Undertaking as being subject to 21 the sovereignty of the states over their plant genetic resources. …
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