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Shared resources: Issues of governance
… on how to perform an EIA, as well as defining elements of liability and compensation in cases of environmental damage. … effects, advance notice measures, assignment of liability, and payment of compensation for damages. Section … capacity building, public access to information, and liability and compensation. The guidelines recognized …
Climate Change and the Human Rights to Water and Sanitation Position Paper
… at least anecdotal evidence that, at the domestic level, liability claims pertaining to environmental harm have led to … Michael Faure & Andre Nollekaemper, International Liability as an Instrument to Prevent and Compensate for … entity. Finally, it should be realized that state liability could arise not just because of the state’s direct …
Sources of international water law
… rules applicable under general international law to any liability of States for damage caused by water pollution. … of this Convention. Article 7 Responsibility and liability The Parties shall support appropriate international … criteria and procedures in the field of responsibility and liability. Article 8 Protection of information The provisions …
Case studies on bioenergy policy and law: options for sustainability
… production and consumption, the preservation of nature and liability for damage to the environment are held concurrently … provisions on protected species. The Environmental Liability Act of 2007 (RT I 2007, 62, 396) transposes Directive 2004/35/EC on environmental liability for the prevention and 68 An English translation is …
Freshwater Law and Governance: Global and Regional Perspectives for Sustainability
… on Water and Health]; and the 2003 Protocol on Civil Liability, Protocol on Civil Liability and Compensation for Damage Caused by the … in force), http://www.unece.org/fileadmin/DAM/env/civil-liability/documents/ protocol_e.pdf [hereinafter ECE Protocol …
Plant protection legislation
… or administrative procedures; limitation of officers' liability in some cases (usually only in "common law" … man's expense, and shall thereupon be freed from the liability to pay for them. If he has paid for them he may … protection officer and shall not impinge on any civil liability which may exist independently thereof 26/. …
Depend on nature: Ecosystem services supporting human livelihoods
… industry of environmental concerns in risk assessments and liability for environmental damage/degradation in relevant … industry of environmental concerns in risk assessments and liability for environmental damage/degradation in relevant …
Rule: Reforming water governance
… to state explicitly in legislation the degree, if any, of liability, how surplus income may be retained or distributed, … or criminal fines, imprisonment, or both. Personal liability on the part of company 104 directors or managers … water pollution. It has been argued that criminal liability may not be an appropriate deterrent. There is a …
Guidebook for policy and legislative development on conservation and sustainable use of freshwater resources
… Financial instruments shall be credits, bonds, civil liability insurance, funds and trusts when their objectives … include administrative and criminal sanctions, and civil liability. Criminal sanctions are the most common. Also … procedures in emergency situations relating to dams, and liability provisions. Some legislation contains separate …