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European Union overseas coastal and marine protected areas - overview of coastal and marine conservation efforts in the European Union's overseas countries and territories and outermost regions

… from the territorial sea base- line Coastal state's sovereignty extends to the terri- torial sea, its seabed and subsoil, and to the air space above it This sovereignty is exercised in accordance with international law as reflected in the UNCLOS The limitation on sovereignty in the territorial sea is the right of innocent …
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Conservation with justice - A rights-based approach

… conservation, including self-determination and permanent sovereignty over natural resources, life, health, food, … This situation presents an inescapable tension between the sovereignty of the State to determine its own sustainable … 2 of U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), the sovereignty of a coastal State extends beyond its land …
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Regional Fisheries Instruments and Bodies

… are especially bleak in view of the sensitive Antarctic sovereignty issue. A state that becomes party to 1980 CAMLR …
01 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Marine and Freshwater

C1 - No Significant Harm, Pollution Prevention and Quality Standards

… has its foundations in the theory of limited territorial sovereignty. According to this theory, each watercourse state …
01 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

E2 - Prevention of Aquifer Pollution

… of some aquifers, misguided ideas of perceived exclusive sovereignty or limited interstate cooperation in general may …
01 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

An Explanatory Guide to the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing

… the implications of ABS for, amongst other topics, State sovereignty, economic development, indigenous and local … and the territorial sea, the coastal State exercises sovereignty over the living and non-living natural resources … of the water column and underlying continental shelf Sovereignty extends to the air space, water column, seabed …
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Wetlands, water and the law. Using law to advance wetland conservation and wise use

… routes. As they migrate, they come successively under the sovereignty or jurisdiction of each State situated along … global application, the customary law rule that national sovereignty over natural resources is qualified by the … estuaries, coastal waters and marine waters under Canadian sovereignty or jurisdic- tion.101 Each level of government …
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Law for water management: a guide to concepts and effective approaches

… The five main principles set out in the draft text are the sovereignty of aquifer states, equitable and reasonable … is generally rooted in the theory of limited territorial sovereignty, which posits that no state has an exclusive … fact-finding mechanism is an infringement on their sovereignty.1 2.3. Judicial decisions and scholarly opinion …
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UNEP. The first 40 years

… strongly anchored in the overriding principle of national sovereignty, had not been equipped to respond to the demands … environment of the region, taking into account national sovereignty and the level and policies of development in each … led to an erosion of the old doctrine of absolute sovereignty, as governments have become willing both to give …
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Establishing marine protected area networks

… those that straddle the boundaries of jurisdiction and sovereignty and often involve high-level political …
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