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Guidebook for policy and legislative development on conservation and sustainable use of freshwater resources

… Environment Programme, 2005 ISBN: 92-807-2566-1 Job No: DPD/0652/NA This publication can be ordered from UNEP’s … reasonable utilization and on prevention of significant harm. 6 GUIDEBOOK FOR POLICY AND LEGISLATIVE DEVELOPMENT ON … enable the levels, flows, rates, or standards set by the rule to be met; or a. in the case of a water, coastal, or …
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Guidelines for Protected Areas Legislation

… Areas Legislation IUCN Environmental Policy and Law Paper No. 81 G uidelines for P rotected A reas Legislation IUCN … institution of government decision making, respect for the rule of law and deference to prior governmental decisions … certainty regarding the threat of a serious environmental harm, this uncertainty should not be used as an excuse for …
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RAMSAR Handbook 3: Laws and institutions

… seagrass beds, but also coral reefs and other marine areas no deeper than six metres at low tide, as well as human-made … to wetlands (e.g., exclusion of coastal wetlands, no legal safeguards for water supply of appropriate quality … States to avoid, eliminate or mitigate significant harm to other watercourse states and establishes detailed …
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Legal and institutional frameworks for sustainable soils: A preliminary report

… with Ben Boer IUCN Environmental Policy and Law Paper No. 45 IUCN – The World Conservation Union 2002 The … aspects of soil conservation, there is at present no specific global environmental law instrument for the … marine environment that results or is likely to result in harm to the living resources of this marine environment. This …
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Energy law and sustainable development

… L. Ottinger lUCN Environmental Policy and Law Paper No. 47 lUCN Environmental Law Programme lUCN – The World … the leading academic study on the unintended environmental harm produced by established energy systems, see R. Ottinger, … level in the Bonn Agreements, and then at the detailed rule level in the Marrakesh Accords, most of the many …
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Global mercury waste assessment - Review of current national measures

… © United Nations Environment Programme, 2017 ISBN No: 978-92-807-3668-7 Job No: DTI/2129/JP This publication may be reproduced in whole … of any publication that uses this publication as a source. No use of this publication may be made for resale or for any …
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Shared resources: Issues of governance

… of Governance IUCN Environmental Policy and Law Paper No. 72 Shared Resources: Issues of Governance This … which includes the ‘obligation not to cause significant harm’. Article 5 requires equitable and reasonable use. … two Principles constitute a significant erosion of the old rule of absolute sovereignty. During negotiations on the …
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The precautionary principle in biodiversity conservation and natural resource management. An issues paper for policy-makers, researchers and practitioners

… and practitioners IUCN Policy and Global Change Series No. 2 IUCN Policy and Global Change Group T h e P re c a u … for action to avoid serious or irreversible environmental harm in advance of scientific certainty of such harm. While … but does not determine a specific outcome (cf. a “rule”: see Dworkin, 1976). Principles provide flexible and …
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Legal aspects of Connectivity Conservation Volume 1 - A Concept Paper

… A C oncept P aper IUCN Environmental Policy and Law Paper No. 85 – Volume 1 IUCN EPLP 85 EN RZ.indd 1 11.07.13 15:11 … sustain or enhance overall connectivity, or potentially harm connectivity and contribute to fragmentation of critical … and Sale, 2011). As discussed in Part I-3 below, a general rule for effective connectivity conservation is the full …
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Principles and concepts of international environmental law (Part 1) - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… Minors Oposa Case 4. Responsibility for Transboundary Harm Examples Sovereignty 5. Transparency, Public … - Oposa et. al. v. Fulgencio S. Factoran, Jr. et al. G.R. No. 101083), that the petitioners could file a class suit, … well- established, and are regarded by some as a rule of customary international law. Either or both of them …
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