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Transboundary water governance and climate change adaptation: international law, policy guidelines and best practice application

… 12 Principles for an Ecosystem Approach are the following: Principle 1 The objectives of management of land, water and living resources are a matter of societal choice Principle 2 Management should be decentralized to the lowest … of the European Union. , Vol. 53. Trouwborst, A. 2009. The precautionary principle and the ecosystem approach in …
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Law, Policy and Dryland Ecosystems in the People's Republic of China

… complex situations. Box 2. The twelve principles of IEM20 Principle 1 – The objectives of management of land, water and … each be liable to a penalty. 6.3.5.3 Application of the precautionary principle In circumstances where a construction … would apply.182 However, this approach conflicts with the precautionary principle where the current EIA Law already has …
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IUCN Information Papers on Marine Genetic Resources

… an ecosystem-based approach; integrated management; the precautionary principle; stakeholder participation; transparency for all … sponges or hydrothermal vents, underlining the need for a precautionary approach. As well, the success of nutraceutical …
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Toolkit for the Sound Management of DDT for Disease Vector Control

… identify pathways of exposure, protective measures, and precautionary label requirements. Data on environmental … Stock management Stocks should be managed according to the principle of ‘first-in-first-out’, to prevent the … • Are stocks managed according to the ‘first-in-first-out’ principle [51]? • Are non-contaminated, empty containers …
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Environmental Guidance Note for Disaster Risk Reduction - Healthy Ecosystems for Human Security

… governments, donors and development organizations adopt a precautionary approach in the design and management of …
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Guidelines for Reintroductions and other Conservation Translocations (Version 1.0)

… spectrum of conservation translocations. They are based on principle rather than example. Throughout the Guidelines … based on best evidence should be used. As a general principle, where substantial uncertainty about the risks of a … in other IUCN Guidelines10. It is to be hoped that the precautionary tone and treatment of risk in these Guidelines …
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Mapping Biodiversity Priorities - a practical, science-based approach to national biodiversity assessment and prioritisation to inform strategy and action planning

… and functioning. Using ecosystem types is a precautionary approach in situations where other biodiversity … representative samples of ecosystems and species (the principle of representation), as well as the ecological … processes that allow them to persist over time (the principle of persistence), as discussed in Section 3: Guiding …
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Flow : The essentials of environmental flows

… for low controversy situations. They also tend to be precautionary. 2.3.2 Desk Top Analysis Methods in this … regime rather than pre-derived statistics. A fundamental principle is to maintain integrity, natural seasonality and … This would be the prudent corollary for exercising the precautionary principle with respect to new projects to …
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Invasive Alien Species - a threat to biodiversity

… alien species or a pathway and should be based on the precautionary approach. (A summary of concepts and tools used … the rest of the river system. Redistribution was easy in principle since bags of Salvinia fern together with weevils …
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Manual of Compliance with and Enforcement of Multilateral Environmental Agreements

… of this Manual, MEA includes bilateral agreements.] As a principle of international law, MEAs (as with other … and maintenance of buffer zones; and n application of the precautionary approach. Other elements of the guidelines … and costs might ordinarily warrant, but are supported by a precautionary approach. MANUAL ON COMPLIANCE WITH AND …
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