Search results
419 Results
Sorted by relevance
Water as a human right?
… and international society is critical for ensuring better management and planning for meeting basic water needs. The … for one’s private life and home. The case concerned a waste treatment plant, which caused health problems and … and 25,000 people dying of hunger every day?65 Why waste more time on academic debates on whether or not to …
POPs and PIC Chemicals
… Committee. 2014; UNEP/POPS/POPRC.10/10/Add.2 2. Risk management evaluation on decabromodiphenyl ether (commercial … compounds are released into the air, water, soil and solid waste, and degrade to PFOA in the environment and in … firefighting foams. PFOA has been detected in industrial waste, stain resistant carpets, carpet cleaning liquids, …
Governance of Shared Waters - Legal and Institutional Issues
… 63 4.1 The institutional framework for the management of shared waters ................................ … of watercourses with ‘heavy’ metals, chemical waste or pesticides and fertilizers. It is also worth … originating from rivers; and• Chemicals substances, solid waste products and spillages, with an impact on coastal …
Guidelines on compliance with and enforcement of multilateral environmental agreements
… issues, including global environmental protection, management of hazardous substances and chemicals, prevention and control of pollution, desertification, management and conservation of natural resources, … regional and subregional experiences in environmental management; (d) Evaluating by conferences of the parties, in …
Legal and institutional frameworks for sustainable soils: A preliminary report
… – The Brundtland Report 18 9.3 Sustainable Land Management 19 10. The Sustainable Use of Soil 20 10.1 The … power generation, infrastructure and urbanisation, waste handling, traffic, etc. It is most often linked to soil … the degradation of the environment by pollution, waste management, discharge of harmful substances, and …
Principles and concepts of international environmental law (Part 2) - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… Africa and the Control of their Transboundary Movement and Management of Hazardous Wastes within Africa, which requires … Statement of Principles for a Global Consensus on the Management, Conservation and Sustainable Development of all … to take into account when establishing conservation and management measures the need to ensure access to fisheries by …
Law, Policy and Dryland Ecosystems in the People's Republic of China
… 1 1.2 The Integrated Ecosystem Management Concept … loss of mud and sand, as a result of abandoned soil, waste sand and slag generated from mining, quarrying, road … and Control of Environmental Pollution Caused by Solid Waste 1995 provide the major legislative mechanisms for land …
Candidate POPs - Pentadecafluorooctanoic acid (PFOA, perfluorooctanoic acid), its salts and PFOA-related compounds
… compounds are released into the air, water, soil and solid waste, and degrade to PFOA in the environment and in … firefighting foams. PFOA has been detected in industrial waste, stain resistant carpets, carpet cleaning liquids, … facilities at moderate temperatures. Reference 1. Risk management evaluation on pentadecafluorooctanoic acid (PFOA, …
The burden of proof in natural resources legislation: Some critical issues for fisheries law
… to apply a precautionary approach widely to conservation, management and exploitation of living aquatic resources, in … Sea of 10 December 1982 Relating to the Conservation and Management of Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory … Procedure7, under which a potential dumper of industrial waste in the North East Atlantic region has to prove, among …