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Handbook of The Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer

… the responsibility to ensure that activities within their jurisdiction or control do not cause damage to the … of other States or of areas beyond the limits of national jurisdiction”, Taking into account the circumstances … work and studies proceeding within both international and national organizations and, in particular, of the World Plan …
01 Jun 2026 Document in Climate and Atmosphere

Principles of phytosanitary legislation

… that these developments will certainly have on national plant protection legislation, and to an even greater … authorities are required to do in the exercise of their national sovereignty on the one hand, and on the other, the … are now enforceable. The European Union, which has jurisdiction over phytosanitary matters, must now carry out …
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Safe Havens: Protected Areas for Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation

… 33 Coastal ecosystems in Kouchibouguac National Park of Canada: adaptation possibilities for … 141 Hurricane Katrina, the role of US National Parks on the northern Gulf of Mexico and post storm … Wongaling Beach). All of the above communities lie in the jurisdiction of the Cassowary Coast Regional Council (CCRC). …
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Mapping the linkages between oceans and other Sustainable Development Goals: A preliminary exploration

… of Goal 14; share the expe- riences gained at the national, regional and international levels in the … 10 per cent of coastal and marine areas, consistent with national and international law and based on the best availa- … in territorial seas and very few in areas beyond national jurisdiction (Boonzaier and Pauly, 2016). There has been a …
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Vessel-Based Sources of Marine Pollution - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… 5 and 6 requiring states to create and enforce appropriate national laws implementing MARPOL; Article 5 requiring … force in 2007. The OPRC mandates that parties establish national measures to deal with vessel accidents that threaten … and persons undertaking land-based activities within their jurisdiction that might lead to pollution of the marine …
01 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Marine and Freshwater

The Aarhus Convention:An implementation guide. UN/ECE Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-Making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters

… will undoubtedly be an even greater challenge. Amending national laws to bring them into compliance with the … responsible for transposing the Convention into national systems, as well as at public authorities and their … the environmental consequences of activities under their jurisdiction or control. Accord- ing to some scholars, this …
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In the front line : Shoreline protection and other ecosystem services from mangroves and coral reefs

… and policy analysis, and making the results available to national and international decision makers and businesses. … recreation. ❏ Both ecosystems contribute significantly to national economies, particularly those of small island … or mangrove. ❏ Many of the world's wealthiest nations have jurisdiction over these ecosystems – more than 30 per cent of …
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Share - Managing water across boundaries

… legal framework is implemented at the international, national and local level 56 4.3 Establishing new … states. 7 International regimes need to be transposed to national and local levels International law on freshwater … legal term for marine waters that lie outside any national jurisdiction, whereas when it is used to describe shared …
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The development of international environmental law at the Multilateral Environmental Agreements’ Conference of the Parties and its validity

… Increasingly, international law is also addressing national or domestic environmental problems of global … of the CITES Convention under the auspices of the United National Environmental Programme (UNEP), unlike the Ramsar … maintain, however, that even in the absence of compulsory jurisdiction or review machinery, the final acts and …
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Patents and clean energy technologies in Africa

… technology and innovation (STI) poli- cies, as well as national programmes or white papers, which all place … Technological advances, coupled with the growth in inter- national trade of knowledge-based goods and services, have … driving its development. While there is no single jurisdiction in charge of granting patents with a world wide …
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