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Integrated coastal management law: Establishing and strengthening national legal frameworks for integrated coastal management

… and Use of Resources ........................ 51 3.5.4. Principle of Preventive Action … 54 3.5.6. Polluter Pays Principle … equity, the precautionary principle and the polluter pays principle. ICM is holistic and interdisciplinary in …
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Biodiversity, the next challenge for financial institutions ? A scoping study to assess exposure of financial institutions to biodiversity business risks and identifying options for business opportunities

… and Audit Scheme EP Equator Principles EPFI Equator Principle Financial Institution ESG Environmental, Social and … for damage to the environment, in accordance with the ‘polluter paysprinciple, but also prevent such damage. When the …
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Regulation of Freshwater at the Regional and Subregional Levels - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… in the Southern African Development Community Objective Principle of unity and coherence of each shared watercourse … between the substances and the transboundary impact; The “polluter paysprinciple, according to which the costs of pollution …
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An introduction to the African Convention on the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources

… law21 in the sense that it acknowledged, early on, the principle of common responsibility for environmental … du droit international de l’environnement dans les pays francophones, Presses Universitaires de Limoges, 2001, … que de sa situation économique et sociale actuelle.2 Les pays africains ont souffert de l’exploitation excessive de …
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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 … law. Typical approaches include: n Pollution prevention n Polluter-pays n Precaution n Transparency and public participation n …
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Compilation of Internationally agreed environmental Goals and Objectives

… the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development Focus Principle 1 “Human beings are at the centre of concerns for … instruments, taking into account the approach that the polluter should, in principle, bear the cost of pollution, … distorting international trade and investment.” Polluter pays principle Principle 17 “Environmental impact assessment, …
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Review of laws, policies and economic instruments related to payment for ecosystem services in Vietnam

… Law on Environmental Protection 2005, that implements the “polluter paysprinciple – those who benefit from ecosystem services must …
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Flow : The essentials of environmental flows

… regime rather than pre-derived statistics. A fundamental principle is to maintain integrity, natural seasonality and … funds are deposited in a Forestry Investment Fund, which pays landholders to maintain or plant trees. In a number of … status quo. Removing these obstacles is difficult, but it pays to at least understand them – as working against them …
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Economic measures for biodiversity planning: An annotated bibliography of methods, experiences and cases

… the costs of environmental degradation and instituting the polluter-pays principle. They also provide a means for governments to deal …
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Payments for Ecosystem Services - Legal and Institutional Frameworks

… which is based on ‘pacta sunt servanda’, a basic legal principle of civil and inter-• national law meaning … In Brazil, the Minas Gerais Water Steward Pro- gramme pays landowners monthly while Project Oasis pays landowners every six months. In Bolivia, in the Los …
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