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New Directions in Earth Rights, Environmental Rights and Human Rights: Six Facets of Constitutionally Embedded Environmental Rights Worldwide
… reflecting basic human rights to clean water, air, land, and environmental opportunity.9 Courts have even read … at 65; and A. Herrero de la Fuente, in J. Ebbesson (ed.) Access to Justice in Environmental Matters in the EU (2002) … report that private interests were seeking to buy coastal land for dumping nuclear and highly hazardous waste51 and …
European Union overseas coastal and marine protected areas - overview of coastal and marine conservation efforts in the European Union's overseas countries and territories and outermost regions
… coastal State comprises the submerged prolongation of the land territory of the coastal State - the seabed and subsoil … State, and are open to all States, whether coast- al or land-locked Freedom of the High Seas shall be exercised by … cat I) repre- sent a legal protection with restricted access, prohibit- ing fisheries, development and any other …
Acting Now!
… global, anthropogenic mercury releases to air, water and land. The Partnership has more than 100 partners. For … Food and Environment, Spain, and Ministry of Housing, Land Planning and Environment, Uruguay Objective: Reduce … Reduce global mercury releases to air, water, and land that may occur from chlor-alkali production facilities. …
Guidelines on Biofuels and Invasive Species
… of an invasion by an introduced species. These include land tenure agreements, long term economic profitability, … more susceptible to invasion due to disturbances from land use change, agriculture or construction, changing … growing, have low nutrient requirements and are able to access deep sub-surface water sources in dry areas. they are …
A guide to the complementarities between the Convention on Migratory Species and the Convention on Biological Diversity
… forest ecosystems, agricultural ecosystems, dry land ecosystems, mountain ecosystems and even urban … hunting is allowed year round. 9 The insidious threats of land degradation, including desertification, deforestation … keeping in mind the need for local communities to have access to natural resources located there, tour operators …
Preparing national regulations for water resources management: Principles and practice (2nd edition)
… 241 2.1 Occupation of Irrigated Land ..................................................... … 265 2. LAND DRAINAGE … issues from the highest lawmaking body or authority of the land (i.e. the Parliament, Congress or National Assembly) and …
Handbook for the 1979 Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution and its Protocols
… grow within NOx emission inventories as emissions from land-based sources are reduced progressively. 52 UPDATED … This is a 157,000-km2 area consisting of a strip of land 1,100 km long and averaging 140 km in width stretching … services, equipment or finance; (b) The exchange of and access to information on the development and use of …
Intellectual property rights in plant varieties: International legal regimes and policy options for national governments
… for creators but the enhancement of social welfare through access to the ideas and information contained in their … seeds saved from prior purchases to be used on their own land holdings, while others allow them not only to replant … permitting farmers to save and reuse seeds on their own land without the patent owner’s permission, another exception …
Aquaculture: responsible practices and certification
… scheme, such as its organizational structure, access to information and participation of all interested … approach is a strategy for the integrated management of land, water and living resources that promotes conservation … the natural environment in the joint aim of protecting the land and biodiversity, as well as promoting and protecting …