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The status of climate change litigation - A global review
… compelling an alternative approach to natural resource management. y Building on scientific understanding of the … that the Corps had been negligent, and that the Corps’ management of the channel had effectuated a temporary … by Federal Tort Claims Act did not extend to the Corps’ management of the MRGO.64 In St. Bernard Parish Government …
Supporting privately protected areas
… sustainable use; AWARE of the need to promote the proper management and conservation of natural resources and the … to the rehabilitation, connectivity and/or restoration of ecosystem functions indispensable to humanity; 2. LIKEWISE … areas in conserving biodiversity, natural heritage and ecosystem services; iii. their effective integration into …
Global Mercury Assessment
… by enterprises that hold permits for hazardous waste management. The amounts that may be emitted or released … with industrialization in Asia. The time lag in aquatic ecosystem response One important conclusion from air-ocean … and air and vegetation are not fully understood. Whole-ecosystem studies of mercury are needed to better understand …
Regulation of Freshwater at the Regional and Subregional Levels - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… Network of Basin Organization Cooperation and management 1. The 1992 UNECE Convention on the Protection and … and intend to cooperate in their conservation, management and use. An important example of regulation of … used with the aim of ecologically sound and rational water management, conservation of water resources and environmental …
Avoiding extinction in limestone karst areas
… available to encourage stakeholder participation in the management of these sites; 2. CALLS on IUCN State Members to … areas; 4. ENCOURAGES further research on the sustainable management of karst areas within the ecosystem matrix and encourages the cement and limestone …
Recognizing the indigenous territories as conservation areas in the Amazon Basin
… that the Amazon Basin is the largest tropical forest ecosystem in the world, covering an area of 7.8 million km2, … of which are endangering indigenous territorial rights and ecosystem integrity; and CONSIDERING that the Amazon’s future … and developing indigenous cultures, based on an integral management of their territories for their well-being, in the …
Safeguarding indigenous lands, territories and resources from unsustainable developments
… developments as well as other forms of land and ecosystem degradation; 2. RECOMMENDS that governments work … peoples to create, institute and enforce legal and management regimes, as appropriate and necessary, that …
Compendium of Good Practices on Human Rights and the Environment
… rights obligations related to environmental protection and management. Although not all of these practices may always be … to ensure the sustainability and maintenance of island ecosystem integrity, health and function through integrated … and local environment from industrial pollution and ecosystem degradation.” Further Information: Namati’s website …
International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling
… the agreed definitions and technical conservation and management measures. 2. Objective and scope The ICRW is … the management and conservation of whales in a broader ecosystem context has, among other things, led to several … agenda of the IWC and place whaling in a broader ecosystem context. In 2001, the IWC recognized the importance …