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Framework for Assessing and Improving Law for Sustainability - A Legal Component of a Natural Resource Governance Framework
… In evaluating governance, it is important to consider the effect of complementary and competing governance … and (b) Avoiding, remedying, or mitigating any adverse effects of fishing on the aquatic environment. The … discretion to the regulator about their approach to adverse effects of fishing on the aquatic environment. The …
Drafting legislation for sustainable soils: A guide
… soil fertility, decline in structural condition, erosion, adverse changes in salinity, acidity or alkalinity, and the … separated without fundamentally changing their sense and effect: the sover- eign right of states to exploit their own … affected States on activities that may have a significant adverse transboundary soil environmental effect and must …
Compendium of Summaries of Judgments in Environmen Related Cases
… Bench India 5, 35 Green Belt Area India 10, 19 Greenhouse Effect Australia 1 Grid Stations Pakistan 3 Ground Water … of Actions Act Held The Plaintiff had acquired by adverse possession an absolute title to certain land marked … community, particularly the plaintiff who already suffered adverse health effects. The plaintiff brought a suit arguing …
Managing Natural World Heritage
… which convey the property’s significance; (c) suffers from adverse effects of development and/or neglect’ (Paragraph … In addition, the criteria for inscription often in effect make up a description of OUV. In these cases, a … resources of the World Heritage site, but it also had an adverse impact on the local communities, who were deprived of …
Managing Natural World Heritage - World Heritage Resource Manual
… which convey the property’s significance; (c) suffers from adverse effects of development and/or neglect’ (Paragraph … In addition, the criteria for inscription often in effect make up a description of OUV. In these cases, a … resources of the World Heritage site, but it also had an adverse impact on the local communities, who were deprived of …
Non-judicial grievance mechanisms in land-related disputes in Sierra Leone
… been lost to private individuals either through adverse possession or other non‐transparent ways. The … require the holder to “take measures to abate such adverse effects on or remedy any damage to … licenses to requiring measures to abate adverse effects and payment for damages shows that it …
Preparing national regulations for water resources management: Principles and practice (2nd edition)
… 38 Step Seven - Appealing from adverse decisions ................................... 40 3. … permits ................. 114 Step Six - Appealing from adverse decisions ............................ 117 Step Seven … for lack of the detailed procedures necessary to give them effect. As a result, the primary legislation may remain …
Marine litter legislation: a toolkit for policy makers
… across the food chain, leading to a biomagnification effect.14 Marine litter can also lead to economic losses, due … to “effectively control, prevent, reduce and eliminate adverse environmental effects resulting in all spheres, in … “proposed activities that are likely to have a significant adverse impact on the environment and are subject to a …
An introduction to the African Convention on the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources
… management, and the protection of the environment from the adverse effects of military and armed conflicts. 3.1 Control … to take measures to prevent, eliminate and reduce the adverse effects of radioactive, toxic and other hazardous … permit for investment projects that may have an adverse effect on the environment. Procedural rights are also …
Biodiversity Risks and Opportunities in the Apparel Sector
… has been studied show that mink can have a significant effect on ground- nesting birds, rodents, amphibians and … actions designed to compensate for significant residual adverse biodiversity impacts arising from project development … with biodiversity. Source: BBOP (2012) Residual Impact Adverse impacts that cannot be avoided, minimised and / or …