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UNEP’s Compendium of Innovative Laws: promoting Green Economy & Sustainable Development

… 111 3.6 Water Regulation … Grow Act Box 17: Waste minimization design Tables Table 1: Right to a clean and healthy environment and obligation of … Table 2: Protection of Natural Resources Table 1: Specific Right to Food and Water Table 2: Duties of Citizens in Conserving the …
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Principles and Guidelines on Indigenous and Traditional Peoples and Protected Areas

… IUCN has acknowledged that indigenous peoples have the right "to participate effectively in the management of the … and other traditional peoples' rights, including the right to the full and effective protection of their areas, …
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The burden of proof in natural resources legislation: Some critical issues for fisheries law

… foreign fishing vessels, many of which came from distant water fishing nations with more sophisticated technology than … jurisdiction over foreign vessels exercising the right of transit passage, and archipelagic sea lanes passage … framework for natural resources management, I975 (E S) 10. Water law in selected European countries (Belgium, England …
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Governance of Protected Areas: From understanding to action

… provide essential services, including services related to water, and contribute to health, livelihoods and well- … the authority to declare certain areas of land, inland water Our patrimony, for us all to preserve © g bf , 2 00 8 © … simply remain effective conservation measures in their own right. Thus, areas that do not fit the IUCN definition of a …
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Governing natural resources and the processes and institutions that affect them : North-West Frontier Province. Legislation.

… Ordinance 1987 (Missing) 5.1.6.5 NWFP Rural Area Drinking Water Supply Scheme Act 1985 380 5.1.6.6 NWFP Water Users Association Ordinance 1981 383 5.1.6.7 West … from amongst the officials available in the district. 19. Right of the Zilla Nazim to take part in Council’s meetings.— …
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Maritime Traffic Effects on Biodiversity in the Mediterranean Sea. Volume 2 - Legal Mechanisms to Address Maritime Impacts on Mediterranean Biodiversity

… and acronyms AFS Anti-fouling substances BWM Ballast water management CBD Convention on Biological Diversity CMS … uses of the sea, impairment of quality for use of sea water and reduction of amenities’ (Article 1(4)). Dumping is … Convention). The Intervention Convention provides for the right of a coastal state to take measures on the high seas to …
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Developing a Global Soil Regime

… community became more aware of the phenomena of air and water pollution. More recently, the issues of climate change, … as well as the work of the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food. It also briefly explores other complementary … is essential if humanity’s overarching need for food, water, and energy security is to be met’.2 As a basic …
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Pastoralism and the Green Economy - a natural nexus?

… pastoralism maintains soil fertility and soil carbon, water regulation, pest and disease regulation, biodiversity … in order to clearly inform consumers of issues surrounding water scarcity, carbon emissions and freshwater pollution. … and governance over rangeland resources, recognising the right to manage resources. In many cases this will require …
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Governance of the Mediterranean Sea : Outlook for the legal regime

… conferred upon coastal States is not confined to the water column, but also extends to the air space over the … along the coast, the normal baseline, which is the low-water line along the coast, is used to establish the … adjacent coasts (Article 15)5. The UNCLOS recognizes the right of coastal States to claim an exclusive economic zone …
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Towards sustainable fisheries law: a comparative analysis

… FAO. 9 Ibid., p.143. 10 Ibid., p.142. 4 The sovereign right of states to exploit their own resources pursuant to … note 2, pp.666, 676. 198 ‘[F]ish which spawn in fresh water within a State’s territorial jurisdiction, and migrate … prominent example, spawn in the ocean and migrate to fresh water for most of their lives before returning to the ocean …
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