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  • Water

    Literature Review on China: Water Issues In the Encyclopedia of Public Administration and Public Policy, [1] Scott Moore offers the following summary about the topic of China: Water Issues: China's water scarcity is attracting increasing popular attention, while at the same time policy […]

  • Water Governance

    Water Governance Legal Issues By Jacqueline Medalye Public governance Today, various forms of governance exist in the water sector. Public water provision is the most widely used governance structure under which the government takes on all of the responsibilities and challenges of water and wastewater services. The provision of water has long been considered an…

  • Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses 3

    Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses   Article 11 JOINT MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT 1. In the framework of general cooperation mentioned in Article 9 of this Convention, or specific arrangements, the Riparian Parties shall establish and implement joint programmes for monitoring the conditions of transboundary waters, including floods and ice drifts, as…

  • Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses 2

    Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses   Article 5 RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT The Parties shall cooperate in the conduct of research into and development of effective techniques for the prevention, control and reduction of transboundary impact. To this effect, the Parties shall, on a bilateral and/or multilateral basis, taking into account research…

  • Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses

    Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses   Article 1 DEFINITIONS For the purposes of this Convention, 1. “Transboundary waters”means any surface or ground waters which mark, cross or are located on boundaries between two or more States; wherever transboundary waters flow directly into the sea, these transboundary waters end at a straight…

  • Buenos Aires Draft Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage 2

    Buenos Aires Draft Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage   Article 10: Seizure of Heritage 1. Subject to Article 9, on the request of any Party or on its own initiative, each State Party, in accordance with its constitutional procedures, shall seize any underwater cultural heritage brought within its territory, directly or…

  • Clean Water

    Clean Water Safe Drinking Water and Sanitation In the course of 2010, the United Nations General Assembly and the Human Rights Council explicitly recognized the human right to water and sanitation. It is derived from the right to an adequate standard of living as stipulated in Art. 11 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social…

  • Pollution

    Legislation in the United States In 1969, a major fire erupted (in the United States). This time, with the help of news and magazine coverage, the fire prompted the nation to take immediate action against water pollution. The public response to this event helped create the Federal Water […]

  • Pollution

    Legislation in the United States In 1969, a major fire erupted (in the United States). This time, with the help of news and magazine coverage, the fire prompted the nation to take immediate action against water pollution. The public response to this event helped create the Federal Water […]

  • Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals

    Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals Details Done at Date (Signature): Jun 23, 1979 Entry into Force: Agreement Type: Multilateral Treaties Place of Adoption: Bonn Treaty Status: In Force Field of Application: Global Agreements and Conventions Depository: Germany Other Details Languages…

  • List of Environment Treaties with Regional or Restricted Field of Application Section 2

    List of Environment Treaties with Regional or Restricted Field of Application Section 2 Notes: for a list of Environment Treaties with a global Field of Application, see here. There is a first part of this list of Environment Treaties with Restricted Field of Application here. Agreement between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great…

  • List of Bilateral Environment Treaties by Place of Adoption

    List of Bilateral Environment Treaties by Place of Adoption Abuja : Treaty between the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe on the Joint Development of Petroleum and other Resources, in respect of Areas of the Exclusive Economic Zone of the Two States Abuja : Treaty between the Federal…

  • Fracking

    Literature Review on (Environmental Policy) Fracking and Shale Gas In the Encyclopedia of Public Administration and Public Policy, [1] Corey Johnson offers the following summary about the topic of (Environmental Policy) Fracking and Shale Gas: Shale gas is methane that is found in tiny […]

  • Fracking

    Literature Review on (Environmental Policy) Fracking and Shale Gas In the Encyclopedia of Public Administration and Public Policy, [1] Corey Johnson offers the following summary about the topic of (Environmental Policy) Fracking and Shale Gas: Shale gas is methane that is found in tiny […]

  • Environmental Crime

    Environmental Crime Environmental Crime: Factors for Presecution in the United States Introduction to Factors to be Considered Where the law and evidence would otherwise be sufficient for prosecution, the Attorney for the Department should consider the factors contained herein [1], to the extent they are applicable, along with any other relevant factors, in determining whether…