Legislating for Property Rights in Fisheries

Legislating for Property Rights in Fisheries
Author: Christine Stewart
Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
Total Pages: 214
Release: 2004
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9789251052068
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This study is a contribution of the FAO Development Law Service to the discussion on rights-based systems in fisheries management from a legal perspective. It outlines the history of the development of rights-based fisheries management, the concepts of property rights in fisheries and the terms used in property rights regimes, the governing legislation in jurisdictions which have introduced property rights in fisheries, the interpretation placed by the courts of the jurisdiction on that legislation, and the possible options for implementing property-based fisheries rights systems in national legislation. Includes a section on New Zealand (p. 24-35).

Groundwater in International Law

Groundwater in International Law
Author: Stefano Burchi
Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
Total Pages: 588
Release: 2005
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9789251052310
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Groundwater represents about 97 per cent of the fresh water resources available on earth (excluding the water locked in the polar ice), and is of key social, economic, environmental and strategic importance. Aquifers (including numerous transboundary ones) are coming under growing pressure from over-abstraction and pollution, which seriously threaten their sustainability. This publication brings together a range of binding and non-binding international law instruments dealing with groundwater, an emerging body of rules that indicate a trend towards more comprehensive international regulation in this important field.

New Principles of Phytosanitary Legislation

New Principles of Phytosanitary Legislation
Author: Sandrine Durand
Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
Total Pages: 108
Release: 1999
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9789251040850
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This legislative study describes the new approach of the international plant quarantine system following the implementation of the Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures. It demonstrates the renewed importance of the International Plant Protection Convention, which has now become the established instrument for drafting plant health standards recognised by the World Trade Organization (WTO). Some specific cases are cited, mainly the United States (US), the European Union (EU), and some African and Asian countries.