strategy
Managing transboundary issues
Synonyms:
Overseeing transfrontier issues Context:
As a consequence of events in history, many frontier regions have been inaccessible and have not been developed or urbanised, and have therefore largely preserved their natural characteristics and landscapes. Transfrontier co-operation will help preserve these natural ecosystems, which constitute both a natural and a cultural heritage.
Implementation:
The Declaration of Heads of State and Government of the member States of the Council of Europe, adopted in Vienna on 9 October 1993, stresses the importance of transfrontier co-operation in the Council of Europe's activities and their commitment to further action in this field.
The Declaration on Transfrontier Co-operation in Europe, adopted in Vienna on 6 October 1989 by the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, recognises that frontier regions, the scars of history, now link the peoples of Europe together and that there is now a general consensus among those with political responsibility for territorial authorities on the need to work with their neighbours in a spirit of co-operation, neighbourliness, openness and solidarity, and encourages the gradual removal of barriers of every kind – administrative, legal, political and psychological – which might curb the development of transfrontier projects.
Narrower:
Settling border disputesProtecting migratory speciesReducing transboundary pollutionSharing international water resourcesIncreasing international labour mobilityIncreasing international labour mobilityCoordinating international river basin developmentPreventing transboundary diseaseControlling transboundary movement of hazardous waste Facilitates:
Preparing regional conservation management plans Organizations:
Convention on the control of transboundary movements of hazardous wastes and their disposal Convention on environmental impact assessment in a transboundary context Convention on the protection and use of transboundary watercourses and international lakes Convention on the transboundary effects of industrial accidents References:
Louka, E: Overcoming National Barriers to International Waste Trade: a new perspective on the transnational movements of hazardous and radioactive wastesThorsell, Jim: Parks on the Borderline: experience in transfrontier conservationUnited Nations Economic Commission for Europe: Regional Strategy for Environmental Protection and Rational Use of Natural Resources in UN / ECE Member Countries Covering the Period up to the Year 2000United Nations Economic Commission for Europe: Code of Conduct on Accidental Pollution of Transboundary Inland Waters Subjects:
Government → FrontiersManagement → Management
Type Classification:
B: Basic universal strategies Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
