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Adapting to Climate Change - Guidance for Protected Areas Managers and Planners
… . . . . . 34 4. Assessing climate change vulnerability and risk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . … to achieving climate adaptation, including hazards reduction, and the role of PAs as a part of national … for and responding to changing conditions. Defence and disaster risk management organizations have long used …
Judicial handbook on environmental law
… . . . . . . . . . . 48 In re Union Carbide Corp. Gas Plant Disaster at Bhopal, India in December 1984, 809 F.2d 185 (2d … protection, including environmental impact and risk assessment, prior licensing, and emission standards. At … or technologies. Often “pollution prevention” and “source reduction” are conceived as a goal of voluntary efforts that …
Managing Natural World Heritage - World Heritage Resource Manual
… which can be freely downloaded. List of titles: Managing Disaster Risks for World Heritage (June 2010) Preparing World … publication: Is Our Project Succeeding: A Guide to Threat Reduction Assessment for Conservation (see Resources, p. 84, … during peak tourist sea- sons or periods of high fire risk) and for stakeholders (e.g. during harvest, when weather …
Judges and the rule of law. Creating the links: Environment, human rights and poverty
… considered as economic damage just after the Chernobyl disaster. In 1988, the International Court of the Environment … are choices necessitating decisions not only about how risk should be regulated, how much protection is enough, … to improving living conditions in urban areas and a reduction in conflicts over natural resources in rural areas. …
Responsible governance of tenure and the law - A guide for lawyers and other legal service providers
… in connection with due diligence processes. Tenure risk can affect businesses in important ways, including in the form of financial risk, reputational risk, political risk (i.e. contract … and its potential role in economic development and poverty reduction. They promote the development of a shared vision of …