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Mapping Biodiversity Priorities - a practical, science-based approach to national biodiversity assessment and prioritisation to inform strategy and action planning
… three key questions about biodiversity can be useful for a range of policy, strategy and action planning: What … does a country have and where is it? What is the state of biodiversity across the landscape and seascape? … interpretive products to guide actions. Products A wide range of useful products are generated: EN CR VU A B C A B C …
Explaining Ocean Warming: Causes, scale, effects and consequences
… glaciers, insufficient attention has been given to the range of problems associated with the warming of the oceans. … amongst the political and social communities in the state of our oceans. To manage the risks will require both … the scale of the challenge and explore this issue from a range of different perspectives – oceanography, ecosystems …
Integrating mining and biodiversity conservation: Case studies from around the world
… enabling it to be grown successfully across a vast range of different climatic zones, from North America and … people depend on mining for the essentials of life. These range from the very basics, such as salt and fuel, to the … to be minimised and the land restored to a near-original state for future uses, such as ecotourism. In addition, MET …
Assessing environmental impacts - A global review of legislation
… this study focuses on EIAs and SEAs, there are a broader range of impact assessments, and examples of these are given … in implementation. As a consequence, and while the range of benefits to be gained from conducting EIAs and SEAs … the 1970s. Over the decades, these EIA systems, which were state-led and focused on ensuring compliance with …
Guidelines - Biodiversity in Impact Assessment
… — both positive and negative. We must consider the full range of options for carrying out a project, implementing a … to ensure that they persist into the future, providing a range of values for human well being. Priority is given to … 6.3); • Within the administrative boundaries (province, state, country) to which the policy, plan or programme …
Guidance on the Practical Application of the Espoo Convention
… 3.2 Long-range impacts (Article 1.8) … the notification as well as other local, regional, state or national authorities and to Non-Governmental … it is not the only one. For example the Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution (1979) … depending on the nature of the issue, a local, regional, state or national authority. The Point of Contact is the …
Introduction to Human Rights and the Environment - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… individuals and groups. Its Committee has indicated that state obligations to protect the right to life can require … 4 states that “the right to health embraces a wide range of socio- economic factors that promote conditions in … harm can interfere with the enjoyment of a vast range of human rights, including rights to life (article 3 of …
Governance of Shared Waters - Legal and Institutional Issues
… 25 2.4 State powers and duties … water governance a step forward and explores new inter-state and institutional modalities and alternatives for … Water Partnership (GWP) defines water governance as a range of political, social, economic and administrative … the water needed and used by societies for their diverse range of activi- ties. Similarly, the basin receives all of …
Principles and concepts of international environmental law (Part 1) - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… have acquired recognition, among other means, through state practice, their incorporation in international legal … Declaration recognizes the sovereign right of each state upon its natural resources, emphasizing that it is … Nature and Natural Resources. The 1979 Convention on Long- Range Transboundary Air Pollution reproduces Principle 21 …