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Legal aspects in the implementation of CDM Forestry Principles
… Roda Verheyen, Jens Mackensen and Gerald Scholz IUCN Environmental Law Programme IUCN – The World Conservation … resources at local, regional and global levels. IUCN Environmental Law Programme Environmental Law Centre … in a timely manner in the host country, no international standard for conducting socio-economic or environmental …
Assessing the international forest regime
… Forest Regime Edited by Richard G. Tarasofsky IUCN Environmental Law Centre IUCN Environmental Policy and Law Paper No. 37 IUCN The World … the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) or the International Standard Organization (ISO), although both organizations are …
Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security
… of the right to adequate food, poverty eradication, environmental protection and sustainable social and economic … world’s growing population requires food security, and as environmental degradation and climate change reduce the … communities, families or individuals, to earn an adequate standard of living from the land, fisheries and forests they …
Wildlife and Forest Crime Toolkit (Revised Edition)
… on money-laundering issues, World Bank; David Higgins, Environmental Programme Manager, INTERPOL; Hui Fu, … overview for understanding the main issues related to environmental offences and for analysing preventive and … 1657-1659. ExEcutivE summary 3 not produced to a uniform standard and thus considerable price variation can occur. …
Towards a mutually supportive relationship between the Convention on Biological Diversity and the World Trade Organisation: An action guide
… IUCN Environmental Law Programme Towards a mutually supportive … World Conservation UnionThe World Conservation Union IUCN Environmental Law Programme Godesberger Allee 108-112 53175 … to create an internationally agreed minimum, but strong, standard set of rules for the protection and enforcement of …
Voluntary Guidelines on National Forest Monitoring
… and their changes is key to national and international environmental and developmental policy processes and is … Maureen Mwale (Ministry of Lands, Natural Resources and Environmental Protection, Zambia), Dirk Nemitz (UNFCC, … For centuries, forest managers regularly have carried out standard data collection in forests on a regular basis to …
Markets and Incentives in Livelihoods and Landscapes Strategy. Using Economic and Financial Tools to Sustain Forest Livelihoods and Landscapes
… practice. IUCN is the world’s oldest and largest global environmental organization, with more than 1,000 government … value of forest landscapes in terms of the broader environmental services and livelihood benefi ts they provide. … be developed in accordance with both the Voluntary Carbon Standard (VCS) and the Climate Community and Biodiversity …
Mitigating the impacts of oil palm expansion and operations on biodiversity
… peoples and local communities, effective implementation of environmental regulations, appropriate plantation design, … and support to the small-holder sector to improve its environmental performance; The World Conservation Congress, … on Ecosystem Management (CEM) and the Commission on Environmental, Economic and Social Policy (CEESP), to conduct …
Poverty and conservation: Landscapes, people and power
… 128 Debt-for-nature swaps 128 Conservation Trust Funds or Environmental Funds 129 Tobin-type and other taxes 129 … Eastern Africa Regional Office and the Commission on Environmental, Economic and Social Policy (CEESP). It was … as an operating principle, a measure to assess a minimum standard for conservation in areas where high levels of …
Legal and institutional aspects of urban and peri-urban foresty and greening
… 18 4.4 Environmental legislation … Africa, section 32 .................. 18 Box 8: National Environmental Management Act of South Africa, No. 107 of … Activities towards reduction of air pollution and other environmental improvement can also generate income and reduce …