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The rise of environmental crime - A growing threat to natural resources, peace, development and security
… 1 1 THE RISE OF ENVIRONMENTAL CRIME A UNEP--INTERPOL RAPID RESPONSE … (pdf) Printed by UNEP UNEP promotes environmentally sound practices globally and in its own activities. This … fishing undermines food security, livelihoods, fisheries management and biodi- versity.150 Illegal fishing threatens …
Illegal Traffic under the Basel Convention
… assumed to be disposed of nationally in an environmentally sound manner. But is this the case? Many countries complain … the environment from the harm posed by the generation and management of such wastes. Before any shipment of hazardous … is a crime. The Basel Convention is one of the very few environmental treaties to define a prohibited activity as a …
A Guide to Cooperation on the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions
… to build capacity for ensuring the environmentally sound management of hazardous and other wastes. The 1998 Rotterdam … CIEN Project is a cooperative effort of UNEP and the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in partnership with …
Significant Trade in Wildlife: A Review of selected species in CITES Appendix II - Volume 1 Mammals
… ISBN 2-88032-953-1 Printed in Canada by the Canadian CITES Management Authority (Canadian Wildlife Service), Ottawa. … Information on legislation has been extracted from lUCN Environmental Policy and Law Occasional Paper No. 3, African … that summers in north-western Greenland, in the Smith Sound-Kane Basin region and in the Canadian high Arctic. In …
E-Waste under the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal
… forms: Firstly a legal industry sustaining business and environmental protection, Secondly an unregulated sometimes … health risks and challenges of monitoring the safety and sound management; Thirdly, trafficking in hazardous waste and …
CITES and CBNRM. Proceedings of an international symposium on “The relevance of CBNRM to the conservation and sustainable use of CITES-listed species in exporting countries”
… practice. IUCN is the world’s oldest and largest global environmental organization, with more than 1,200 government … on “The relevance of community-based natural resource management (CBNRM) to the conservation and sustainable use of … I or II under CITES are known. Listing is founded on sound and relevant science, and the trade and biological …
Recommendations in furtherance of the national policy to combat wildlife trafficking
… during the late 1980's. The average sentence for Environmental/Wildlife Offenses was 2 months imprisonment and … requests that the Task Force: • Work with the Office of Management and Budget to prepare a cross-agency budget for … and transparent manner, in accordance with scientifically sound protocols, and with results posted as soon as possible …
Closing Strategy - Ending Ivory Trade in Hong Kong
… trade in antique ivory 8.5. Review Hong Kong's stockpile management system for confiscated ivory 8.6. Tackling ivory … On 27 June 2016, the Legislative Council’s Panel on Environmental Affairs discussed a proposal from the … Ivory. CB(1)1054/15-16(06).Legislative Council Panel on Environmental Affairs. 27 June. TRAFFIC report: Closing …
The Enivronmental Crime Crisis - Threats to Sustainable Development from Illegal Exploitation and Trade in Wildlife and Forest Resources. A UNEP Rapid Assessment
… 1 1 THE ENVIRONMENTAL CRIME CRISIS A RAPID RESPONSE ASSESSMENT … Trykkeri AS, Norway UNEP promotes environmentally sound practices globally and in its own activities. This … per definition outside government official regulation and management, and thus represents a significant economic, …
Wildlife and Forest Crime Toolkit (Revised Edition)
… on money-laundering issues, World Bank; David Higgins, Environmental Programme Manager, INTERPOL; Hui Fu, … . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 1.3 Information management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . … and target groups: • Governments, by providing them with a sound understanding of their responses to wildlife and forest …