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Introduction to International Environmental Governance (IEG) - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… by four UN organizations and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Geneva, March 2017 … environment across a wide range of sectors, including air, water, biodiversity, waste management, chemicals, and … throughout the EU. Many other measures, such as the Water Framework Directive, are largely a result of the EU’s …
Framework principles on Human Rights and the environment
… standard of living, to adequate food, to safe drinking water and sanitation, to housing, to participation in … nat- ural causes; and take effective steps to ensure the conservation and sustainable use of the ecosystems and … rights, including their rights to life, health, food and water. Like directly discriminatory measures, such indirect …
The Aarhus Convention:An implementation guide. UN/ECE Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-Making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters
… and Law Association (EMLA), Hungary), Lyle Glowka (World Conservation Union (IUCN)), Ralph Hallo (Stichting Natuur en … Senior Advisers to ECE Governments on En- vironmental and Water Problems (which later became the Committee on … Convention on the Protection and Use of the Transboundary Water- courses and International Lakes, adopted at Helsinki …
The Aarhus Convention: An implementation guide. Securing the public's rights through access to information, public participation and Access to justice for a healthy environment
… increasing energy demands, rapid urbanization, and air and water pollution. The Guide is an essential reference for … for Standardization IUCN International Union for Conservation of Nature MEA multilateral environmental … Senior Advisers to ECE Governments on Environmental and Water Problems (which later became the Committee on …
Free Prior and Informed Consent - An indigenous peoples' right and a good practice for local communities - Manual for project practitioners
… of these interventions. Desert areas, huge holes in land, water pollution (fresh and sea water), changing the course of rivers, the reduced ability of … for the participatory research on indigenous biodiversity conservation practices. It has proven to be an adequate tool …
Introduction to Human Rights and the Environment - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… by four UN organizations and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Geneva, March 2017 … to fulfil individual’s human rights to life, health, water, food, work, culture, development, access to … to life, health, an adequate standard of living, food, water, housing, self-determination and means of subsistence, …
Principles and concepts of international environmental law (Part 1) - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… of South East Asian Nations (“ASEAN”) Agreement on the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources. The 1979 … in the preamble of the 1992 UNFCCC, the 1999 Protocol on Water and Health to the Convention on the Protection and Use …