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… protect those who are most vulnerable to, or at particular risk from, environmental harm (framework principles 14 and … They are among the human rights defenders most at risk, and the risks are particularly acute for indigenous … enjoyment of human rights, States should require the prior assessment of the possible environmental impacts of proposed …

… EB Executive Board (of CDM) EIA environmental impact assessment FAO Food and Agriculture Organization FSC Forestry … of a State to take reasonable measures to prevent such risk, or the necessary measures to respond when persons have … measures, including planning or land use laws and EIA or risk assessment procedures, should identify and commit to …

… Agency Austria in 1991 and has worked on ecological risk assessment, monitoring and coexistence of genetically … and currently chairs the Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on Risk Assessment and Risk Management under the Cartagena …

… access, States have affirmative duties to provide for the assessment of the potential impacts of proposed projects and … resources are the second largest group of defenders at risk of being killed (A/HRC/4/37), and that their situation … and adjudicating abuse by business enterprises, or risk breaching their international obligations” (A/ HRC/4/35, …

… below. 1985 Directive 85/337/EEC of 27 June 1985 on the assessment of the effects of cer- tain public and private … countries. Through these activities, UN/ECE reduces the risk both of cross-border tensions and of disagreements … economic interests are at stake, persons who take the risk of demanding that the rules should be complied with and …

… legislation on areas such as environmental impact assessment, access to environmental information, … (LRTAP), Espoo Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment and the Aarhus Convention on Access to … the funding basis for the UN Environment Programme may risk to remain uncertain, unstable and unpredictable. As a …