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An Explanatory Guide to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety
… through their financial support: the Danish Environmental Protection Agency (DEPA), through Danish Cooperation for … to specific aspects of its imple- mentation. International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) (adopted 1951, amended … The IPPC is an international treaty for co- operation in plant protection, which aims to “to secure common and …
Framework for Assessing and Improving Law for Sustainability - A Legal Component of a Natural Resource Governance Framework
… to, inter alia, contract, property, civil rights, consumer protection, or financial regulation. d) International … a wide range of habitats and large numbers of animal and plant species. Conservation International (CI) recognizes … genetic material, • Ensure the sustainable utilisation of plant and animal species and biological systems, especially …
Principles and concepts of international environmental law (Part 2) - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… shall apply a precautionary approach to environmental protection ... when there is reason to believe that wastes or … Examples ITLOS, in its Order of 3 December 2001 in the MOX Plant Case, considered (para. 82) the duty to cooperate in … downstream community can build an adequate water treatment plant at its own cost; (3) the polluter may receive public …
The precautionary principle in biodiversity conservation and natural resource management. An issues paper for policy-makers, researchers and practitioners
… as a broad principle weighing in favour of environmental protection in the case of uncertainty. The core of the … prudence”, meaning that “the introduction of animal and plant species and of modern technologies into the forest and … (see Decisions IV/7, V/4, VI/9), the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation (Decision VI/9), or the deliberations of …
The burden of proof in natural resources legislation: Some critical issues for fisheries law
… but which seek to protect wider interests, such as the protection of natural resources from illegal logging, … Increasingly it has been applied to legislation for the protection of the environment. An even more extreme form of … legislation - West Africa (CECAF Region), 1983 (E/F*) 28. Plant protection legislation, 1984 (E F S) 29. Legislation on …