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Framework for Assessing and Improving Law for Sustainability - A Legal Component of a Natural Resource Governance Framework
… This year, the United Nations adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, which includes 17 Sustainable … bodies about their implementation actions can yield useful evidence. Has implementation resulted in … used depending on resources, capacity, and context. To the maximum degree, conclusions should be based upon empirical …
Accountability through Civic Participation in the Post-2015 Development Agenda
… in 2013 at the conclusion of the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20), which provides for the … out below the surface of global discourse. Further, to yield real-world progress, insights gleaned at the global … recommendations and/or best practices; (iv) Cover a maximum four-year time period; (v) Do not contain language …
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
… seem trivial in such a long-term perspective, the goal of sustainable, equitable and environmentally sound development … the Signatories pledged to apply the Convention to the maximum extent possi- ble pending its entry into force, and … to environmental improvement. Reporting releases can often yield a double dividend. Many companies have found that the …
Wildlife law and the empowerment of the poor
… wildlife management schemes; recognizing and supporting sustainable traditional use; and requiring participatory … to release information that would benefit poachers) and maximum timelines for providing the information requested, o … other species of special concern. The plans may call for maximum extraction quotas and other measures (Aguilar and …
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
… in the outcome document of the Rio+20 UN Conference on Sustainable Development. The Aarhus Convention’s twin … the information “as soon as possible”. It then sets a maximum time limit of one month, with certain circumstances … improvement. The reporting of releases can often yield a double dividend. Many companies have found that the …
Transboundary Water Governance - Adaptation to Climate Change
… uses between States have placed increasing pressure on the sustainable management of waters, including transboundary … with slightly more than half of global precipitation, and yield about half of global runoff.28 Overall, current forest … vulnerability (or 4 in a 5 scale where 5 is the maximum). 21 MINAE/IMN, UNDP (2012). Análisis de …