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Wildlife protection and trafficking assessment in Kenya - Drivers and trends of transnational wildlife crime in Kenya and its role as a transit point for trafficked species in East Africa
… WILDLIFE PROTECTION AND TRAFFICKING ASSESSMENT IN KENYA Drivers and trends of transnational … (Wepundi et al., 2012; Vira and Ewing, 2014). The security risk to people and wildlife posed by the proliferation of … to the prohibitive cost of protecting them from a high risk of poaching. Perhaps the most significant issue among …
WTO Panel Report on the "EC-Biotech" Case: Considerations for Trade and Development"
… 7 2. Risk assessment and precaution … depends on many factors, such as the level of risk they are willing to accept, their perception of the … were only put on the market on the basis of a careful assessment of risks, appropriate control and monitoring …
Strategic Report: Environment, Peace and Security - a Convergence of Threats
… children into labour; putting habitats and biodiversity at risk; and undermining attempts to control global warming. The … 53 8 A High-Profit, Low-Risk Activity … priorities emerging from global and regional fora, and an assessment of where UN Environment can make a transformative …
International trade rules and the agriculture sector: selected implementation issues
… of the welfare gains from trade liberalization and an assessment of the practical operation of trade facilitation … measures are applied in order to lower or eliminate the risk posed to human, animal or plant life or health by pests, … plant quarantine procedures. The IPPC guidelines for pest risk assessment provide a scientific basis for governments to …
The Green Customs Guide to Multilateral Environmental Agreements
… e-learning courses—such as those on Customs controls, risk assessment, profiling and selectivity— Green Customs Guide 11 … Those chemicals are considered to pose a special risk for chemical weapons production. The OPCW also promotes …
Global trends in the production and use of DDT for control of malaria and other vector‑borne diseases
… in 2009. Inadequate data were available for a global assessment of obsolete stocks and waste of DDT or amounts … quantities of DDT, to protect sizable human populations at risk of malaria and leishma- niasis with indoor residual … of PCDDs, PCDFs, PCBs and DDTs in human milk and benefit–risk evaluation of breastfeeding. Arch Toxicol. …
Illicit wildlife trafficking: An environmental economic and social issue
… national and potentially even international security at risk. It is a serious issue that affects us all. The illegal … low levels of enforcement effort expended and thus little risk of being apprehended. Even if caught, legal penalties … in the Worlds Tropical Forests. A Rapid Response Assessment. United Nations Environment Programme, …