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On dangerous ground _ Global Witness

… de Dios on 19 November 2015. He led a movement to resist forest invasions into the biodiverse Tambopata region by … logging is rampant in Maranhão, where much of the Ama- zon forest has already been felled.36 At the frontiers of … notably Brazil, with illegal logging a main driver in forest loss.136 This rise in illegal logging is leading to …
17 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

MEA Negotiator’s Handbook

… issues, and we have developed our decision-making and management systems so that we can go farther. MEAs have … ongoing on how to proceed with regard to an instrument on forest. At the 1992 Earth Summit, governments agreed to a … non-binding statement of principles to promote sustainable forest management. This was the subject of further …
17 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Addressing pollution: Governance frameworks, challenges and oppotunities in the context of the 2030 Agenda

… has provided a platform for countries to share air quality management experiences, good practices and lessons learned. A … rainfed cropland, irrigated cropland, or range, pasture, forest and woodlands resulting from land uses or from a … salinization and exhaustion of aquifers as well as forest coverage losses due to climatic factors, consequences …
17 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Guidelines - Biodiversity in Impact Assessment

… 3.2 Objectives of biodiversity management … productivity - tree plantations productivity - managed forest productivity - rangeland/livestock productivity - … ecological knowledge. Examples are: - sea otters and kelp forest - elephants and African savannah - starfish in …
17 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Principles and concepts of international environmental law (Part 2) - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… Africa and the Control of their Transboundary Movement and Management of Hazardous Wastes within Africa, which requires … http://leo.informea.org/terms/forest http://leo.informea.org/terms/desert … Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention; also the 1992 Forest Principles 2(d), 5(a) and 12(d) refer to the …
17 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

D1 - Ecosystem Approach and Ecosystem Services

… of an ecosystem approach to integrated water resources management in domestic and international law. The class also … protection and preservation and its role in freshwater management. They will become familiar with existing tools to … Vietnamese forestry legislation regulates payment for Forest Ecosystem Services (FES). In particular, the 2008 …
17 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

Defenders of the Earth

… killings in India increased threefold > Park rangers and forest guards face heightened risks, with at least 20 … tops the list. All told, at least 20 park rangers and forest guards were murdered in 2016. Global Witness … navigate specific laws and contexts, establish risk management procedures, and design effective grievance …
17 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Sources of international law (Part II) - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… Statement of Principles for a Global Consensus on the Management, Conservation and Sustainable Development of all Type of Forests (“Forest Principles”), for example, are an illustration of this phenomenon. The relationship between the Forest Principles and a binding forest regime is that they …
17 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Transitioning to a pollution-free planet

… in enabling and guiding actions and including pollution management into development agendas, states and local … renewable energy production, reduce deforestation and forest degradation, and restore degraded lands (International … Some of the partners are India’s Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change; the International Fertilizer …
17 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Mr. Michael Frost, Analysis on the situation of Environmental Human Rights Defenders

… Integrate HRBA to their policies for fund allocation and management; condition their funds on such an approach in …
17 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance