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Food and Agriculture Organization (2017), Plant health and food security

… International Plant Protection Convention Plant health and food security Plants account for over 80% of the … diseases. More awareness and attention to plants and their health is essential to ensure a better life for many. Each of … Agreement) as the standard setting organization for plant health, the IPPC Secretariat, hosted by the Food and …
21 Jun 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

14th Conference of the Parties to the Conference on Biological Diversity concludes in Egypt:

… the ecosystems that support food and water security and health for billions of people.  The UN Biodiversity …
29 Nov 2018 News in Biological Diversity

Environmental rights means any proclamation of a human right to environmental conditions of a specified quality

… religion ; cultural and social rights such as  rights to health, water, food, and culture ; and collective rights …
07 Nov 2018 News in Environmental Governance

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

… pervasive. In some regions, ministerial environment and health forums support integrated action to tackle environmental risks affecting health. Their integrative role offers significant … procedural, and emerging rights, such as the right to health and food, while others refer to policy-based, …
21 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Towards a Pollution Free Planet - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… Towards a Pollution-Free Planet The health of people and the planet is central to the attainment … occurs in harmony with nature” (United Nations 2015a). Health is the outcome of many factors, including access to … risk the possibility of achieving these outcomes and hence health and well-being. Pollution touches all parts of the …
21 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Introduction to Human Rights and the Environment - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… is necessary to fulfil individual’s human rights to life, health, water, food, work, culture, development, access to … hungry or become ill and their basic human rights to food, health, and an adequate standard of living are violated; When … of a wide spectrum of human rights such as life, health, food, privacy and freedoms, such as freedom of …
01 Mar 2017 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

An Explanatory Guide to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

… UNEP United Nations Environment Programme WHO World Health Organization WTO World Trade Organization xiii List of … summed up in the analysis of single articles (e.g. human health); and � to give an overview of the Protocol’s pro- … diversity, taking also into account the risks to human health. Article 19(4) considers transfers of LMOs from one …
21 Jun 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

Introductory presentation to the SEA Protocol

… places a special emphasis on the consideration of human health, going beyond existing legislation in the region. This reflects the involvement of the World Health Organization in the negotiations as well as the … the 1999 London Ministerial Conference on Environment and Health. The text of the Protocol may be found at the …
21 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Food and Agriculture Organization (2017), Analyzing the benefits of implementing the IPPC

… in conjunction with experts from the fields of plant health, international trade, international economics and … . . 28 The importance of IPPC and the commitment to plant health activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 … to various industries and sectors relating to plant health. The aspects to be considered were in relation to …
21 Jun 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

Transitioning to a pollution-free planet

… activity and that degrades ecosystems and impacts human health and welfare of living species. Research on global … (iii) Multiple and long-term risks to human health and well-being, especially to women, children and vulnerable groups, ecosystem health and future generations require a preventive approach …
21 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance