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Bio-Cultural Community Protocols: A community approach to Ensuring the Integrity of Environmental Law and Policy
… • A self-definition of the group and its leadership and decision- making processes; • How they promote in situ … against environmental degradation. For example, a recent decision by the Loisukutan Forest Committee has determined … be given all relevant information with which to take a decision and given time to discuss the issues within the …
Climate Change and the Human Rights to Water and Sanitation Position Paper
… and strengthen accountability in climate change decision-making. Climate change, including its projected … on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-Making and Access to Justice in Environmental … Active, free and meaningful participation in climate decision-making requires, among other things, timely access …
Nexus Governance: Harnessing contending forces at work
… of stakeholders: Policy Advisors – individuals who advise decision making committees, senior staff and individual decision makers about issues related to policy delivery and … the project, villagers were repeatedly excluded from the decision-making process and access to information was denied, …
Persistent Organic Pollutants: Contaminated Site Investigation and Management Toolkit
… and as a self-directed manual and resource document for decision-makers, practitioners and a range of other … sites need to be cleaned up, the basis for decision- make, the regulations governing such work, and why … and exposure assist a risk manager to reach the proper decision. Current understanding of toxicity of these …
An Introduction to National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans
… into relevant cross-sectoral plans and national decision-making (Article 6(b)). Article 6(a) acknowledges … sectoral and cross-sectoral planning, and into national decision-making generally (Articles 6(b) and 10(a)). Such … and sustainable use of biological resources into national decision-making. […]” At the same time as the overall …
A guide to designing legal and institutional frameworks on alien invasive species
… 5.2.4 Standards and Criteria to be Applied to Decision-making … 57 Box 24. Legally-backed Criteria to Guide Decision-making – New Zealand Environmental Risk Management … introduction and mitigation of impacts of alien species (Decision IV/1). The Interim Guiding Principles for the …
The Green Customs Guide to Multilateral Environmental Agreements
… a State has the information it needs to make an informed decision about permitting an import, export or transit … by national legislation (9) If applicable under the OECD Decision OVERVIEW OF THE TREATIES IN THE GREEN CUSTOMS … that State having an opportunity to make an informed decision as to whether it wishes to permit the entry of such …
Guidebook for policy and legislative development on conservation and sustainable use of freshwater resources
… and spiritual—cannot be overestimated. Nearly every decision we make is directly linked to the use and … university professors and students, as well as policy and decision makers. It is a very timely and useful resource to … is treated. Through technical and policy support it helps decision-makers improve the way policies work. Through …
Special Rapporteur on the Environment_2016 Report
… in December 2010, the Conference of the Parties adopted a decision quoting the statements in Human Rights Council … of the population that are already vulnerable. The decision stated that “Parties should, in all climate change related actions, fully respect human rights” (decision 1/CP.16, para. 8, FCCC/CP/2010/7/Add.1). 13. Since …
Introductory presentation to the SEA Protocol
… is not mandatory. SEA is undertaken much earlier in the decision-making process than EIA, and it is therefore seen as … of possible environmental impact right from the start in decision-making— developing a more sustainable transport … provides for extensive public participation in government decision-making in numerous development sectors, from …