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An introduction to the African Convention on the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources
… in areas of common interest to the Parties, including energy, mineral resources, food, agricultural and animal … Parties must adopt measures for the efficient use of energy, raw materials and non- renewable resources. The term … adequate and sufficient. This is important to ensure the efficiency of the reporting mechanism as a means to enhance …
Towards sustainable fisheries law: a comparative analysis
… the DKP, Coordinating Ministry for Economy, Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, and Director of National Oil … a specific ministerial decree.189 In order to improve the efficiency of fishing management, this regulation obliges the … marine resources are fully captured in the White Paper on Energy Policy.33 The current Kudu Gas Project 27 Ibid. 28 …
Flow : The essentials of environmental flows
… costly changes to their practices, e.g. to improve water efficiency. However, the price of not providing environmental … history to have its license renewal refu- sed. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) determined that the power … estimated that this will reduce the 2,000 MW dams’ total energy output by 20%. These efforts have been undertaken by …
National Blue Carbon Policy Assessment Madagascar
… wide issue. According to estimates, 95% of household energy needs are met by fuelwood (Hipler 2014). A third … important ecological services, such as attenuating wave energy, and reducing coastal erosion and sedimentation. … as well as ensuring that the principles of environment, energy, security and health are followed (Andriamanjato et …
Rights-based approaches - Exploring issues and opportunities for conservation
… was the Principal Research Associate for the Renewable Energy and International Law Project in Washington, DC. Here … a wide range of law and policy issues around renewable energy. At FIELD she worked on intellectual property, … government irrigation pumping point, to enhance irrigation efficiency. They also provided technical support for some …
Poverty, equity and rights in conservation : Technical papers and case studies
… The economic process is entropic: it requires high quality energy biotic and abiotic natural resources (low entropy) and generates lower quality energy wastes (high entropy). 5. Biotic resources and mineral … As Bromley states, “... judgements about economic efficiency are functionally dependent on the way that …
Assessing the international forest regime
… forest products geared to the increase of productivity and efficiency in downstream processing,46 as well as the … initiated pursuant to Article 6 will probably be in the energy sector, some countries with economies in transition, … issues are currently dealt with mainly by its Sustainable Energy and Environment Division.45 UNDP spends approximately …
Transboundary Air Pollution - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… by man directly or indirectly of substances or energy into the air, resulting in deleterious effects of such … to the circumstances of each Party. These can include energy efficiency, use of renewable energy such as wind power, …