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European charter on hunting and biodiversity
… represents a collective effort of governments, hunters and environmental organisations to discuss and facilitate … Brainerd, who did a remarkable job in preparing the high standard draft text of the Charter with the active input of … Recommendation 1689 (2004)1 regarding Hunting and Europe’s environmental balance on 23 November 2004 in Warsaw, Poland. …
Guidelines for Protected Areas Legislation
… Guidelines for Protected Areas Legislation IUCN Environmental Policy and Law Paper No. 81 G uidelines for P rotected A reas Legislation IUCN Environmental Law Programme Environmental Law Centre … to individual sites under comparable conditions in standard ways. • Cost-effectiveness, efficiency and equity: …
UNEP - Our Planet Magazine - Making Our Future Chemical Safe - Edition from Sept 2015
… Formula for Success UNEP at work Handle With (Better) Care Environmental Champion Erin Brockovich Reflections 16 10 42 … billion per year. Chemical mismanagement also results in environmental problems. Local species and eco- systems are … all stages of a product’s life, is becoming the new standard. “Rather than judging against a few basic criteria, …
Guidelines for Applying Protected Area Management Categories. Best Practice Guidance on Recognising Protected Areas and Assigning Management Categories and Governance Types
… practice. IUCN is the world’s oldest and largest global environmental organization, with more than 1,200 government … for the conservation of nature, the application of environmental regulations and policies on the use and … Nations and by many national governments as the global standard for defining and recording protected areas and as …
Sharing Information with Confidence. “The Biodiversity Commons”: past experience, current trends and potential future directions
… to public information, participation and legal action on environmental matters was emphasised in the Aarhus Convention … developed a ‘closed’ database on Inuit ecological and environmental knowledge, along with a long–term programme to … and process to bring this critical resource to a good standard of quality and accessibility39. BCIS remains …
Issues in water law reform
… in a reservoir, waterway or irrigation channel. In fact, environmental and ecosystem requirements have been mostly met … equitable balance is achieved between social, economic and environmental needs for the water; and (ii) the rate of use … of a 'water unit' (known as a Aregador) as the standard unit measurement of water applied to every river in …
Sources of international water law
… indication or reference to freshwaters which meet the standard illustrated at the outset of this Foreword, or to a … 1.2.3.2 Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context - … data and information, including the results of any environmental impact assessment, in order to enable the …
Legal frameworks for REDD: design and implementation at the national level
… Design and Implementation at the National Level IUCN Environmental Policy and Law Paper No. 77 IUCN Environmental Law Programme Environmental Law Centre … Convention on Climate Change VCS Voluntary Carbon Standard xiv 1 Part I 2 3 Introduction John Costenbader * …
Feed-in tariffs and a policy Instrument for promoting renewable energies and green economies in developing countries
… MEAs Implementation Support Branch, UNEP Division of Environmental Law and Conventions (DELC). Lead Author: Wilson … Tariff RFP Requests for proposals RPS Renewable portfolio standard SMUD Sacramento Municipal Utility District TGCs … United Nations Development Programme UNEP United Nations Environmental Programme UNFCCC United Nations Framework …
Review of the Legal and Policy Framework for Transboundary Natural Resource Management in Southern Africa
… by implication in TBNRM agreements and initiatives. In the environmental sphere good governance has emerged as a key … of local communities. Traditional evaluation tools such as Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) are inadequate for … and economic growth but also should enhance the standard and quality of life of the peoples of southern …