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The rise of environmental crime - A growing threat to natural resources, peace, development and security
… significant examples worldwide of cross-sectoral efforts working to crack down on environmental crime and successfully … of coordinated responses and international collaboration, working across ministries and jurisdictions at the national … actual exploitation, makes IUCN’s SSC Pangolin Specialist Group’s estimate of 1 million individuals taken from the wild …
Guidebook for policy and legislative development on conservation and sustainable use of freshwater resources
… of the relevant entities. For example, these nations might group one or more statutes that specifically identify the … and social groups for protecting the environment in the working places and housing development; with indigenous … level, as planners may not have to spend as much time working through often highly charged allocation issues. …
Covering ABS: Addressing the need for sectoral, geographical,legal and international integration in the ABS regime - papers and studies of the ABS Project
… help of Timothy Hodges, now a co-Chair of the CBD’s Ad-hoc Working Group on ABS; • IUCN-Canada, with special thanks to John … the Terms of Reference for the Secretariat and the Ad-hoc Working Group in their intersessional work in developing the …
Compendiums on Human Rights and the Environment - Selected International legal materials and cases (Advanced Version)
… Minority Rights Development (Kenya) and Minority Rights Group international on behalf of Endorois Welfare Council v. … respect for family and private life, the right to healthy working conditions, the right to humane treatment, and the … welfare, including food, health, and adequate living and working conditions, environmental agreements elaborate the …
The Aarhus Convention:An implementation guide. UN/ECE Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-Making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters
… Environmental Bureau (EEB), the members of the resource Group or their organizations. ECE/CEP/72 iii CONTENTS Page … Guidelines were developed and by May 1995 accepted by the Working Group of Senior Government Officials re- sponsible … Committee on Environmental Policy es- tablished the Ad Hoc Working Group for the preparation of a convention on access …
Guidelines for public use measurement and reporting at parks and protected areas
… of Utah, and Jeff Erickson of Montana. Ron Seale, then working in Uganda, Norman McIntyre of Waikato University in … provided a coordinated set of comments. Derek Wade, then working on visitor management in national parks in Tanzania, … and duration of stay of day use is unknown. } An entire group of visitors may not enter the visitor center and may …
Wildlife Poaching: Africa's surging trafficking threat
… in the country’s reserves. The Somali Islamist militant group al Shabaab has also earned hundreds of thousands of … Lemtongthai employed groups of Thai prostitutes, some working in Johannesburg and others flown in from Asia, to … diplomatic efforts. Several nations have already begun working together to shore up ranger deficiencies. Ga- bon has …
Raising awareness of climate change: A handbook for government focal points
… and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) are already working actively to raise awareness. The scale of the change … skills needed for outreach should be reviewed. An outreach group can be organized and specific tasks assigned, including … effectively than can a government climate change office working on its own, and they can serve as powerful champions …
Wilderness Protected Areas: Management Guidelines for IUCN categories 1b protected areas
… areas Prepared by the IUCN WCPA Wilderness Specialist Group Sarah A. Casson, Vance G. Martin, Alan Watson, Angie … protects and connects wilderness, wildlife and people. Working across cultures and boundaries by collaborating with … it. www.wild.org Wilderness Specialist Group of IUCN WCPA Working within the IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas …
The Aarhus Convention: An implementation guide. Securing the public's rights through access to information, public participation and Access to justice for a healthy environment
… Agency Austria. He chaired the Aarhus Convention’s Working Group on GMOs (2001 to 2004) and currently chairs the Ad Hoc … been developed and by May 1995 they were accepted by the Working Group of Senior Government Officials responsible for …