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The rise of environmental crime - A growing threat to natural resources, peace, development and security
… with much of what we rely on for our livelihoods at risk from a new threat: environmental crime. The slaughter of … of sustain- able development, peace and security is now at risk. Environ- mental crime is vastly expanding and … fishing undermines food security, livelihoods, fisheries management and biodi- versity.150 Illegal fishing threatens …
Conservation with justice - A rights-based approach
… 65 II RBA in the Community Forest Management Context … of a State to take reasonable measures to prevent such risk, or the necessary measures to respond when persons have … measures, including planning or land use laws and EIA or risk assessment procedures, should identify and commit to …
Wildlife and Forest Crime Toolkit (Revised Edition)
… . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 1.3 Information management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . … of institutional or social behaviour, run the risk of becoming unenforceable, irrelevant, and open … from the Management Authority with which to target high-risk consignments and travellers. The MOU also enables …
Compilation of Internationally agreed environmental Goals and Objectives
… (such as the International Conference on Chemicals Management which adopted the Strategic Approach to … and the environment, using transparent science-based risk assessment procedures and science-based risk management procedures, taking into account the …
Strategic Report: Environment, Peace and Security - a Convergence of Threats
… children into labour; putting habitats and biodiversity at risk; and undermining attempts to control global warming. The … 53 8 A High-Profit, Low-Risk Activity … criminals. The primary areas of support are: Information management and intelligence: INTERPOL assists member …
Poverty and conservation: Landscapes, people and power
… Flawed in theory? 27 New-generation ICDPs 29 Collaborative management 29 Community-based conservation 29 Sustainable use … or development. In cases where conservation activities risk making poor people worse off, there are ethical and … unavoidable, especially when conservation activities risk negatively affecting poor people by transferring the …
Human rights and the Environment: Rio + 20 - Joint Report OHCHR and UNEP
… the services they provide, such as food, water, disease management, climate regulation, spiritual fulfilment, and … necessary to prevent death from dehydration, to reduce the risk of water-related disease and to provide for consumption, … in developing countries can be linked to environmental risk factors.”21 A direct causality has been established …
Technical guidelines on specially engineered landfill (D5)
… and in their development of detailed procedures or waste management plan or strategy. They should not be used in … in landfill can occur. Experience with site-specific risk assessments based on exhaustive site investigations in … While engineered containment reduces the potential risk associated with contaminant migration into the …
Value : Counting ecosystems as water infrastructure
… and equitable development decisions in water resources management. It shows that investments in nature can be … tools that can be used are cost-effectiveness analysis, risk-benefit analysis and decision analysis. Relate ecosystem … of natural ecosystems themselves, and also runs the risk of undermining water availability, water profits and …