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Climate Change Vulnerability of Migratory Species
… Further analysis can be carried out grouping species under taxa, habitat type, … Can be carried out in conjunction with Phase 3 of assessments to provide … A prioritisation process will have to be carried out that … level of detailed research and analysis to be carried out for each species to ascertain their climate …
The Minamata Convention on Mercury and its implementation in the Latin America and Caribbean region
… consensus positions, which – to a great extent – set out the unique personality of the legally binding agreement. … With the aim of phasing out the use of mercury in hospitals, the NGO Health … issues. Other challenges related to mercury include phasing it out from certain products and processes, such as …
Assessing forest landscape restoration opportunities at the national level: A guide to the Restoration Opportunities Assessment Methodology (ROAM)
… Partnership on Forest Landscape Restoration) and carried out by IUCN (International Union for the Conservation of … livelihoods in the areas being assessed. So those carrying out the FLR assessment will need to use a combination of … approximately two to five weeks of activity, spread out over two to four months to allow for wider engagement and …
Governance of Protected Areas: From understanding to action
… diversity. These are challenging goals, so they seek out imaginative, thoughtful and occasionally odd partners to … Its staff of 20 work on a semi- volunteer basis out of 20 countries. Members and staff join forces to support … and national policies and capacity building, and to carry out research and develop publications. Rooted in the …
Women as change-makers in the governance of shared waters
… being adopted or functioning as intended, leaving women out of decision-making systems (Chanphengxay, 2014; Kusakabe, … change in the way joint economic planning is being carried out between neighbouring communities who happen to live on … by Guinea and Liberia, fishing is traditionally carried out by women and is essential to the livelihoods of families …
Operational articles of the Minamata Convention - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… submit a general notification to the Secretariat setting out the terms and conditions of its consents. The Secretariat … products (Article 4) Part I of Annex A schedules the phase-out by 2020 of several mercury-added products. The list … may register for one or more exemptions from the phase-out dates listed in Annex A. An review of Annex A is required …
Croatia and marine protected areas: Legal and insituttional framework assessment for conservation of coastal and marine biodiversity and establishment of MPAs
… categories of PAs and the existing practice in Croatia, 7 out of the 9 categories for PAs in Croatia may potentially … area (see Articles 112 – 118 of the NPA). Carrying out interventions in PAs (including MPAs) according to the … of the NPA any legal or natural person intending to carry out a project in the PAs which are protected in one of …
Assessing environmental impacts - A global review of legislation
… of EIA include: The formal structure for carrying out the assessment of the environmental implications of … of these examples. These types of assessments are carried out prior to starting specific trade negotiations for the … will to do so. In this context it is also pointed out that comparing EIA (and SEA) systems among countries is …
Chemicals for a sustainable future; Report of the EEA Scientific Committee Seminar (Copenhagen, 17 May 2017)
… can provide earlier warnings Chemicals typically turn out to be more harmful than initially thought as long-term … on the environment up to and beyond 2020, and it sets out the ambition that by 2050 we will live well within the … replaced with short-chain Discussions • It was pointed out that there are also risks that higher volumes of …
Technical guidelines on specially engineered landfill (D5)
… interaction. Even then, any such mixing should be carried out in a controlled and monitored way. 6 Environmental and … environmental impact assessment has to be carried out as required under national legislations or procedures. … a landfill. Unless specific sampling has been carried out on the contaminated materials, it will be very difficult …