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Ridding the world of POPs - A guide to the Stockholm Convention on POPs
… were released, and they certainly received little benefit from the chemicals’ original use. The Stockholm … were released, and they certainly received little benefit from the chemicals’ original use. The Stockholm … they are not readily available for many countries. Sharing and exchanging information on alternatives is …
ITTO/IUCN guidelines for the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity in tropical timber production forests
… impacts on biodiversity. The right of local populations to benefit from the biodiversity on their traditional lands has … conservation at different spatial scales; • the equitable sharing of the costs and benefits of biodiversity … arrangements of protected and production areas that can benefit biodiversity. Maintaining viable landscapes for …
Document - Freshwater Law and Governance: Global and Regional Perspectives for Sustainability
… based on the record of other experience and skill-sharing exercises, regional and basin authorities could gain … account “Social, cultural, Indigenous and other public benefit issues”; the Basin Plan must include “(b) the uses to … had not existed before, thus leading to a multi-basin benefit. Because the discussions on the hydrography of the …
Collaboration for resilience: How collaboration among business, government and NGOs could be the key to living with turbulence and change in the 21st century
… provide more channels for learning and for acquiring and sharing data and information. They have more opportunities to … to a distributed governance system and to stakeholders sharing and applying their knowledge through networks. To …
The SHPF toolkit - A toolkit to help you to monitor and report incidents of pesticide poisoning caused by Severely Hazardous Pesticide Formulations in your country under Article 6 of the Rotterdam Convention
… Convention • Video case study from georgia: collecting and sharing information about pesticide exposure, including … treatment. These costs tend to be overlooked in cost/benefit analyses of pesticide use. In Europe it is estimated … applications. Reducing pesticide use will help farmers benefit from this natural biological control service for …
Feed-in tariffs and a policy Instrument for promoting renewable energies and green economies in developing countries
… some or all of these tasks. Networking and knowledge sharing among FITs practitioners and policy-makers between … project is at least sufficient to capture the tax credit benefit. As a result, project capital structures may include … as a hedge against volatile fossil fuel prices. The hedge benefit of renewables, however, may be eroded by FIT premium …
Customary laws: Governing natural resource management in the northern areas
… of a high rate of reproduction and lack of commercial benefit in hunting these s p e c i e s . d. Forests Forests … in each village is responsible for operating the water sharing system, opening the channel in the morning, informing … is left behind, the zaitu slaughters it and eats it, sharing it with other zaitus. If the milk animals are let …
GEO yearbook 2003
… food security and agriculture, and the fair and equitable sharing of benefits derived from their use. The International … Food and Agriculture 2004). The following interest groups benefit from the treaty: ● Consumers, because of a greater … basis with the country of origin. Another key aspect of benefit sharing is that, in some cases, people who …