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A Global Register of Competences for Protected Area Practitioners
… management (e.g. to NGO) Type B. Shared governance: Transboundary governance (formal and informal arrangements … countries/territories. ● International best practice for transboundary protected area establishment and management. … other sectors (forestry, agriculture, fisheries, etc.), transboundary protected area partners, national NGOs and …
Special Rapporteur on the Environment_2016 Report
… a warming planet, amplified in many cases by the El Niño effect. 32. In what has become a tragic annual event, a … not best understood as a set of simultaneously occurring transboundary harms that should be addressed by each State … economy standards”.31 Such assessments should include the transboundary effects of the activities. But even with …
Covering ABS: Addressing the need for sectoral, geographical,legal and international integration in the ABS regime - papers and studies of the ABS Project
… ABS legislation; (2) user- side ABS legislation, and (3) transboundary tracking options. Book 4 looks at the primary … The concentration of food over seamounts creates a cascade effect at higher trophic levels, making them attractive … are shared by two or more member States or that are of a transboundary nature (Art. 17). 117 The SADC Plant Genetic …
Montenegro and marine protected areas: Legal and insituttional framework assessment for conservation of coastal and marine biodiversity and establishment of MPAs
… opinions when activities are likely to have a notable effect on the Marine Park environment (article L 334 – 5 … e.g., part of a large marine ecosystem project, part of a transboundary marine protected area, , specific species …
Introduction to International Environmental Governance (IEG) - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… law at the national level. National governments must give effect to their treaty obligations through their national law … Fauna and Flora or the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Wastes and their Disposal, have … of important MEA’s such as the Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution (LRTAP), Espoo Convention on …
The long and winding road: negotiating a treaty for the conservation and sustainable use of marine biodiversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction
… or other effective means, including custom, with the effect that its marine and/or coastal biodi- versity enjoys a … mechanism for genetic resources ob- tained in transboundary situations or for situations where it is not … activity may have a significant adverse impact in a transboundary con- text, in particular, on a shared …
The legal framework for the management of animal genetic resources
… resulting from modern biotechnology. It applies to the transboundary movement, transit, handling and use of all … placing on the market, of a LMO that may be subject to transboundary movement for direct use as food or feed, or for … directly, and those that are considered to have no direct effect (www.wto.org). The legal framework for the management …
Adapting to Climate Change - Guidance for Protected Areas Managers and Planners
… influence); joint management (pluralist management board; transboundary management (various levels across international … is the range of plausible climate futures and the unknown effect that any individual management action may have. This … is joint planning for and consideration of connectivity, transboundary wildlife populations, etc. The overall aim …
Overview of key operational articles under the Minamata Convention on Mercury
… 6, paragraph 8). No Party may have an exemption in effect 10 years after the phase out date currently indicated … developed under the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their … Convention and the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their …
Climate Change and the Human Rights to Water and Sanitation Position Paper
… – assuming the requisite political will to do so – to give effect to a mutually compatible overall set of international … involving stakeholders in decision-making, improving transboundary water arrangements and adapting and restoring … The “do no harm” (or more specifically, “do no significant transboundary harm”) principle is among the few international …