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Case studies on bioenergy policy and law: options for sustainability
… emissions from burning biomass and its adverse effects on human health. This study builds on the preliminary findings … measures and the WTO disciplines. Also, international human rights treaties may have implications for bioenergy …
Compliance-Related Texts and Decisions of Selected Multilateral Environmental Agreements
… described in this Guide are without prejudice to any rights and obligations and to any dispute settlement … which have been compiled by them on the effects on human health and the environment of the generation, … policies, strategies and measures for minimizing harm to human health and the environment by hazardous wastes and …
Water Management and Stewardship
… organisations with the knowledge and tools that enable human progress, economic development and nature conservation … a ‘fairly even distribution among geographical regions and Human Development Index groups’. This survey showed that 84 … 2013). 4. IMPLEMENT – core level - Comply with laws & rights; maintain and improve site water balance and quality; …
Initiating effective transboundary conservation - A practitioner’s guideline based on the experience from the Dinaric Arc
… IUCN works on biodiversity, climate change, energy, human livelihoods and greening the world economy by … careful balancing between the needs of biodiversity and human livelihoods. 1 Chair, IUCN WCPA Transboundary … also to the recognition of local identity, tradition, and rights to land and natural resources. In 1997, 72 …
Desertification: the invisible frontline
… degraded. Drylands are more vulnerable to natural and human destruction due to the small water containment in soil. … Domestic Product (aGDP) through land degradation. Without rights to land, however, people like Maria have little … to climate change. Drought impacts are most visible in human losses and on agricultural production, but have higher …
International System of Protection of Natural and Cultural Heritage
… it is located. Thus, territorial sovereignty and property rights over elements of the world natural heritage are … more of the following criteria: represent a masterpiece of human creative genius; exhibit an important interchange of human values, over a span of time or within a cultural area …
Introduction to International Environmental Governance (IEG) - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… to participate in treaty-making and to claim certain rights can only go as far as States have empowered it to do … importance of a functioning environment for development, human well-being and other objectives of international … implementation of a treaty it is indispensable to assure human and financial resources and set political priorities …
Albania and marine protected areas: Legal and insituttional framework assessment for conservation of coastal and marine biodiversity and establishment of MPAs
… Are there any (special policy provisions recognizing rights or status of local communities or, in countries where … through prevention and deter- rence of such harm caused by human activity in the sea and in the coastal zone. The … introducing to markets, fishery products permissible for human consumption; and to promote and regulate scientific and …
Change : Adaptation of water resources management to climate change
… Celsius, owing in part to greenhouse gas emissions from human activities. Unless concerted action is taken to … changing and that much of the change can be attributed to human activities 2,1 . “THE ORIGINAL TRICKLE OF EVIDENCE HAS … and sufficient water resources to meet their needs and rights, by means that maintain the integrity of freshwater …
Auditing the Implementation of Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs): A Primer for Auditors
… of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal seeks to protect human health and the environment from illegal transboundary … after the 1972 International Stockholm Conference on Human Environment. As has been noted, some studies have … utilization of genetic resources, taking into account all rights over those resources. Place and Date of Signature …