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Freshwater Law and Governance: Global and Regional Perspectives for Sustainability
… ments do not prohibit taking global issues into account or working with MEA bodies, however. Similarly, though none of … eight Experts Groups, one of which is the ad-hoc Expert Group for legal and administrative issues. They are comprised … governments, the private sector, and stakeholders, working towards the sustainable management and protection of …
Wildlife law and the empowerment of the poor
… empowerment of the poor ix Coordinator, Infectious Disease Group); Margret Vidar and Patrice Talla (FAO Legal Officers). … be taken into account by national wildlife legislators working toward the legal empowerment of the poor. The UN … population studies to see if the experimental approach was working. In Argentina, management plans are most often based …
Mediterranean strategy for sustainable development 2016-2015: Investing in environmental sustainability to achieve social and economic development
… international organizations, initiatives and programmes working in the field of Sustainable Development in the … sustainability of rural landscapes, resources and decent working conditions. Global shipping routes through the … world’s known marine species, depending on the taxonomic group, in an area covering less than 1 per cent of the …
A Gateway to Payments for Ecosystem Services. Using Payments for Ecosystem Services for Livelihoods and Landscapes
… Using Ecosystem Services. Paper presented at 2002 Katoomba Group Meeting. … � Heal, G. 1999. Valuing ecosystem services. Paine Webber Working Paper No. 98-12. Columbia University. … the beneficiaries can be narrowed down to a specific user group, such as coffee growers or carbon brokers. The …
The Role of legal instruments to support Green low-emission and climate-resilient development - A guidebook on assessing, selecting and implementing legal instruments
… Programme and the United Nations Environment Programme are working with a number of countries on projects and programmes … Resilience Fund. The Government of Bangladesh is also working on setting up a Multi-Donor Trust Fund to receive and … Federal State Governments.i The Inter-ministerial Working Group, created by the Strategy, will evaluate the German …
The Tacaná Watersheds - Developing untapped potential: Strengthening resilience through cross-sectoral collaboration
… challenges and achieve sustainable development. Working with many partners and supporters, IUCN implements a … as a Catholic environmental education initiative run by a group of young volunteers promoting sustainable water use and … the municipality of San Marcos and a total of 2,000 youth working together on water issues in Guatemala. JEM’s motto is …
General aspects regarding monitoring the right to food
… and in the formulation and monitoring of programmes, each group having the opportunity to address their information … the need for rights-based monitoring. Civil society working for the right to food In order to convert these new … Rights-holders and their representatives are an important group of rights-based monitoring information users. The right …
GEO yearbook 2003
… was launched (Box 2). In April over 40 countries in the Group on Earth Observations adopted a ten-year framework plan … governments, scientists and conservation organizations are working towards protecting these vulnerable habitats. In … To deal with this issue, governments of the region are working together with the Asian Development Bank, the UN …
The Enivronmental Crime Crisis - Threats to Sustainable Development from Illegal Exploitation and Trade in Wildlife and Forest Resources. A UNEP Rapid Assessment
… rhinos; and opportunistic harvesting of wild- life. For a group like the LRA, with limited opportunities to tax … revenue, and perhaps provide one of the only means for the group to survive. In the worst cases, resources become the … corruption within the department93 as well as poor working conditions, limited training, and lack of equipment …
International water governance: Conservation of freshwater ecosystems Vol. 1: International agreements compilation and analysis
… Task Forces. Each Party shall establish two national Working Groups and a National Secretariat to prepare national … on shared water resources, Parties agreed to estab- lish a Working Group within the Sub-commission on the Environment to …