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Patents and clean energy technologies in Africa
… and protecting the interests of both inventors and the public, are the cornerstone of a properly functioning patent … They provide the optimum balance between private and public interests, disseminating technical information widely, … United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the World Health Organization (WHO) estimate that two billion people …
Framework for Assessing and Improving Law for Sustainability - A Legal Component of a Natural Resource Governance Framework
… . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Infra-constitutional norms: public participation principle and marine protected areas . . … . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 Public participation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . … social equity, resource access and ownership statistics, health and welfare statistics, surveys); biophysical evidence …
Procedures for monitoring the right to food
… people's dignity. Participation Monitoring of measures and public policies should confirm that individuals and groups … and, if they do not, propose corrective measures; • the public resources allocated to the implementation of policies … patterns; ‧ nutritional status; ‧ access to education, health and sanitation. 15 2. identify process indicator(s) …
Legal frameworks for REDD: design and implementation at the national level
… all have to a certain degree the characteristics of public goods, meaning that the service is available to … of the service by other people (non-rival). While no pure public good exists that fulfils these characteristics … Restrictions on land uses may come from planning, public health, and environmental legislation. Equally, subjects and …
Towards Networks of Marine Protected Areas: The MPA Plan of Action for IUCNs World Commission on Protected Areas
… critical analysis of next steps • Provide the wider public with greater opportunities to engage directly with … of MPAs are vital tools to support marine ecosystem health. Networks of MPAs, within single ecosys- tems but … will be to open-up how we are protecting our seas to the public, so they can see what who is doing what, where, and …
Enhancing regulatory tools to support sustainable and legal trade in timber and non-timber plant products
… and in local medicines and other products supporting health and livelihoods. Such wild resources are often … of targets plants to biodiversity conservation and human health is referenced in the Guidelines on Conservation of … be used as a reference framework to verify compliance with public procurement policies on sustainable and legal sourcing …
AEWA Conservation Guidelines No. 10 - Guidelines on Avoidance of Introductions of Non-native Waterbird Species (TS No. 12)
… research into control programmes and undertook intensive public awareness programmes in the early 1990s and control … areas (which may also affect native species), threats to public health in parks and water areas, and threats to air safety (a …
Plant genetic resources and food security: stakeholder perspectives on the international treaty on plant genetic resources for food and agriculture
… Law (Université Lyon I, France, 2003), and an LL.M. in Public International Law (Université Libre de Bruxelles – … Environment Programme), NGOs and governments (e.g. Belgian Public Federal Service for the Environment). She is part of … Commission on Intellectual Property, Innovation and Public Health established by the World Health Assembly and of the …
World Declaration on the Environmental Rule of Law
… d. Effective rules on equal access to information, public participation in decision-making, and access to … Law Principle 1 Obligation to Protect Nature Each State, public or private entity, and individual has the obligation … to the conservation, protection, and restoration of the health and integrity of ecosystems. Nature has the inherent …
Third report on the protection of the atmosphere
… by one delegation that, in view of the fact that “most health problems were caused by particulate matter, including … “Sic utere tuo ut alienum non laedas”, in Encyclopedia of Public International Law, vol. IX (Oxford: Oxford University … and the exercise of administrative control applicable to public and private operators, such as the monitoring of …