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Framework for Assessing and Improving Law for Sustainability - A Legal Component of a Natural Resource Governance Framework
… of forest, and an estimated 10,000 distinct species. Climate change is accelerating, and will have sweeping impacts on … of natural resources such as the atmosphere, water, soil, climate; • how all types of natural resources are allocated …
Food and Agriculture Organization (2017), Plant health and food security
… Today, due to increasing global trade and a changing climate, plant pests and diseases pose a greater threat to … security than ever before as global trade increases the change of these pests moving from their native environments …
Handbook of working procedures and policy guidance for the Chemical Review Committee
… Relevance of such incidents to other States with similar climate, conditions and patterns of use of the formulation; … relevance of such incidents to other States with similar climate, conditions and patterns of use of the formulation; … recall, storage and disposal. It also allows users time to change over to other pesticides. Wholesale supply of products …
Towards sustainable fisheries law: a comparative analysis
… in some areas a ‘recurring pattern… [of ] long- term change in catch composition following the depletion of more … for the management of the marine environment and climate change’. Research and impact assessment requirements … Article 3(3) United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), New York, 9 May 1992, in force 21 …
Champions of Water Governance - Leadership building for local to transboundary water cooperation
… lessons for future initiatives that may choose to rely on change makers to effect transformative change. A number of … and impart a training course on water governance and climate change directed mainly to municipality officials. … from partner institutions related to water management, climate services, ministries of foreign affairs and …
Food and Agriculture Organization (2017), IPPC Procedure Manual for Standard Setting
… capacity for contracting parties and that the change of content in the IPPC regional workshops has been a … becoming more widespread and damaging because of trade and climate change, so the battle with pests is on-going. In … situation; environment and natural resources (including climate change); demographic trends; and food security. The …
Nexus Governance: Harnessing contending forces at work
… food security, population growth, and the need to adapt to climate change impacts. The Nexus Dialogue2 successfully organized a … new silos around issues such as ecology, carbon, soil, climate, etc. Sectors do not operate in these silos; they …
Aquaculture - site selection and site management
… anticipation and flexibility. Reactive adaptation to change can endanger the sustainability of aquaculture. A … adaptation of humankind to future changes (technological, climate, etc.) should be accompanied by ethics to avoid … namely that at a large scale slow changes take place (e.g. climate change), whereas at a small scale fast changes occur …