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Compliance-Related Texts and Decisions of Selected Multilateral Environmental Agreements
… Maruma Mrema, then Principal Legal Adviser and Chief, Biodiversity and Land Law and Governance Unit at the … Criminal Justice that illicit international trafficking in forest products, including timber, wildlife and other forest biological resources is often perpetrated by …
The Aarhus Convention:An implementation guide. UN/ECE Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-Making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters
… non-binding instruments: the Rio Declaration, the UNCED Forest Principles and Agenda 21. The Rio Declaration … within species, between species and of ecosystems”. Biodiversity includes, but is not limited to, ecosystem … parks if the project may have an impact on parks, or forest authorities if the territory has been allocated for …
Energy subsidies: Lessons learned in assessing their impact and designing policy reforms
… management, the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity, marine and coastal ecosystem management, and … vegetation varies from bushy steppes in the north to forest stands in the south and southeast. The central part of … with major environmental problems in the case of forest- based wood and charcoal. It also requires substantial …
Land and water - the rights interface
… largely unproductive land; elsewhere it is, for example, forest land. Depending on the applicable legislation … time the squatter may eventually acquire legal rights 37 Forest legislation may in particular restrict or prohibit the … land management has shaped and conserved high levels of biodiversity.150 As 148 See Swallow, B., Garritty, D.P. & van …
Introduction to the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
… food security, climate change and the loss of agricultural biodiversity. Over one billion people are suffering from … agricultural crops and their wild rela- tives, livestock, forest and fishery resources. It furthermore includes the … agricultural crops and their wild rela- tives, livestock, forest and fishery resources. It furthermore includes the …
Engaging people in sustainability
… • In a similar way, IUCN CEC explored the dimensions of biodiversity education and public awareness in an internet debate on biodiversity education and public awareness called BEPA; • … resource use. These partners include nursery workers, forest guards, district fisheries officers, health education …
Marine litter legislation: a toolkit for policy makers
… areas; significant areas of native bush including the Forest Park and areas able to comply with the requirements … habitats where there were none, revitalize areas where biodiversity and fisheries have been depleted, but they may … focus_areas/ecosystems_and_biodiversity/ projects/haiti---strengthening-the-adap- …
An Ounce of Prevention: Snow Leopard Crime Revisited
… on trade in wild animals and plants in the context of both biodiversity conservation and sustainable development. … Protection Agency, Afghanistan; NABU (Nature And Biodiversity Conservation Union); the Snow Leopard Network; … of Rhinoceros horn, Tiger bone, and Elephant ivory. State Forest Administration Notification, Beijing, China (in …
Champions of Water Governance - Leadership building for local to transboundary water cooperation
… while conserving the freshwater resources, ecosystems and biodiversity of the Lake Chad Basin.” One of the … students, I support actions on e.g. forestry and community forest management, and I also do community awareness-raising. …
Marine plastic debris and microplastics – Global lessons and research to inspire action and guide policy change
… Conventions for the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity … ocean health and to enhance the contribution of marine biodiversity to the development of developing countries, in … “Plastic debris retention and exportation by a mangrove forest patch.” Marine Pollution Bulletin 78(1–2): 252-257 IWC …