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International water governance: Conservation of freshwater ecosystems Vol. 1: International agreements compilation and analysis
… resources. The Union has helped many countries to prepare National Conservation Strategies, and demonstrates the … arrangements to be in place at both the international and national levels. The IUCN Environmental Law Programme (ELP) … Volume will be followed by a compilation and analysis of national legislation (Volume II), court and tribunal …
Ridding the world of POPs: a Guide to the Stockholm Convention Persitent Organic Polluants
… • It will require Parties to develop, within two years, national plans for implementing the Convention and to designate national focal points for exchanging information on POPs and … have carried out such actions to date. Developing national imple- mentation plans for the Convention, for …
Volta River Basin Ghana & Burkina Faso - Transboundary water management through multi-level participatory governance and community projects
… of an integrated governance framework to link local to national governance structures. m Pilot projects linked … (at all scales) and good governance. In partnership with national partners, including the Directorate of Water … Local Grassroots Community pilots BURKINA FASO and GHANA National-level Committees Local Trans-boundary Committee Code …
Pangani River Basin, Tanzania - Building consensus on water allocation and climate change adaptation
… which, combined, contribute towards 17% of Tanzania’s national electricity needs. Figure 1. Map of the Pangani … institutions In 2002, the Ministry of Water launched a new National Water Policy which recognized the important link … Water Policy and the National Water Sector Development Strategy (2005- 2015). Working closely with the Government of …
Review of Statutory and Customary Law in the Xe Champhone Ramsar Site, LAO PDR - Implications for a rights-based approach to conservation
… 50 5.1 THE STATUS OF RAMSAR SITES IN THE CONTEXT OF NATIONAL STATUTORY LAW ............................. 51 5.2 … 51 5.3 POTENTIAL CONFLICTS AMONG NATIONAL STATUTORY LAW, CUSTOMARY LAW AND VILLAGE … Ramsar site. The National Environmental Management Strategy of Lao PDR, effective up to 2020, emphasizes the …
The Enivronmental Crime Crisis - Threats to Sustainable Development from Illegal Exploitation and Trade in Wildlife and Forest Resources. A UNEP Rapid Assessment
… and further strengthen – and accelerate – an effective strategy to successfully tackle the issue at all levels and … and holistic response needs to be implemented to support national, regional and international efforts by strengthening … undermining development goals and good governance. Trans- national organized environmental crime may include illegal …
The SHPF toolkit - A toolkit to help you to monitor and report incidents of pesticide poisoning caused by Severely Hazardous Pesticide Formulations in your country under Article 6 of the Rotterdam Convention
… the Secretariat of the Rotterdam Convention and PAN-UK. National non-governmental organisations were trained and … in more depth and to verify the results of the surveys. A national workshop in each country fed the results back to key … In 2015 ICCM 4 gave special attention to pesticides. A strategy was developed to address highly hazardous pesticides …
Directrices para la Aplicación de las Categorías de Gestión de Áreas Protegidas de la UICN en Áreas Marinas Protegidas
… les écosystèmes exceptionnels au ni- veau régional, national ou mondial, les espèces (in- dividuelles ou en … leur catégorie en se basant sur leur nom (par exemple Parc national, Sanctuaire, etc.) plutôt que sur les objectifs de … la responsabilité d’en rendre compte au niveau national. Dans ce cas, il est primordial que les responsables …
Biodiversity for (Bio)technology under the Convention on Biological Diversity: bioprospecting partnership in practice
… in practice Jorge Cabrera Medaglia1 Published in IP Strategy Today, No 11, Biodevelopments, New York, 2004 1 Lawyer National Biodiversity Institute ( INBio). Former Chairman of … in Costa Rica, via the negotiations undertaken by the National Biodiversity Institute (INBio). Through agreements …
The Minamata Convention on Mercury and its implementation in the Latin America and Caribbean region
… Development Secretariat, Argentina), Arturo Gavilán (National Institute of Ecology and Climate Change, Mexico), … Uruguay), Luis Chinchay (Metallurgical Mining Geologic National institute, Ecuador), Maria Inés Esquivel (Ministry of Health, Panama), Martha Ramírez (National Institute of Ecology and Climate Change, Mexico), …