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Investments of development finance institutions: socio-environmental impacts and respect for rights
… standards such as the Red List, Key Biodiversity Areas and Protected Planet; and HIGHLIGHTING the fact that IUCN has … Red List, National Red Lists, Key Biodiversity Areas and Protected Planet in order to support DFIs in the application … Assessment (ESIA), ecosystem approach, safeguarding of protected areas, compensatory and /or mitigation measures, …
Take greater account of the ocean in the climate regime
… and 15 regarding marine and coastal ecosystems, and marine protected areas; STRESSING that the oceans cover 71% of the … as natural carbon sinks; b. recognise the role that marine protected areas play in both climate change mitigation and … connected, and efficiently managed networks of marine protected areas; c. take into account the results of the IPCC …
Mr. John Knox, Policy Brief_Universal Human Rights Group
… in april 2012 while escorting two journalists near a protected forest in Koh Kong province. He was shot after … the right to equal protection under the law, which is protected by the universal Declaration and the iCCPr, among … an environmentalist working to preserve a natural area on the atlantic coast of Honduras.173 she was murdered …
Policy Brief - Bioscience at a Crossroads: Implementing the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit Sharing in a Time of Scientific Technological and Industry Chang
… the legal status of any country, territory, city or area of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of … and the business and legal context of each is an important area for policy- makers to monitor. The global pharmaceutical … can help governments grappling with a complex and changing area of research and commercial activity. Different countries …
Transboundary Air Pollution - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… of sources including industrial operations, vehicles and area sources (e.g., gas station refilling, open burning, … physical origin is situated wholly or in part within the area under the national jurisdiction of one State and which has adverse effects in the area under the jurisdiction of another State at such a …
Implementing the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
… the II Latin American Congress of National Parks and Other Protected Areas (Bariloche, 2007) acknowledged that … Territories are a legitimate governance model for protected areas established in indigenous peoples' ancestral … the Earth Charter and Resolution 3.055 Indigenous Peoples, protected areas and the CBD Programme of Work adopted by the …
Wildlife Poaching: Africa's surging trafficking threat
… would be willing to identify offenders if they could be protected and poachers were jailed. However, fear of … scale ivory seizures KENYA SOUTH AFRICA TANZANIA Origin area Transit area Source: TRAFFIC, 2013 Note: These figures … South African customs regulations and illegally hunting protected species. Charges of money laundering were …
Regional Fisheries Instruments and Bodies
… of tunas and tuna-like fishes caught in the Convention Area at levels which will permit the maximum sustainable … Compliance General fishery matters Fishery regulations Protected areas … (2) of article IX include the designation of TACs, protected species and open and closed seasons for harvesting. …
UNEP Policy and Strategy for Gender Equality and the Environment 2014-2017, February 2015
… important point to be considered in a highly technical area such as UNEP’s sphere of activity is that development … for the implementation of system-wide requirements in this area, to be taken up by Senior Management as a matter of … to the inclusion of gender analysis in each Sub- Programme area in the Strategic Framework and subsequent Programme of …
The right to food within the international framework of human rights and country constitutions
… or development status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of … at least minimum essential levels so that people are protected from hunger. These measures can be of various …