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Commodities at a Glance - Special issue on Shale Gas
… is essential to clearly understand where this natural gas resource comes from, as well as what differentiates it from … based on EIA. (accessed 30 August 2017). World Shale Resource Assessments. … water represented 48 per cent of the 464 reported spills accounting for 85 per cent of total reported spilled volumes …
Sustainably Investing in Rangelands - Jordan
… 2. RANGELAND RESOURCE BASE IN … 2.5 RESOURCE RIGHTS IN THE JORDAN … section 3.5 of the next chapter on the available rangeland resource base in Jordan. Also further work on economic … investment identification” workshop with stakeholders and resource persons who have knowledge and expertise in the …
Compliance-Related Texts and Decisions of Selected Multilateral Environmental Agreements
… 209 5.1.5 CMP Decision 13/CMP.1 - Modalities for the accounting of assigned amounts under Article 7, paragraph 4 … Plan focus areas, building on the existing work on resource mobilization under the Basel Convention; 3. Requests … capacities and role of the centres; (e) Acknowledge that resource mobilization should be seen as a very important …
Wildlife law and the empowerment of the poor
… principles aim to help decision-makers, legal drafters and resource managers to understand wildlife legislation, engage … and focuses holistically on wildlife as a renewable resource. Law is a key tool to achieve sustainable wildlife … authority use the best available scientific information); accounting of all hunting revenues; and legal proceedings …
Compilation of Internationally agreed environmental Goals and Objectives
… “… ensure the conservation of the important animal genetic resource diversity, for present and future generations, and … to minimize adverse effects on the environment and improve resource efficiency, with financial, technical and other … trees, forests and forest lands into the national economic accounting systems; to ensure their sustainable management in …
Legal frameworks for REDD: design and implementation at the national level
… Resources Assessment Programme. (2006). Global Forest Resource Assessment 2006. p. 12. Rome, Italy: FAO. 2 Ibid., … the broader concept of governance of ecosystem services, accounting for the intrinsic values of forests and their … by agricultural conversion, forest product and natural resource extraction and infrastructure development.15 Forest …
Guidelines - Biodiversity in Impact Assessment
… or the maximum allowable disturbance level of a resource, population, or ecosystem, taking into account the full spectrum of values of that resource, population or ecosystem? c. Would the intended … principle to biodiversity conservation and natural resource management have been developed under the …
Compendiums on Human Rights and the Environment - Selected International legal materials and cases (Advanced Version)
… Kenya: Natural Resource Management Project (P095050) … jurisprudence, namely environmental pollution and natural resource extraction. As noted above, the European Court of … all of these rights. Environmental contamination and resource degradation can cause death or destruction of the …
Promoting responsible investment in agriculture and food systems - Guide to assess national regulatory frameworks affecting larger-scale private investments
… and gender equality, and address land and other resource rights affecting food security and nutrition‐ all … rule‐ making on certain matters related to natural resource use, for example. In addition, … information, about land, water and other natural resource use …
Culture and wetlands: A Ramsar guidance document
… text states: “…Being convinced that wetlands constitute a resource of great economic, cultural, scientific and … Ramsar IOPs: Dave Pritchard, BirdLife International (also resource person for the Group) - UNESCO – International … Rather, it is to be made available as a technical resource to Parties and others, via the Ramsar website and by …