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Wetlands, water and the law. Using law to advance wetland conservation and wise use
… IUCN Environmental Law Centre Wetlands, Water and the Law Using … and wise use Clare Shine and Cyrille de Klemm IUCN Environmental Policy and Law Paper No. 38 IUCN The World … by helping to dissipate the force and lessen the damage of wind and wave action in many low-lying areas. They …
Value : Counting ecosystems as water infrastructure
… . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 3.2.7 Damage cost avoided techniques . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . … ignored them in our management decisions. The result was environmental degradation, often- times leading to increased … will be the ability of planners and investors to factor in environmental concerns - and particularly the links between …
Maritime Traffic Effects on Biodiversity in the Mediterranean Sea. Volume 2 - Legal Mechanisms to Address Maritime Impacts on Mediterranean Biodiversity
… 6 Chapter 1 Marine biodiversity, environmental conservation and maritime traffic: An overview … opportunities under the law of the sea to improve marine environmental conservation affected by maritime traffic - … Legal basis for protection of the marine environment from damage by ships …
Biodiversity, the next challenge for financial institutions ? A scoping study to assess exposure of financial institutions to biodiversity business risks and identifying options for business opportunities
… sector 19 4.2 Commercial and retail banking 19 4.2.1 Environmental risk management by commercial banks 19 4.2.2 … banking sector? 21 4.3 Asset management 27 4.3.1 Environmental risk assessment by asset managers 27 4.3.2 How … EU directive (2004/35/EC) aims at preventing environmental damage to water resources, soil, fauna, flora and natural …
A guide to designing legal and institutional frameworks on alien invasive species
… Species Clare Shine, Nattley Williams and Lothar Gündling Environmental Policy and Law Paper No. 40 IUCN - Environmental Law Centre A Contribution to the Global … of biodiversity and environmental and natural resource damage. As a result, the introduction of alien species has …
RAMSAR Handbook 3: Laws and institutions
… acknowledges the work of Lyle Glowka, then of the Environmental Law Centre (IUCN - International Union for … of Nature), and Clare Shine, Barrister and Consultant in Environmental Law, in preparing both the Guidelines for … programmes do not support activities which could damage wetlands and are fully compatible with the wise use …
International ocean governance: Using international law and organisations to manage marine resources sustainably (revised)
… Kimball Lee A. Kimball is a member of IUCN’s Commission on Environmental Law. She works independently on international … 10 II.B. The International Legal Regime for Marine Environmental Protection: Pollution Control … — II.B.7. Responsibility, Liability, and Compensation for Damage — II.B.7. II.B.2. Dumping and Wastes Management …
First report on the protection of the atmosphere
… . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 A. Anthropogenic environmental degradation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . … of attention as [it] addressed fundamental aspects of environmental protection”, a field in which there was no lack … Press, 2007), pp. 538-733; Xue Hanqin, Transboundary Damage in International Law (Cambridge, Cambridge University …
Report - Alternatives to fenthion for quelea bird control
… and may be more expensive. Further research on the environmental impacts of cyanophos is recommended. 3. Apart … avian pest of small grain crops in Africa, causing damage up to the equivalent of US$79.4 million per annum at … of Reference The Rotterdam Convention is a multilateral environmental agreement, jointly administered by FAO (within …
Safe Havens: Protected Areas for Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation
… practice. IUCN is the world’s oldest and largest global environmental organization, with more than 1,200 government … 116 Human perturbation and environmental governance of the coastal lagoon of A … that if countries are doing effective DRR, the loss and damage from each disaster reduces every time, which enables …