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The Enivronmental Crime Crisis - Threats to Sustainable Development from Illegal Exploitation and Trade in Wildlife and Forest Resources. A UNEP Rapid Assessment
… with efforts on good governance, management and consumer awareness to ensure a long-term demand reduction. It is … for conflict profiteers or to finance arms sales. Without public order, militants, guerrillas or military units impose … demand the removal of all vehicle checkpoints and public patrolling of resource-rich areas as part of the peace …
Report Advisory Body 'Our common dignity initiative on Rights-based Approaches in World Heritage'
… Dignity initiative has been to contribute towards building awareness of rights issues in World Heritage and heritage … information in World Heritage should be supported by: i) public access to draft nomination documents from Tentative Listing onwards, and ii) public access by pro-active outreach, translation and …
Compendiums on Human Rights and the Environment - Selected International legal materials and cases (Advanced Version)
… Aarhus Convention on Access to information, Public Participation in Decision-Making and Access to Justice … this compendium, UNEP aims to clarify and increase awareness of the linkage between human rights and … regarding disclosure of environmental information and public participation in decision-making. Similarly, human …
The Ecosystem Approach: Island voices Island choices
… tool can be viewed at: http://www.wcln.org/surveys/public/ survey.php?name=sidsEnglish. In order to allow for a … sound technologies, a greater emphasis on education and awareness-raising, capacity building, and country-specific … local capacity 27 Figure 13 would suggest that raising public awareness is a major entry point for programme …
Transboundary Water Governance - Adaptation to Climate Change
… . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 2.2.3 Effective public and stakeholder engagement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . … . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Chapter Four Stakeholder and Public Participation in Adaptive Water Governance . . . . . . … for adaptive water governance through applied research, awareness raising, community participation, and up-scaling …
Integrating biodiversity conservation and sustainable use: Lessons learned from ecological networks
… in an equitable way. At the heart of the approach is the awareness that, without the effective management of … 23:15 Pagina 14 ‘stepping stones’ in the landscape. Public hearings on the configuration of the network are held … for establishing the National Ecological Network is public purchase of the land lying in the core areas. In …
Legislative and regulatory options for animal welfare
… intrinsically related to other government concerns such as public health, food safety and long-term economic … (WTO, 2008), including measures "necessary to protect public morals" (para. (a)) and measures "necessary to protect … and launching further international initiatives to raise awareness and create a greater consensus on animal welfare. …
Plant genetic resources and food security: stakeholder perspectives on the international treaty on plant genetic resources for food and agriculture
… Law (Université Lyon I, France, 2003), and an LL.M. in Public International Law (Université Libre de Bruxelles – … Environment Programme), NGOs and governments (e.g. Belgian Public Federal Service for the Environment). She is part of … major objective of this volume is to raise further public awareness on the importance of agricultural biological …
Risks from Maritime Traffic to Biodiversity in the Mediterranean Sea. Identification of Issues and Possible Responses
… 4.2. LACK OF AWARENESS … to biodiversity, and possible responses 13 4.2. LACK OF AWARENESS Education and awareness-raising are essential. In … region on a short- or even medium-term basis, public awareness should be raised concerning the important … are likely to respond based on the media drivers and public pressure, regardless of technical and scientifi c …
Conservation and sustainable development in mountain areas
… national committees were formed in 78 countries to raise awareness about mountain issues and initiated concrete … and strives to forge new, more innovative alliances among public sector, private sector, and civil society groups which … Booklets, CD-ROMs and a website will alert the general public to the plight of the ‘Top 50’ Mediterranean plants. …