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Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security
… of the right to adequate food, poverty eradication, environmental protection and sustainable social and economic … world’s growing population requires food security, and as environmental degradation and climate change reduce the … communities, families or individuals, to earn an adequate standard of living from the land, fisheries and forests they …
Handbook for the 1979 Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution and its Protocols
… Adopted 35 years ago, it is the oldest of the UNECE environmental conventions as well as the first international … across a wide range of sectors, some of the region’s major environmental problems have been successfully addressed. This … SOx Sulphur oxides SOMA Sulphur oxides management area STP Standard temperature (0° C) and pressure (1.013 x 105 Pa) 10 …
A moving target : Genetic resources and options for tracking and monitoring their international flows
… No. 3 Manuel Ruiz Muller and Isabel Lapeña, Editors IUCN Environmental Policy and Law Paper No. 67/3 A Moving Target: … Visser, Joseph Henry Vogel and Tomme Rosanne Young IUCN Environmental Policy and Law Paper No. 67/3 iv The … back to 1972, and has through 35 years maintained a high standard of legal scholarship and quality outputs. The ABS …
Protected Areas in East Asia: Evaluating and strengthening implementation of the CBD Programme of Work on Protected Areas and the East Asian Regional Action Plan
… practice. IUCN is the world’s oldest and largest global environmental network - a democratic membership union with … Areas (Table 1), considered one of the most ambitious environmental strategies in history, with “the objective of … organisations should implement the CBD PoWPA as the global standard for the comprehensive and effective management of …
Law, Policy and Dryland Ecosystems in the People's Republic of China
… E cosystem s in the P eople’s R epublic of C hina IUCN Environmental Policy and Law Paper No. 80 IUCN Environmental Law Programme Environmental Law Centre … policy and institutional arrangements for LD control; (ii) Standard provincial procedures based on best practices …
Concepts for Industry Co-Regulation of Bio-fuel Weeds
… mailto:elegal@une.edu.au IUCN Academy of Environmental Law e-Journal Issue 2010 (1) 2 includes native … sector. However, to be a trustworthy alternative to standard regulatory methods, this will require credible … IUCN Academy of Environmental Law e-Journal Issue 2010 (1) 3 Risk Concepts …
The burden of proof in natural resources legislation: Some critical issues for fisheries law
… 1 2. Development of Precautionary Principle in Environmental Law 3 3. The use of Evidentiary Rules in … proved "beyond all reasonable doubt" -this is known as the standard of proof- the level of proof which is required.1 … legislation. 2. Development of Precautionary Principle in Environmental Law The development of the precautionary …
Explanatory guide to the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
… etic R eso u rces fo r F o o d an d A g ricu ltu re IUCN Environmental Law Programme IUCN – The World Conservation … resources at local, regional and global levels. IUCN Environmental Law Programme Environmental Law Centre … on a multi- lateral basis. Moreover, they have agreed on standard terms and conditions for access and benefit sharing, …
Speaking a common language: The uses and performance of the IUCN system of management categories for protected areas
… set aside for wild plants and animals. They also provide environmental services, such as soil protection and drinking … to up-date the UN list 8 A specific contract to the IUCN Environmental Law Centre in Bonn, Germany to examine the … Sue Stolton 45 A growing concern with the need for standard nomenclature was apparent at the IUCN General …
Wildlife and Forest Crime Toolkit (Revised Edition)
… on money-laundering issues, World Bank; David Higgins, Environmental Programme Manager, INTERPOL; Hui Fu, … overview for understanding the main issues related to environmental offences and for analysing preventive and … 1657-1659. ExEcutivE summary 3 not produced to a uniform standard and thus considerable price variation can occur. …