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Towards a strategy for high seas marine protected areas: Proceedings of the IUCN, WCPA and WWF Experts Workshop on High Seas Marine Protected Areas

… Endangered Seas Programme Tomme Rosanne Young, IUCN Environmental Law Centre, Senior Legal Officer Tony Koslow, … Ecosystems in the Deep Sea – The Case for a Global Agreement for Marine Reserves on the High Seas”, M. … non-binding instruments and best efforts agreements, voluntary codes of conduct, certification, and standard …
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A Review of Migratory Bird Flyways and Priorities for Management - TS No. 27

… without prior permission from the United Nations Environmental Programme. DISCLAIMER The contents of this … regional flyways, as it is the case for example with the Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory … principal options for cooperation in the CMS framework: 1. Voluntary partnership 2. CMS MoU under Article IV(4), as …
18 Jun 2026 Document

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 … Contracting Party deriving from any existing international agreement, except where the exercise of those rights and … must accept Annexes I and II, but the other Annexes are voluntary. A very brief review10 of the Annexes follows. …
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UNEP. The first 40 years

… … It seems, therefore, that a broad consideration of the environmental problems and of possible approaches to their … or best be solved through international cooperation and agreement.”8 The challenge Strong faced when he was appointed … which finally got to grips with acid rain). And a voluntary Environment Fund was to be created, with a target …
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IUCN Information Papers on Marine Genetic Resources

… (Graham Shimmield) Information Paper 3 – Technological, Environmental, Social and 17 Economic Aspects (Kim Juniper) … instruments and the possible development of a multilateral agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of … are important efforts towards awareness-raising and voluntary standard setting (e.g. concerning the origin of …
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The Basel Convention mechanism for promoting the implementation and compliance - Celebrating a decade of assistance to Parties

… for the purpose of undertaking activities listed in the voluntary compliance action plans approved by the Committee. … the Secretariat, or it can be embedded in an international agreement, for instance the 1991 Bamako Convention on the Ban … Wastes and their Disposal is the most comprehensive global environmental agreement on hazardous wastes and other wastes. …
18 Jun 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste

Land Degradation Neutrality: implications and opportunities for conservation - Nature based solutions to desertification, land degradation and drought

… IUCN was founded in 1948 as the world’s first global environmental organisation and is today the largest … and 900+ non-government organisations, as well as 11,000 voluntary scientists and experts, grouped in six Commissions … degradation is also driven by knowledge gaps and lack of agreement on the role of land. Land is a broad term with many …
18 Jun 2026 Literature

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 … once entered into force, will be the first binding agreement to address emission reduction commitments for fine … by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and by voluntary contributions from Governments, Bearing in mind …
18 Jun 2026 Document in Climate and Atmosphere

Covering ABS: Addressing the need for sectoral, geographical,legal and international integration in the ABS regime - papers and studies of the ABS Project

… Sarah Patton, Annalisa Savaresi and Rachel Wynberg IUCN Environmental Policy and Law Paper No. 67/5 iv v The … vested rights 91 8.3.4.1 Third-party impacts on the ABS agreement 91 8.3.4.2 Claims of non-compliance 91 8.3.4.3 … ELC. – To link ABS with already functional and effective voluntary certification programmes for corporate social …
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Enhancing regulatory tools to support sustainable and legal trade in timber and non-timber plant products

… wildlife trade interact with a number of other approaches, voluntary actions standards and with local governance systems … fungi and lichen. It comprehensively covers social, environmental and important role in managing the sustainability of harvest and trade through voluntary compliance mechanisms, and supporting …
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