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Biodiversity Risks and Opportunities in the Apparel Sector
… b. Corruption regarding wildlife regulation enforcement / known participant in illegal wildlife trade … trade, for example, the need to strengthen regulation, enforcement and trade restrictions. However, although … governance factors (e.g., laws and policies and their enforcement and implementation), supply-chain factors, and …
Assessing environmental impacts - A global review of legislation
… relevant agencies supports follow-up measures, including enforcement in case of non-compliance and adaptive … conditions to mitigate impact, and, • monitoring and enforcement of the decision being absent or flawed. The root … EIA approval conditions as well as the implementation of enforcement measures, such as the withdrawal of the project …
Guidelines on Biofuels and Invasive Species
… risks of invasions. The main barrier to their effective enforcement and success comes from a lack of capacity and … facilities and sufficient staffing, especially for law enforcement. • Lack of capacity, taxonomic databases, … species through appropriate risk assessments and enforcement of quarantine procedures. Where potentially …
Illegal Traffic under the Basel Convention
… policy makers, the judiciary, environmental authorities, enforcement entities, port authorities, the shipping … to the extent possible, within the country; • Train enforcement personnel (customs, port authorities, cost … much on exports as on imports and provide incentives for enforcement entities to prevent and deal with cases of …
A guide to designing legal and institutional frameworks on alien invasive species
… control; crisis management approach towards invasions. – Enforcement deficit (low levels of compliance, poor … ge- neric responsibilities, particularly for planning and enforcement purposes. Customs authorities play an National … Invasive Species important role in the application and enforcement of border controls. In the island State of Samoa, …
RAMSAR Handbook 3: Laws and institutions
… areas; f) absence of effective monitoring procedures, enforcement and remedies; and g) lack of provisions for … loss or degradation constitutes a criminal offence, are enforcement procedures adequate and are penalties set at a … and water systems? f) Are effective monitoring procedures, enforcement and remedies available? 3.3 Recommend legal and …
Compendiums on Human Rights and the Environment - Selected International legal materials and cases (Advanced Version)
… Shared Watercourse Systems, Wildlife Conservation and Law Enforcement, and Forestry to the Treaty of the Southern … of the State. ImPlemenTaTIon meChanIsms implementation and enforcement are major challenges in the international human … examples of the regional human rights mechanisms applying enforcement measures. in the San Mateo Case, the …
Environmental Guidance Note for Disaster Risk Reduction - Healthy Ecosystems for Human Security
… where legislation often fails is in the implementation and enforcement, leading the way for unsustainable and … in management decisions; - Effective management plans and enforcement of environmental and zoning regulation are … take into account specific ecosystem considerations and enforcement 2.4 Cross-sectoral mechanisms effectively …
Governance of Protected Areas: From understanding to action
… in particular the PoWPA focal point; • legislators, law enforcement agencies and the judiciary; • agencies and staff … in conservation, and reduce the need of cost-intensive enforcement measures. Decentralised governance models can … to governance; • provision of physical barriers and active enforcement to prevent violations of rules. The ability of …
Review of Statutory and Customary Law in the Xe Champhone Ramsar Site, LAO PDR - Implications for a rights-based approach to conservation
… 12 2.6 PERMISSION AND ENFORCEMENT … Lake; the village authorities are responsible for the enforcement of this customary law. Nong Mea Hang The Pa Song … in natural resource management. 2.6 Permission and Enforcement Mechanisms for management of natural resources …