Search results
386 Results
Sorted by relevance
Principles and concepts of international environmental law (Part 2) - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… financial assistance and access to environmentally sound technology. In particular, developed countries should play a … apart from consultation and negotiation, financial aid, transfer of environmentally sound technology and cooperation through international …
Major Components of the Cartagena Protocol - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… contribute to ensuring an adequate level of safety in the transfer, handling, and use of LMOs. Generally, the Protocol … of technological capacity and to promote access to and transfer of technology, know-how and financial resources. Cooperation in …
Safe Havens: Protected Areas for Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation
… such as risk prevention, risk mitigation and risk transfer. This paper presents the ECA methodology, provides … to fully exploit the water potential or to use modern technology, such as check-dams, that can help in preserving … can they be overpowered by the quick benefits of modern technology, but also lack the capacity to justify or …
Governance of Shared Waters - Legal and Institutional Issues
… by the drainage divides. In this respect, an aquifer may transfer water from one basin to another through the exchange … methods, voluntary measures, market-based and information technology instruments, spatial planning and cost recovery of … their account. Traditionally and depending on the type of technology available, the upstream State typically makes …
Green Infrastructure Guide for Water Management: Ecosystem-based management approaches for water-related infrastructure projects
… be used to approximate non-market values (i.e. benefits transfer). Carbon sequestration, for example, can be valued … Green Value Calculator The Center for Neighbourhood Technology (CNT) (USA) has developed the Green Value … and Social Benefits The Center for Neighborhood Technology in the US has developed a guide for quantification …
Wildlife Poaching: Africa's surging trafficking threat
… approach meant to supplement classic ranger units with technology, local- level engagement, and collaboration at the … at reserves in Chad, Kenya, and South Africa. Information technology can provide further advantages. One reserve in … tampered with or when animals were behaving abnormally. Technology will also be crucial to the extensive …
The Role of legal instruments to support Green low-emission and climate-resilient development - A guidebook on assessing, selecting and implementing legal instruments
… or policies of the Center for Environmental Research and Technology (CERTI), the International Development Law … and Climate-Resilient Development 3 Introduction transfer the risks that investors face to public actors (e.g. … Studies of Enabling Frameworks in Developing Countries, Technology Transfer Perspectives Series, UNEP Risø Centre on …
Invasive Alien Species - a threat to biodiversity
… (GloBallast) is helping developing countries reduce the transfer of harmful aquatic organisms, microbes and diseases … the animals in contact with wild populations. A molecular technology that rapidly detects Bd from DNA was developed in … ! ese detector dogs work with APHIS inspectors and x-ray technology to prevent the entry of prohibited agricultural …
Role of Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs) in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
… of Environmental Law and Conventions (DELC), Division of Technology, Industry and Economics (DTIE), Environmental … scientific knowledge, develop research capacity and transfer marine technology, taking into account the Intergovernmental …