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Handbook 4: Avian influenza and wetlands
… by David Stroud, who also represents the Convention on the global Scientific Task Force on Avian Influenza and plays a … A key role also continues to be played by the Wild Bird Global Avian Influenza Network for Surveillance (GAINS) … the disease itself is not specifically referred to. Strategy 3.1, on synergies and partnerships, also includes …
Integration of groundwater management into transboundary basin organizations in Africa - Training manual
… Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development ■■ GWP – Global Water Partnership ■■ IGRAC – International Groundwater … data to the transboundary basin organisations 16 5.6 Global data 17 5.7 Reference 17 5.8 Exercise 12 MODULE 6 … or small and often ephemeral. A conjunctive management strategy suggests to allocate surface water ressources before …
A Guide to Cooperation on the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions
… a series of regional workshops organized by UNEP and the Global Environment Facility. 3 7 Building greater capacity … appropriate training materials and help to strengthen global and regional networks of experts. � Promote exchange … and UNEP regional offices. � Ensure that the national strategy for an integrated approach to national chemicals and …
Legal frameworks for REDD: design and implementation at the national level
… 106 3. Short-term strategy vs. long-term vision … and sustainable use. Forests play an important role in the global carbon cycle, converting atmospheric carbon to organic … forests is likely to have dramatic consequences for the global climate and precipitation system. For example, studies …
An introduction to the African Convention on the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources
… its population. The past half century has seen increasing global awareness on the need to sustainably man- age the … administrative and operational framework for addressing global environmental issues and challenges, leaving … the mid-1980s, under the impetus of the World Conservation Strategy, and were later 1 Africa has the second largest …
Champions of Water Governance - Leadership building for local to transboundary water cooperation
… cooperation i 1Water Policy and Sustainability Advisor, Global Water Programme, IUCN 2Technical Officer and BRIDGE … South America Regional Office, IUCN 5Director, Global Water Programme, IUCN 6Director, Environmental Law … in favour of adopting leadership building as a deliberate strategy to catalyse change – one that must tread wisely and …
Publication - An Explanatory Guide to the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing
… CONSERVATION AND SUSTAINABLE USE ........ 125 ARTICLE 10 GLOBAL MULTILATERAL BENEFIT-SHARING MECHANISM ............ … 125 Article 10 Global Multilateral Bene!t-sharing Mechanism … MOP meeting of the Parties NBSAP National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan NFP national focal point NPIF Nagoya …
Strategic Report: Environment, Peace and Security - a Convergence of Threats
… and Enforcement Committee (ECEC), the Norwegian Center for Global Analyses, the RHIPTO Rapid Response Unit, and Grant … biodiversity at risk; and undermining attempts to control global warming. The scale, scope and complexity of this … security require a multi-agency response and an integrated strategy. Environmental crime cannot be tackled in isolation: …
Governance of Protected Areas: From understanding to action
… design of development cooperation at the European and global levels and makes the position of the German government … with social policy aspects of Protected Areas. Over 300 global experts contribute to TILCEPA’s work to advise the … perpetuity and not as a short-term or temporary management strategy. Who developed the vision of what the protected area …
Legislative and regulatory options for animal welfare
… 2010, was created in 1924 to fight animal diseases at the global level. The OIE has increased in prominence and … welfare standards and recommendations. The first OIE Global Conference on Animal Welfare held in Paris in February … (COM (2006) 13). The second document is the Animal Health Strategy for the European Union 2007-2013 (COM 539 (2007)), …