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Ridding the world of POPs - A guide to the Stockholm Convention on POPs
… their obligations. Regional and sub-regional centres for capacity-building and technology transfer have been established for … their obligations. Regional and sub-regional centres for capacity-building and technology transfer have been …
Markets and Incentives in Livelihoods and Landscapes Strategy. Using Economic and Financial Tools to Sustain Forest Livelihoods and Landscapes
… is that “information is generated and disseminated, and capacity is strengthened, to promote the development of … for many, defi ciencies in market knowledge, technical capacity and infrastructure limits their potential success. … be even more important. It provides rural people with the capacity, knowledge and independence to move into the stream …
Illegal Traffic under the Basel Convention
… cost guards, environment agencies, police) to build its capacity to better prevent, detect, identify and deal with … find their way into the global waste chain; • Build the capacity of developing countries and countries with economies … wastes in an environmentally sound manner; • Build the capacity of countries, particularly developing countries and …
The Sacred Dimension of Protected Areas: Proceedings of the Second Workshop of the Delos Initiative - Ouranoupolis 2007
… and by the cultural significance of the Palau Novella building, in which the com- munity lives. Part Three: … pact on biodiversity and the area’s car- bon sequestration capacity (Muller 2007). Maintaining traditional practices … forthwith an immense open-air wastewater tank with a capacity just short of 38 million li- tres. Signs would then …
World Declaration on the Environmental Rule of Law
… (Brazil) from 26 to 29 April 2016, With the goal of building the environmental rule of law as the legal … judicial cooperation, h) Environmental legal education and capacity building for all people, and especially for women, … generations, and n) Strengthening the independence and capacity of courts in the effective application and …
Integrating mining and biodiversity conservation: Case studies from around the world
… to engage in more widespread collaborative action. Building strong and sustainable partnerships in conservation … Insight Investment The role of the mining industry The capacity of mineral development to contribute to biodiversity … 2000 and first production occurred in April 2003. At full capacity, the mine will produce 150,000 tonnes of zinc metal …
Promoting responsible investment in agriculture and food systems - Guide to assess national regulatory frameworks affecting larger-scale private investments
… place, but they may lack sufficient incentives or capacity for enforcement. In some contexts, there is … such as investor pre‐screening, or strengthening the capacity of individual stakeholders to … them with financial and technical assistance in building their capacity to benefit from …
Report of the ad hoc technical expert group on risk assessment and risk management under the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety
… in actual cases of risk assessment and as a tool for capacity building activities in risk assessment. 3. Formulation of … and Manual as a useful online tool for, inter alia, capacity building in risk assessment. 7. Requesting to the …
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
… acknowledges or grants a right to states, whether in their capacity as flag state (the state where a ship is registered) … in its EEZ. In case the coastal state has insufficient capacity to harvest the entire TAC, it must give other states … socio-economic aspects, both current and foreseeable, building on existing regional assessments. UNGA has …
Commodities at a Glance - Special issue on Shale Gas
… issue on shale gas FIGURES Figure 1 Hydrocarbon system building blocks … 4 Porosity is defined as “a measure of the water-bearing capacity of subsurface rock. With respect to water movement, … gas was required to partly balance unavailable nuclear capacity. The share of natural gas in the energy mix in Japan …