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Biodiversity, the next challenge for financial institutions ? A scoping study to assess exposure of financial institutions to biodiversity business risks and identifying options for business opportunities
… 2. Biodiversity loss: a growing relevance for the private sector 5 2.1 Direct drivers of biodiversity loss 5 2.2 … • Since biodiversity is often still regarded as a public good, governments, which control huge amounts of public bonds and public pensions, even have a special …
Climate Change and the Human Rights to Water and Sanitation Position Paper
… for climate change mitigation and adaptation • The private sector and technology policy • Procedural rights: … recognised human rights. They are also the foundations for public health and human development. For example, an … of the 1998 Aarhus Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-Making and Access to Justice …
Croatia and marine protected areas: Legal and insituttional framework assessment for conservation of coastal and marine biodiversity and establishment of MPAs
… authorities for PAs (including MPAs) in Croatia: the Public Institutions ......................................... … 31 B. Private sector (for profit) … 33 C. General public … Protected Areas Department. — The Ministry of Tourism: the Sector for International Coop- eration; the Unit for …
Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security
… and for strengthening the capacities and operations of public bodies, private sector enterprises, civil society organizations and people … of tenure rights and duties 11 7. Safeguards 11 8. Public land, fisheries and forests 12 9. Indigenous peoples …
Sustainable tourism in protected areas: Guidelines for planning and management
… opportunities for protected area managers 120 9.3 Public and private sector financial relationships 124 9.4 Funding of protected … to the sustainable management of protected areas, whether public or private, will require enhanced cooperation and …
From the MDGs to Sustainable Development for All - Lessons from 15 years of practice
… health workers, neo-natal care, social protection and public advocacy campaigns (e.g. on gender equality, … process considered legitimate in all communities. Broad public campaigns should proceed tailoring exercises to boost … change agents in government, civil society and the private sector proved that global goals can drive progress when used …
The environmental impact of economic incentives for agricultural production: a comparative law study
… stimulating agricultural production 22 1. The agricultural sector sensu stricto 22 2. The forestry sector 25 3. The … notions, particularly as the concepts transmitted by the public finances are interdisciplinary". 24/ In the meantime, … as follows: "taxes are financial resources instituted by a public power and exacted without any direct reciprocal …
Energy law and sustainable development
… A. McNeely Sustainable development in the petroleum sector Jacqueline Lang Weaver Legal measures to promote … law is most often considered to be merely a variant of public administrative law. However, rather than being a … systems. Its costs are underwritten by application of public finance laws. It has evolved incrementally over time, …
Towards sustainable fisheries law: a comparative analysis
… 2. Overview of multiple demands on the coastal zone 89 3. Public perceptions of basic fisheries issues 92 II. The legal … 3. Fisheries 144 4. Economic importance of the fisheries sector 148 vii 5. Public perception of basic fisheries issues 151 II. The legal …