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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
… sector to effectively integrate biodiversity into its decision making”. Indirectly, FIs can be exposed to BBRs for … 2004. The government admitted that one major factor in its decision was the potential environmental impact. Although the … Insight Investment), which they use in their investment decision-making. a Though HSBC did not take part in the …
Contracting for ABS: The legal and scientific implications of bioprospecting contracts
… access to biological resources in Latin America: Decision 391 of the Cartagena Agreement 280 7.3.2 National … application issue. It is thus not only a tool for national decision-makers but also for implementers. While it is not … we recognize that our primary audience includes national decision-makers, NGOs, and others, as well as lawyers and …
Pastoralism and the Green Economy - a natural nexus?
… for example by improving pastoralist representation in decision making, protecting communal land rights and … receiving low public investment, excluded from decision making, and in some cases facing punitive measures … relative to males16. Women are frequently excluded from decision making and are denied inheritance rights. In some …
Enforcement of Environmental Law: Good Practices from Africa,Central Asia, ASEAN Countries and China
… and environmental issues at all levels of development decision-making and implementation. Most specifically in … decentralisation giving ‘stakeholders a greater role in decision-making’ and leading to ‘better decisions which are … areas, quake prone areas, and so forth to facilitate decision making. Pollution control officers assigned within …
Synergies Success Stories - Enhancing cooperation and coordination among the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions
… to necessary information, the GENASIS system supports decision-making on the sound management of chemicals … plan developed by the Government of Côte d’Ivoire (Decision VIII/1) . In the context of Decision VIII/1, Côte d’Ivoire was granted funding under the …
In Transition: Bangkok's Ivory Market
… Committee (SC65), at its meeting in July 2014, adopted a Decision, calling on Thailand to revise its NIAP and to … registration of domestic ivory trade. In response to this Decision, Thailand announced in December 2014 the revision of … fundamental change led the Standing Committee to adopt a decision calling for the country to enact appropriate …
The Social Dimension of Ecosystem-based Adaptation
… dependent on their husbands and are not involved in decision-making processes surrounding disaster response. The … the strongest drivers and motivation for action [14]. The decision on which approach is chosen to respond to climate … enable communities to play a more integral role within decision- making processes and reduces the risk of ignoring …
Security considerations in the planning and management of transboundary conservation areas
… programmes are directed at experts, managers and decision makers from business and industry, politics, … leading to enhanced collaboration and even joint decision making. This must be contrasted with the concept of … committees and joint commissions aimed at enabling joint decision making; facilitating the interaction of communities …