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Helping nature help us - Transforming disaster risk reduction through ecosystem management
… Infrastructure and Communities (EPIC) project. A special thank you to Angela Andrade and Karen Sudmeier-Rieux … to scale-up integrated approaches. Part 1 of this report provides a conceptual background on the importance of … In efforts to address the challenges posed by disasters, special attention needs to be given to ecosystems and the …
Obligations - The 1987 Montreal Protocol on Substances that deplete the Ozone Layer - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… A milestone in international environmental law 2.2. Special provisions for developing countries 2.3. Dealing with … obligations to Parties while having into account the special needs of developing countries. This model was, later … 2.2. Special provisions for developing countries The Montreal …
The impact of disasters and crises on agriculture and food security
… damage and loss in agriculture 6 Purpose and scope of this report 8 pArT i More disasters, more impact on agriculture 13 … initiatives. countries in protracted crises require special attention, given the exceptional role that … hydrological, climatological and biological disasters. Special emphasis is placed on the disaster types in each …
Pastoralism and the Green Economy - a natural nexus?
… and effort in reviewing and commenting on drafts of this report: Pablo Manzano (IUCN-WISP); Edmund Barrow (IUCN); Ced … to deliver on its potential role in a Green Economy. This report is financed by UNEP and is part of the efforts of … of origin” framework and numerous certified and regulated special labelling schemes have emerged that protect …
Illicit wildlife trafficking: An environmental economic and social issue
… networks, such as in ASEAN. 3) Appointment of a Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG). This … (Sighted 2012). 11 United Nations Security Council. 2013. Report of the Secretary-General on the activities of the … of illegal killing and the illegal trade in ivory: A report to the African Elephant Summit. 23 UNODC. (2011). …
Free Prior and Informed Consent - An indigenous peoples' right and a good practice for local communities - Manual for project practitioners
… are not going to abandon it”. Information adapted from a report provided by Action Aid. Box 7 Benefits of FPIC “Like a … these groups or their views are homogeneous. Sometimes special measures might be required to create safe spaces 21 … area or have a collective interest, FAO will undertake special consideration as stipulated in its Environmental and …
Position document for Rotterdam Convention COP8 Meeting - 2017
… minutes, two years later (at the date of writing this report, April 2017) 11 I RotteRdam ConventIon - CoP8 meetIng … does not apply to Annex iii. the Convention includes a special way to amend Annex iii in article 22.5.b), providing … these decisions are to be taken by consensus, due to the special nature of this issue which basically consists in the …
Land and water - the rights interface
… be owned by the state, or its equivalent,29 and many have special legal 25 Bruce, J.W. 1998. Review of tenure … Growth and Poverty Reduction, a World Bank Policy Research Report, The World Bank, Washington D.C., p. 54. 63 In Texas, … in the developing world, were mainly characterized by special agricultural programmes such as price controls, …
Negotiate: reaching agreement over water
… and Qin Liyi. Dipak Gyawali and Louis Lebel both made special and important contributions to development of … which thread the book. The Editors would like to give special thanks to Megan Cartin and Magali Rouaud for their … the release in 2000 of the World Commission on Dams (WCD) report. Seeing the need to move beyond the ‘pro-dam’ and …