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Can carbon dioxide storage help cut greenhouse emissions?
… publications. The IPCC has produced a series of assessment reports, special reports, technical papers and … by the United Nations Environment Programme’s Division for Environmental Conventions in April 2006. For additional … emissions. Without specific actions to minimize our impact on the climate, carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from …
Second report on the protection of the atmosphere
… such as black carbon, tropospheric ozone, and other dual-impact substances, which are the subject of negotiations … counteract the increasing fragmentation of internatio nal environmental law through horizontal analysis and … See the first report (A/CN.4/667), para. 69. The IPCC 5th assessment report, Working Group III, Annex I, glossary, …
An introduction to the African Convention on the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources
… nature et des ressources naturelles Deuxième édition IUCN Environmental Policy and Law Paper No. 56 Rev. IUCN – The … Conservation areas 10 3. Processes and activities which impact on the environment 11 3.1 Control of pollution and … and development activities. The Sustainability Impact Assessment (SIA) of the European Commission is particularly …
Handbook 4: Avian influenza and wetlands
… to waterbirds 2.1 Summary 2.2 Introduction 2.3 Risk assessment 2.4 Risk reduction measures 2.5 Wild bird … should be used by all whose actions may benefit from or impact upon the wise use of wetlands. A vital first step in … arrangements for domestic/captive birds; iii) control environmental transmission routes for the virus on the site …
State of Biodiversity in Africa
… the sectors that directly deal with biodiversity and environmental issues, many other sectors in the countries had … the climate change debate had overshadowed all other environmental concerns and resources for biodiversity had … cent of its area over the coming decade. Environmental impact assessments are being more widely applied and most …
Solutions in focus: Transboundary protected area solutions
… their time and personnel more efficiently to generate environmental awareness about the importance and benefits of … protected areas comparable, easing future cooperation and assessment of progress on process protection targets. … identified, advanced common solutions to cross border environmental challenges. EcoPeace widened the constituencies …
Best practice guidelines for the re-introduction of great apes
… located in Cambridge, UK), and the Global Biodiversity Assessment Initiative (located in Washington DC, USA). IUCN … management of natural resources. The phi- losophy for environmental conservation and management of IUCN and other … benefit without causing adverse side effects of greater impact. Section III Definition of Terms Re-introduction and …
Sharing governance! A practical guide for marine protected areas in West Africa
… International Study and Cooperation CEESP Commission on Environmental, Economic and Social Policy (of the IUCN) CMPA … has nourished them for millennia, at a time when global environmental indicators are all on red alert... it is … to preserve their resources and arm themselves against the impact of migrant fisheries. While these dynamics are most …
Mainstreaming Gender Equality and Equity in ABS Governance
… seen as one of the primary indicators of unsustainable environmental pressures, while re- duction of inequality has … of monitoring and evaluation tools and gender impact analysis methodologies, promoting the collection, … and non-monetary benefits, including gender budgeting. • Assessment of consequences and implications of planned and …
Additional Reading - CBD Programme of Work on technology transfer and technological and scientific cooperatioN
… countries, technology transfer, and in particular the assessment of technology needs and of the related needs for … needs in the building of capacity. Operational target 1.2: Impact and risk assessments are conducted, as appropriate, … institutions that introduce codes and standards, reduce environmental risk and protect intellectu- al property …