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Obligations - The 1987 Montreal Protocol on Substances that deplete the Ozone Layer - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… Site: UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION PORTAL ON MULTILATERAL ENVIRONMENTAL AGREEMENTS Course:Introductory Course to the … 2.1. Setting targets: A milestone in international environmental law 2.2. Special provisions for developing … countries. This model was, later on, imitated by other environmental agreements and evolved in the common but …
Champions of Water Governance - Leadership building for local to transboundary water cooperation
… IUCN 5Director, Global Water Programme, IUCN 6Director, Environmental Law Centre, IUCN The designation of … Selected individuals who were already active in water or environmental resources stewardship were invited to build … Sixaola Basin (Panama/Costa Rica), Champions decided that environmental education was essential to foster good water …
Forest fires and the law: a guide for national drafters based on the fire management voluntary guidelines
… nature of fires determines whether their social, cultural, environmental and economic impacts are negative or positive. … strategic actions. They address the cultural, social, environmental and economic dimensions of fire management at … to fire management also include due consideration to the security of firefighters and local communities and the …
European models of good practice in protected areas
… are washed up in abundance on the beaches – a sign of environmental quality. Raptors soar above the deep gorges of … re-cre- ation of beaches, are welcome despite the possible environmental damage. Local people are well aware of the … and natural values. The time, however, was ripe for environmental concerns to spread rapidly to the rest of …
Document - The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands: its History and Development
… treaty was being developed was a time of greatly increased environmental awareness. Looking back, we can see that the … to the Convention - wise use of wetlands, undertaking environmental impact assessments, making wetland inventories, … intrusions that eternal vigilance is the price for their security. The Grado Declaration In 1991, IWRB organized a …
Combatting the illegal poisoning of wildlife
… pesticide use to support sustainable food production and security; ALSO AWARE that abuses in the use of such chemicals … (GLOBE) International, the International Network for Environmental Compliance and Enforcement (INECE), and others, to combat this form of environmental crime; ACKNOWLEDGING that the IUCN Species …
Food and Agriculture Organization (2016), The guide to National Reporting Obligations
… as the basis for ensuring safe trade, safeguarding food security and protecting the environment from plant pests. In … of the world’s biodiversity, environment and ensure food security; + contribute to a decrease in the number of … of pests with negative consequences for agricultural and environmental resources. + Some countries perceive official …
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: integration of conservation into development
… (Montreal, 1996), Resolution 3.014 Poverty reduction, food security and conservation and Recommendation 3.083 Improving … different visions, approaches, models and tools to achieve environmental sustainability in the context of dwindling and … integrates the nested hierarchical social, economic and environmental dimensions of sustainable development; The …
Recognizing the indigenous territories as conservation areas in the Amazon Basin
… climate and that they guarantee the food and medicinal security of the indigenous peoples and humanity as a whole; … and cultural significance is thus as important as their environmental significance and importance; FURTHER BEARING IN … the Amazonian indigenous territories are under constant environmental threat from extractive activities, logging …
Framework for Assessing and Improving Law for Sustainability - A Legal Component of a Natural Resource Governance Framework
… IUCN Environmental Law Programme Environmental Law Centre Godesberger Allee 108-112 53175 … except for information whose secrecy is essential for the security of society and of the state (art. 5, XXXIII). …