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Ecosystems protecting infrastructure and communities - Lessons learned and guidelines for implementation
… the IUCN World Conservation Congress • 2014: CBD COP 12 Decision XII/20 and Promise of Sydney document from the IUCN … on poor people, on poverty efforts to the benefit of local decision-makers of the rural development, water resources and … to the range of different stakeholders — such as decision-makers, civil society, and academics. • Although the …
Reference Guide - European Union Wildlife Trade Regulations
… Commission must therefore be informed immediately of any decision taken by a Management Authority not to authorise a … species/country combinations to be referred to the SRG for decision-making – in these cases individual Member States cannot make the decision whether to allow or refuse an application, and must …
Net Positive Impact for biodiversity. The business case
… approach entails the use of the Mitigation Hierarchy, a decision-making framework for the systematic planning of … for businesses. By integrating biodiversity into business decision-making, companies can enhance their performance, not … credible application of the Mitigation Hierarchy. Better decision-making By adopting NPI (or NNL), companies can …
The rise of environmental crime - A growing threat to natural resources, peace, development and security
… rule of environmental law. UNEP Governing Council’s (GC) Decision 27/9 is the first internationally negotiated … to establish the term “environmental rule of law”.39 The decision emphasised the role of organized criminal groups in … the language used in S/RES/2195 (2014) mentioned above. GC Decision 27/9 requested UNEP’s Executive Director to improve …
PIC Chemicals An Introduction to the Chemicals Listed in the Rotterdam Convention that are Subject to the Iinternational Legally-binding Prior Informed Consent (PIC) Procedure
… Convention. The Conference of the Parties takes the final decision. Information pertaining to recommendations and … of chemi- cals to Annex III. The COP takes the final decision. Harmonized System (HS) Codes for PIC Chemicals The …
Guidelines on Biofuels and Invasive Species
… to inform policies and practices of biofuel producers and decision makers, and ultimately provide guidance to importing … the introduction of a potentially invasive 1 CBD COP 6 Decision VI/23: https://www.cbd.int/decision/ cop/?id=7197 species through appropriate risk …
Effective planning strategies for managing environmental risk associated with geophisical and other imaging surveys - A resource guide for managers
… imaging. It offers a structured, systematic evaluation and decision- making framework for industry, regulators, and … This document provides a structured evaluation and decision-making framework that is intended to complement … gathering of such data should begin immediately after the decision has been made to proceed with the project. At the …
Climate Change and POPs: Predicting the Impacts
… strong scientific support and advice. To support informed decision making, the Secretariat of the Stockholm Convention, … Parties to the Stockholm Convention at its fourth meeting (Decision SC-4/31) to assess climate influences on the levels … on levels of POP s in environmental media. Furthermore, Decision SC-4/31 on the GMP establishing the terms of …