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Enforcement of Environmental Law: Good Practices from Africa,Central Asia, ASEAN Countries and China
… And chinA Acknowledgements This introductory guide to good practices from Africa and Asia on enforcement of … The non-awarding of costs is to protect those who sue on behalf of disadvantaged people from bearing the burden … with China. In July 2014, at the 65th Meeting of the Standing Committee of the Convention on International Trade …
Governance of Protected Areas: From understanding to action
… From understanding to action Grazia Borrini-Feyerabend, Nigel Dudley, Tilman … Erika Stanciu, Paula Andrea Bueno, Stan Stevens and Sue Stolton were incorporates in successive drafts. The … felled. The government could propose to keep their forest standing as a protected area and, for that, offer to the …
Manual of Compliance with and Enforcement of Multilateral Environmental Agreements
… team reworked the text, making corrections and additions to improve the usability, accu- racy, balance, and … 457 What is “standing” or “locus standi”? … Part VI of the legislation provides for the “right to sue”. The law states that “where a person has contravened an …
Issues in water law reform
… convened by FAO in Pretoria, Republic of South Africa, 3 to 5 June 1997. The Expert Consultation was the first … failed to object. Conversely, a downstream riparian could sue to prevent an upstream use for irrigation, or any use for … silent on this issue and it is only recently that the Standing Committee on Land and Water Resources Management …
Explanatory guide to the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
… E xp lan ato ry G u id e to th e In tern atio n al Treaty o n P lan t G en etic R eso … and the environment. i) FAO – The FAO has a long-standing involvement with PGRFA which goes back to the … selling and exchanging seed are a controversial is- sue. One view is that farmers should be free from any …
Development of an analytical tool to assess national biosecurity legislation
… NATIONS Rome, 2007 Development of an analytical tool to assess Biosecurity legislation by Daniele Manzella Jessica … within their mandates. Another example is the Kenya Standing Committee on Imports and Exports. Review of Case … note that the Constitution also provides for the right to sue and therefore provides a means of ensuring Biosecurity …
Managing MIDAs - Harmonising the Management of Multi-Internationally Designated Areas: Ramsar Sites, World Heritage Sites, Biosphere Reserves and UNESCO Global Geoparks
… on the status of the natural world and the measures needed to safeguard it. www.iucn.org Ramsar Convention The … Assigning Management Categories and Governance Types by Sue Stolton, Peter Shadie and Nigel Dudley. 2nd Edition. Best … years for the Conference of the Parties) and an 18-member Standing Committee, the inter-sessional executive body, which …
Contracting for ABS: The legal and scientific implications of bioprospecting contracts
… terms 20 1.2.5 Granting and obtaining reasonable access to genetic resources 21 1.2.5.1 Applying ABS in source … tive. Simply put, we hope to provide a deeper under- standing of the legal, economic, practical, and factual … shall be without prejudice to the right of LICENSOR to sue for and recover any royalties or other sums due LICENSOR …
Customs and Constitutions: State recognition of customary law around the world
… effective advocates for recognition of customary rights to territory and resources and have increasing influence in … and voidness shall not create a right to indemnity or to sue the Republic, except as to improvements derived from … 232: Indians, their communities, and organizations have standing to sue to defend their rights and interests, the …
Sharing Information with Confidence. “The Biodiversity Commons”: past experience, current trends and potential future directions
… stored in people’s minds. Information can contribute to capacity building, education and science, but benefits can … “biodata”) rather than creating another acronym. Sue Stolton and Nigel Dudley1 Machynlleth, Wales, May 2004 1 … and activist literature Books Generally of higher standing than grey literature (often without justification), …