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Our sustainable future: the role of the Basel Convention
… of Wastes and Their Disposal is the most comprehensive global environmental agreement on hazardous and other wastes. … countries with economies in transition need to meet the global and local waste challenge. III. Waste is a global … sound management of wastes is needed as one strategy contributing to success of the UN Framework …
Natural Resource Governance. Trainers' Manual
… Conservation of Nature is the world’s oldest and largest global conservation organization -- a democratic membership … version of this Manual. Enrique Ibarra, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), Hemant Ojha, Forest … community-based forest management as a national strategy for sustainable forest management and social …
Illegal Trade in Ivory and Rhino Horn: an Assessment Report to Improve Law Enforcement Under the Wildlife TRAPS Project
… legislative and regulatory instruments and mechanisms, the global community has moved to address the threat to thousands … rewards of illicit trade. To address these issues, the global response needs to become equally professionalized. … Index presented in Figure 2 is a relative measure of global illegal ivory trade activity over the last 17 years. …
Security considerations in the planning and management of transboundary conservation areas
… Conservation Task Force to contribute towards a global programme on transboundary conservation. The Task … the world, the Task Force has promoted the concept of a Global TBPA network which will coordinate and support the … means” (IUCN, 1994). 2 The “ecosystem approach” is a strategy for the integrated management of land, water and …
Judicial handbook on environmental law
… and processes upon which all life on Earth depends. UNEP’s Global Environment Outlook Year Book 2003 highlights the … largest reinsurance company, predicted in 2003 that the global economic loss due to extreme weather events would … NGO Non-governmental organization NGS National Greenhouse Strategy (Australia) OECD Organization for Economic …
Handbook of working procedures and policy guidance for the Chemical Review Committee
… and therefore a simple explanation of the risk management strategy to deal with existing stocks may be enough; and (b) … further in order to accommodate the consideration of global risk evaluations as experience was gained. At its … act as greenhouse gases and may therefore contribute to global warming, while it is not clear what effect actual …
First report on the protection of the atmosphere
… . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 (c) Multilateral conventions on global atmospheric problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . … “topic of protection of the atmosphere addressed a growing global concern” and that an “effort by the Commission to take … regionalism”, International Review for Environmental Strategy , vol. 1 (2000), pp. 97-117; thirteen countries, …
Ozone Depletion - Chapter 9 - UNEP Training Manual on International Environmental Law
… America. Thus, ozone depletion had become an issue of global concern. 8. Scientific evidence has shown that human … conducted the first international assessment of the global ozone situation. The alarming results demonstrated a … of a Country Programme that details the activities and strategy planned by developing countries to eliminate the …
The ecosystem approach: Five steps to implementation
… e n t a t i o n 1 Introduction The Ecosystem Approach is a strategy for the integrated management of land, water and … and partners to enhance their capacity and to support global alliances to safeguard natural resources at local, regional and global levels. IUCNʼs Ecosystem Management Series The …