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Recent debates on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity beyond areas of national jurisdiction, including marine genetic resources
… management tools, including marine protected areas, and environmental impact assessments, capacity- building and the transfer of … ideological divide on the common heritage issue”. 9 For an assessment of the options within existing legal frameworks …
Becoming a Party to the Minamata Convention on Mercury
… by the commitments required under other multilateral environmental agreements on chemicals and waste, such as the Rotterdam or Stockholm Conventions1 as to the scale of assessment. WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF BECOMING A PARTY TO THE … etc.) to allow for an assessment of the potential impact that could result from the implementation of the …
Economic valuation of ecological functions and services of natural ecosystems
… services. However, it enables non specialists of environmental economics to understand the basic principles … Mali, Senegal, Guinea and Guinea Bissau) and to refine the assessment of the information needs on the economic value of … has led economic agents to implicitly assign zero value to environmental goods and services at the time of making …
Statutory recognition of customary land rights in Africa - An investigation into best practices for lawmaking and implementation
… to increasing land scarcity caused by population growth, environmental degradation, changing climate conditions, and … and advance individual interests; The factors that impact a law's long-term, effective and equitable … answers from the lessons learned through critical assessment of the case studies and makes recommendations for …
ASEAN Handbook on legal cooperation to combat wildlife crime
… on Drugs and Crimes (UNODC), Asia Pacific Center for Environmental Law, National University of Singapore (APCEL), … and Timber Trafficking in the ASEAN Region: A Rapid Assessment”1. In April 2015, Freeland presented a joint … markets due largely to increased wealth in the region. Its impact is devastating, not only on Asian biodiversity, but …
Ridding the world of POPs - A guide to the Stockholm Convention on POPs
… organic pollutants. For this to be achieved under variable environmental conditions and a multitude of physical, … organic pollutants. For this to be achieved under variable environmental conditions and a multitude of physical, … on the effectiveness of such efforts. Every four years, an assessment is done to see if the levels of POPs are changing …
Lessons learnt in the establishment and management of protected areas by indigenous and local communities in South Asia. TILCEPA report
… 1979. 9 Wells, M.P. (1994). A Profile and Interim Assessment of the Annapurna Conservation Project. In Western, … from II to VI of IUCN category of PAs. To speed up the environmental conservation and faced with conflicts with the … monitoring and evaluation of use of a resource and its impact on the conserved area needs to be an integral part of …
Sacred Natural Sites – Support for custodian protocols and customary laws in the face of global threats and challenges
… Kon Voluntary guidelines for the conduct of cultural, environmental and social impact assessments regarding developments proposed to take place on, or which are likely to impact on, sacred sites and on lands and waters traditionally …
The economic value of wild resources in Senegal : A preliminary evaluation of non-timber forest products, game and freshwater fisheries
… and discussion of the major findings to date; preliminary assessment of policy implications; identification of … while villagers were divided in their assessment of the impact of population growth. LLooccaall mmaannaaggeemmeenntt … charging systems can have significant adverse social and environmental impacts, or even perverse incentive effects. An …