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Auditing the Implementation of Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs): A Primer for Auditors
… research; the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their … to protect human health and the environment from illegal transboundary movements and disposal of hazardous waste; and … into force. Once an MEA ‘enters into force’ it has legal effect and implementa- 5 The following organizational …
State of Biodiversity in Africa
… species are put in danger of extinction. The most direct effect of logging in, for example, the Sangha Tri-National … lakes in Kenya, such as Lake Naivasha, and a number of transboundary lakes – Lake Victoria in the Nile River basin; … Outlook-2, 2006). 17. Africa has a number of large transboundary ecosystems, which are areas of land or sea that …
Compliance-Related Texts and Decisions of Selected Multilateral Environmental Agreements
… Secretariat of the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their … Espoo Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context, Ms. Sandra Ruza, Secretariat to the … with the text of the Convention, Resolutions in effect and existing practice, and drew attention to comments …
The Nagoya – Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… on liability and redress for damage resulting from the transboundary movements of LMOs. An open- ended ad-hoc … https://www.informea.org/en/terms/transboundary-effect/ … event of damage by LMOs resulting in significant adverse effect to the conservation and sustainable use of biological …
Judicial handbook on environmental law
… 65 7.2.1 National law 66 7.2.2 International law: transboundary water resources 68 7.2.3 Water regulation and … . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,28,37,38,128 Convention on Transboundary Movement of Hazardous Wastes (Basel) . . . . . … uniquely positioned to give environmental law force and effect. They can bring integrity and certainty to the process …
The Aarhus Convention: An implementation guide. Securing the public's rights through access to information, public participation and Access to justice for a healthy environment
… ECE Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context (Espoo Convention), adopted at Espoo, … for public participation. 1992 ECE Convention on the Transboundary Effects of Industrial Accidents (Industrial … list of activities that are presumed to have a significant effect on the environment, and to which the provisions of …
Wetlands, water and the law. Using law to advance wetland conservation and wise use
… (1997) 273 22.3 Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes (1992) , … 277 22.4.3 Asia 278 22.4.4 Europe 278 23 Management of Transboundary Wetlands and Regional Networks 281 24 … be understood as any phenomenon liable to have an adverse effect on the conservation status of a species or ecosystem. …
Toolkit for the Sound Management of DDT for Disease Vector Control
… analysis, including the quantification of effect on the disease, is more complex, and has been … is conducted abroad, it should be ensured that the transboundary movement of the waste materials is allowed … for high-temperature incineration, which implies that transboundary shipments of stocks and waste will be …
Our sustainable future: the role of the Basel Convention
… against the adverse effects of the generation, management, transboundary movement and disposal of hazardous and other … Basel Convention The Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Wastes and Their Disposal is the … by other international treaties. Thus, the replicate effect is high. XI. The return on investments in the …
Improving governance of pastoral lands
… mention of pastoralists and their land in relation to transboundary tenure issues (paragraph 22.2). This is … for pastoralism (including mobility, corridors and transboundary issues) Developing integrated land use planning … mining concessions to private entrepreneurs. This had the effect of restricting access to grazing lands and polluting …