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Author : United Nations Environment Programme
Publisher : UNEP/Earthprint
ISBN 13 : 9789280715248
Total Pages : 426 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (152 download)
Download or read book UNEP's New Way Forward written by United Nations Environment Programme and published by UNEP/Earthprint. This book was released on 1995 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Ana Iglesias
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1402090455
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (2 download)
Download or read book Coping with Drought Risk in Agriculture and Water Supply Systems written by Ana Iglesias and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2009-01-22 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the last three decades drought episodes have resulted in severe social problems in Mediterranean countries, receiving broad attention from the international scientific and policy communities. The experiences in the development and implementation of drought management plans highlight the success and challenges of coping with drought for societies with different vulnerabilities and emphasize risk-based drought management as a critical approach to mitigate the impacts associated to drought-induced water shortages. Based on these experiences and the current methods for evaluating risk, the book synthesises guidelines for drought management that link science and policy and that can be applied to other regions. The book comprises a collection of papers divided into four sections that appeal to a broad audience. First, the social and hydrological context of Mediterranean countries is presented, discussing the interactions that have resulted in the complex institutional framework, and highlighting the importance of stakeholder involvement and awareness building for successful drought management. This section emphasises the role of organizations, institutions, and civil stakeholders involved in drought preparedness and mitigation and/or on water management for designing effective risk based strategies that mitigate the effects of drought in agriculture and water supply systems. Second, the book presents an academic approach to risk evaluation, including characterization of drought episodes, development of indicators of risk in hydrological and agricultural systems, and analysis of the role of economic instruments and groundwater for risk mitigation. This section finalises with the description of an integrated method for evaluating social vulnerability based on indicators that include the capacity to anticipate, cope, and respond to drought. The third section includes a collection of case studies that include the description of effective measures taken in the past. These case studies provide the context for developing demand driven guidelines that may be applied to other regions. The authors of these chapters can be viewed as stakeholders in drought management, since they represent a broad range of sectors and institutions from Mediterranean European and North African countries. The topics addressed have implications for the international policy community interested in disaster mitigation, agricultural policy, and development. Finally a synthesis of the management actions is presented in four chapters. Monitoring and preparedness planning is the essential first step for moving from disaster to risk management in response to drought. The management actions related to agriculture and water supply systems are presented in two different chapters but with a common conceptual framework based on the use of drought indicators for evaluating the levels of drought risk (pre-alert, alert, and emergency), that allow establishing linkages between science and policy. The final chapter discuses the lessons learned and application to other regions.
Author : United Nations Environment Programme
Publisher : UNEP/Earthprint
ISBN 13 : 9280716042
Total Pages : 468 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (87 download)
Download or read book Handbook of Environmental Law written by United Nations Environment Programme and published by UNEP/Earthprint. This book was released on 1997 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations. Subcommittee on International Economic Policy, Trade, Oceans, and Environment
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 424 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)
Download or read book U.S. Development Assistance and Environmentally Sustainable Development written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations. Subcommittee on International Economic Policy, Trade, Oceans, and Environment and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Peter Hough
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134186223
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (341 download)
Download or read book The Global Politics of Pesticides written by Peter Hough and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-04-08 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Global Politics of Pesticides explores the varied, and often conflicting, interests involved in the formulation of international policies on chemical pesticide manufacture and use in each of the main areas of environmental pollution, trade, development, public health, food security, biotechnology and industrial safety and explains why some aspects of pesticide use are subject to strict international guidelines whilst others are not. The book breaks new ground in objectively examining the competing viewpoints of food producers and other pesticide users, the chemical industry, health officials, traders, environmental/consumer pressure groups and the public. It also considers how international regulation can occur in spite of the fundamental differences of opinion and seemingly opposing interests held by the key actors.
Author : Sun Honglie
Publisher : EOLSS Publications
ISBN 13 : 1848260725
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (482 download)
Download or read book Area Studies (Regional Sustainable Development Review): China - Volume II written by Sun Honglie and published by EOLSS Publications. This book was released on 2009-09-22 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Area Studies - Regional Sustainable Development Review: China theme is a component of Encyclopedia of Area Studies - Regional Sustainable Development Review in the global Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS), which is an integrated compendium of twenty one Encyclopedias. This theme on Area Studies - Regional Sustainable Development Review: China reviews initiatives and activities towards sustainable development in China. Although these presentations are with specific reference to China, they provide potentially useful lessons for other regions as well. These three volumes are aimed at the following five major target audiences: University and College students Educators, Professional practitioners, Research personnel and Policy analysts, managers, and decision makers and NGOs.
Author : Elizabeth R. DeSombre
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317372395
Total Pages : 211 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (173 download)
Download or read book Global Environmental Institutions written by Elizabeth R. DeSombre and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-02-10 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Global Environmental Institutions continues to provide the most accessible and succinct overview of the major global institutions attempting to protect the natural environment. Fully updated throughout to reflect the latest environmental issues, the second edition includes substantial new material on developments in international agreements and how institutional mechanisms have evolved in the past 10 years, including the creation of the new Sustainable Development Goals, the Minamata Convention on Mercury, and the Paris Agreement on Climate Change. This second edition maintains the clear structure of the first edition, examining: • the underlying causes of global environmental problems • the creation of global environmental institutions • the effectiveness of action undertaken by these institutions. Providing an overview of the United Nations Environment Programme and the other entities within the UN that play important roles in global environmental governance, it also examines institutions clustered by issue area, introducing institutions that focus on protecting endangered species and biodiversity, govern the ocean environment (focusing on the atmosphere), and regulate the transboundary movement of hazardous substances. Concluding with an updated chapter on emerging issues and future directions drawing on the latest scholarship in the field, and written by an acknowledged expert in the field, Global Environmental Institutions is essential reading for students of environmental politics and international organizations.
Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9264174281
Total Pages : 171 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (641 download)
Download or read book Sustainable Development OECD Policy Approaches for the 21st Century written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 1998-01-06 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This publication provides an overview and analysis of trends in Sustainable Development and identifies policy gaps and trade-offs that have been encountered and points to future options.
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Publisher : UNEP/Earthprint
ISBN 13 : 9789280715002
Total Pages : 86 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (15 download)
Download or read book Legislating Chemicals written by and published by UNEP/Earthprint. This book was released on 1995 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
ISBN 13 : 9251332983
Total Pages : 72 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (513 download)
Download or read book International Code of Conduct on Pesticide Management - Guidance on Pesticide Legislation - Second edition written by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and published by Food & Agriculture Org.. This book was released on 2020-10-09 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of the guidelines is to provide guidance to governments that seek to review, update or design national pesticide legislation. It should be emphasized, however, that legislation alone cannot ensure effective pesticide management and adequate protection of the environment and public health. Governments will need to have in place the necessary institutional infrastructure for registering pesticides and enforcing legislation. Further, governments also need effective supporting policies and tools to promote sustainable pest and pesticide management. This may include promoting Integrated Pest Management (IPM) and Integrated Vector Management (IVM) through training programmes and incentive schemes, increasing availability and use of low risk products, fostering scientific research, carrying out public education campaigns and providing training for inspectors, retailers and professional users. A solid legislative framework should underpin the selected institutional framework, policies and tools. This document supersedes the Guidelines for Legislation on the Control of Pesticides of 1989.
Author : Aarti Gupta
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 026232086X
Total Pages : 365 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (623 download)
Download or read book Transparency in Global Environmental Governance written by Aarti Gupta and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2014-07-18 with total page 365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A critical assessment of whether transparency is a broadly transformative force in global environmental governance or plays a more limited role. Transparency—openness, secured through greater availability of information—is increasingly seen as part of the solution to a complex array of economic, political, and ethical problems in an interconnected world. The “transparency turn” in global environmental governance in particular is seen in a range of international agreements, voluntary disclosure initiatives, and public-private partnerships. This is the first book to investigate whether transparency in global environmental governance is in fact a broadly transformative force or plays a more limited, instrumental role. After three conceptual, context-setting chapters, the book examines ten specific and diverse instances of “governance by disclosure.” These include state-led mandatory disclosure initiatives that rely on such tools as prior informed consent and monitoring, measuring, reporting and verification; and private (or private-public), largely voluntary efforts that include such corporate transparency initiatives as the Carbon Disclosure Project and such certification schemes as the Forest Stewardship Council. The cases, which focus on issue areas including climate change, biodiversity, biotechnology, natural resource exploitation, and chemicals, demonstrate that although transparency is ubiquitous, its effects are limited and often specific to particular contexts. The book explores in what circumstances transparency can offer the possibility of a new emancipatory politics in global environmental governance.
Author : Zehra Askinsena Ilkilic
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3111575616
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (115 download)
Download or read book Security in International Climate Policy written by Zehra Askinsena Ilkilic and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2024-11-18 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The impacts of climate change are increasingly felt worldwide, affecting every country regardless of geographical location. Over the past 50 years, numerous treaties have been produced that are aimed at combatting climate change. However, these international efforts have often been hindered by the actions of great powers prioritising their own interests over global solutions. Since security is one of the most determining factors in states’ decision-making, Security in International Climate Policy analyses the relationship between states’ security policies and their efforts against climate change. The book hypothesises that security policies negatively affect measures against climate change. While the security policies of great powers pose a hurdle for a successful climate policy in the first stages of efforts, there is a shift in the 21st century, when climate change itself begins to threaten the security of states. Based on these findings, the author predicts future policy trends and makes policy recommendations.
Author : Shawkat Alam
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0415687179
Total Pages : 854 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (156 download)
Download or read book Routledge Handbook of International Environmental Law written by Shawkat Alam and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013 with total page 854 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This handbook is an advanced level reference guide which provides a comprehensive and contemporary overview of the corpus of international environmental law (IEL).
Author : Peter Haas
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317511387
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (175 download)
Download or read book Epistemic Communities, Constructivism, and International Environmental Politics written by Peter Haas and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-08-20 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Epistemic Communities, Constructivism and International Environmental Politics brings together 25 years of publications by Peter M. Haas. The book examines how the world has changed significantly over the last 100 years, discusses the need for new, constructivist scholarship to understand the dynamics of world politics, and highlights the role played by transnational networks of professional experts in global governance. Combining an intellectual history of epistemic communities with theoretical arguments and empirical studies of global environmental conferences, as well as international organizations and comparative studies of international environmental regimes, this book presents a broad picture of social learning on the global scale. In addition to detailing the changes in the international system since the Industrial Revolution, Haas discusses the technical nature of global environmental threats. Providing a critical reading of discourses about environmental security, this book explores governance efforts to deal with global climate change, international pollution control, stratospheric ozone, and European acid rain. With a new general introduction and the addition of introductory pieces for each section, this collection offers a retrospective overview of the author’s work and is essential reading for students and scholars of environmental politics, international relations and global politics.
Author : O. El-Kholy
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9401122806
Total Pages : 877 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (11 download)
Download or read book The World Environment 1972–1992 written by O. El-Kholy and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 877 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Our planet is under siege. Assaults on the atmosphere -the greenhouse effect, the depletion of the ozone layer and increasing air pollution - pose a still unquantified threat to human life. The dumping of hazardous wastes, and land based sources of pollution, present a similar threat to the oceans. On land we are destroying a tropical forest the size of Austria every year, and more than a hundred species of wild plants and animals are lost forever each day. When the General Assembly of the United Nations established UNEP it charged us with reporting on the changing state of the world's environment, tracking the underlying causes of change, and working with governments to develop responses to those changes. Every year since 1974, UNEP has produced a State of the Environment report, focusing on one or more emerging environmental issues and always stressing the human factor -the impact of environmental quality on people and society. Three times since its inception (1982, 198 7 and 1992) UNEP has undertaken a more wide-ranging study. The results of the present study are the most disturbing of the three. However, not all the signs are negative. Throughout the 19 70s and into the 1980s, UNEP was able to report progress in some important areas. Environmental monitoring capacity was being rapidly improved in many parts of the world, and Ministries of the Environment were being set up in an attempt to deal with environmental threats in a more coherent way.
Author : Kerry Ten Kate
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000699846
Total Pages : 768 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (6 download)
Download or read book The Commercial Use of Biodiversity written by Kerry Ten Kate and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-09-18 with total page 768 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1999 The Commercial Use of Biodiversity examines how biodiversity and the genetic material it contains are now as valuable resources. Access to genetic resources and their commercial development involve a wide range of parties such as conservation and research institutes, local communities, government agencies and companies. Equitable partnerships are not only crucial to conservation and economic development but are also in the interests of business and often required by law. In this authoritative and comprehensive volume, the authors explain the provisions of the Convention on Biological Diversity on access and benefit-sharing, the effect of national laws to implement these, and aspects of typical contracts for the transfer of materials. They provide a unique sector-by-sector analysis of how genetic resources are used, the scientific, technological and regulatory trends and the different markets in Pharmaceuticals, Botanical Medicines, Crop Development, Horticulture, Crop Protection, Biotechnology (in fields other than healthcare and agriculture) and Personal Care and Cosmetics Products. This will be an essential sourcebook for all those in the commercial chain, from raw material collection to product discovery, development and marketing, for governments and policy-makers drafting laws on access and for all the institutions, communities and individuals involved in the conservation, use, study and commercialisation of genetic resources.
Author : K.L. Zirm
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1482286580
Total Pages : 217 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (822 download)
Download or read book The Management of Hazardous Substances in the Environment written by K.L. Zirm and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2003-09-02 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Selected papers presented at Envirotech Vienna 1989, First International ISEP Congress, Vienna, Austria, on 20-22 February 1989.
