Environmental law

The 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development placed a responsibility on States to protect the local, regional and global environment, especially problems shared by the whole community such as soil degradation.

Ofrece información de relevancia sobre algunos de los principales instrumentos jurídicos internacionales que se relacionan con los humedales y con el medio marino en Mesoamérica. Así mismo proporciona una herramienta de fácil utilización para el entendimiento de las Convenciones y sus protocolos.

En este documento se hace una síntesis de los compromisos adquiridos por los diversos acuerdos y convenios relacionados de alguna manera con el CDB. Además, se señela los punto de concordancia entre los diferentes convenios, y los temas vinculantes reconocidos hasta ahora que podrán ser contemplados en la formulación de la estrategia nacional de biodiversidad.

Esta compilación reune trabajos e investigaciones tendentes a apoyar en el proceso de desarrollo de la Estrategia Nacional y Plan de Acción sobre diversidad biológica peruana. Estos trabajos han sido desarrollados en el marco del proyecto "Fortalecimiento de las Capacidades Nacionales en América del Sur para la Conservación y Uso Sostenible de la Biodiversidad" liberado por la Oficina Regional de UICN.

A critical component in ensuring effective environmental governance is the existence of a vigilant civil society which can activate relevant statutory agencies to enforce environmental policy and legislation. Lawyers are in a special position to provide leadership in this domain, although the lack of formal training in environmental law and policy advocacy in this region has highlighted the need to provide some.

This is the first comprehensive environmental law book based primarily on materials from Asia and the Pacific, designed to provide appropriate resources for academics and other trainers in environmental law in the region. It adopts a broad view of sustainable development as being the basis of modern environmental law, with emphasis on social justice and equity.

For many years, concerns have been expressed about environmental issues in the Arctic. While the Arctic region, unlike Antarctica, has been inhabited for thousands of years, it is under unique threat because of its vulnerability toward resource exploitation and the deposition of various airborne pollutants. With its varied populations, and with eight Nations asserting territorial interests, the Arctic needs a careful approach to its protection and development.

This publication contains four papers on different legal issues of interest to developing countries. The papers were researched and written by four Carl Duisberg Gesellscaft (CDG) Fellows who came to Germany from Bangladesh, Venezuela, Nigeria and China to study under the host leadership of the IUCN Environmental Law Centre.