International agreements

CITES handbook

2003

The CITES handbook has been compiled to provide for the Parties to CITES and others who are interested the most essential texts fo the implementation of the Convention in one single reference book. It comprises the text of the Convention, Appendices I and II, Appendix III, the standard CITES export/import permit - re-export certificate, the Resolutions and the Decisions of the Conference of the Parties to CITES in effect after the 12th meeting (Santiago, 2002)

Gestión de áreas protegidas mediterráneas : análisis y posibilidades de las redes y los planes de acción

2003 López Ornat, Arturo | Correas, Elena |

Este documento en tres lenguas pretende revisar los programas y las redes para las zonas protegidas en la región del Mediterráneo. Se concentra en la gestión, puntos débiles, puntos fuertes, carencias y sinergias, intentando destacar las zonas en las que se precisa trabajar más. Su objetivo primordial reside en analizar la labor realizada hasta el momento más que en los planes de futuro.

Guide explicatif du Protocole de Cartagena sur la prévention des risques biotechnologiques

2003 Ascencio, Alfonso | Burhenne-Guilmin, Françoise | Kinderlerer, Julian | Kummer, Katharina | La Viña, Antonio | Mackenzie, Ruth | Tapper, Richard | Werksman, Jacob D. |

This guide has been prepared by the IUCN Environmental Law Programme and the Foundation for International Environmental Law and Development (FIELD), in cooperation with the World Resources Institute (WRI).

La gobernanza internacional del océano : el uso del derecho internacional y las organizaciones para manejar los recursos marinos de manera sostenible

2003 Kimball, Lee A. |

Our oceans are slowly dying, and the instruments of governance are inadequate to stop it. The international dimensions of ocean problems loom larger as we learn more about threats to marine species and ecosystems - invasive species are transported by international shipping, oceans fill with persistent organic pollutants, and nutrients from sewage and fertilizers cause excessive growth of marine plants.

A comparison of the conservation and legal status of the fauna and flora of Sri Lanka

2003 Ekaratne, Kumudini | Fernando, R. H. S. S. | De Silva, Sanjiv | Bambaradeniya, Channa N. B. | De Silva, Darshani |

International ocean governance : using international law and organizations to manage marine resources sustainably

2003 Kimball, Lee A. |

Our oceans are slowly dying, and the instruments of governance are inadequate to stop it. The international dimensions of ocean problems loom larger as we learn more about threats to marine species and ecosystems - invasive species are transported by international shipping, oceans fill with persistent organic pollutants, and nutrients from sewage and fertilizers cause excessive growth of marine plants.

An explanatory guide to the Cartagena protocol on biosafety

2003 Ascencio, Alfonso | Burhenne-Guilmin, Françoise | Kinderlerer, Julian | Kummer, Katharina | La Viña, Antonio | Mackenzie, Ruth | Tapper, Richard | Werksman, Jacob D. |

This guide has been prepared by the IUCN Environmental Law Programme and the Foundation for International Environmental Law and Development (FIELD), in cooperation with the World Resources Institute (WRI).

Achieving sustainable fisheries : implementing the new international legal regime

2003 De Fontaubert, Charlotte | Deere, Carolyn | Downes, David R. | Lutchman, Indrani |
All indicators point to a worsening state of global fisheries. According to the latest figures of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization, 70% of fish stocks worldwide are fished at full capacity, overfished, or recovering. This publication aims to demystify the mosaic of new international instruments and measures, and to interpret them in a set of clear rights and obligations which, if implemented in earnest, will address this crisis.
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