How to implement the otter action plan? Proceedings workshop IUCN/SSC Otter Specialist Group
International agreements
A guide to designing legal and institutional frameworks on alien invasive species
This guide seeks to help by providing national law and policy makers with practical information and guidance for developing of strengthening legal and institutional frameworks on alien invasive species, consistent with Article 8(h) of the CBD, as well as pertinent obligations under other international instruments. It provides a structured framework for dealing with alien invasive species issues and contains illustrations and practical examples to assist in understanding their impact
Liability for environmental damage and the World Bank's Chad-Cameroon oil and pipeline project : selected papers of the NC-IUCN symposium
Legal research papers review a project for which a loan is being asked from the World Bank. With a view to potential environmental damage, the publication examines the deficiencies of the existing legal framework with regard to the (lack of) obligations, responsibility and liability of all parties involved, under national law as well as under international law. It sets out recommendations for improving the legal framework and strengthening the rule of law
Draft International Covenant on Environment and Development
In the mid-1980s, the IUCN Commission on Environmental Law, in consultation with leading experts from around the world, began to respond to a need later identified by Agenda 21 : the preparation of an integrated framework for international environmental law. It did so by elaborating a draft legally-binding global agreement on environmental conservation and sustainable development, in which both codification of existing rules as well as progressive development of the law play important roles. The result is this draft covenant.
Report of the first eastern and southern Africa regional biodiversity forum : using biodiversity to strengthen livelihoods
The theme of the Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Session of the GBF was Using Biodiversity to Strengthen Livelihoods. The Forum explored ways and means of integrating poverty alleviation considerations into local, national and regional actions aimed at conserving, using sustainably and sharing equitably the benefits of biodiversity. Its principal aim was to enable broad discussion and dialogue on a range of key biodiversity issues, prior to the 5th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the CBD (COP5), to be held in May 2000 in Nairobi, Kenya.