1999 The World Conservation Monitoring Centre, based in Cambridge, UK, is a joint venture between three partners in the World Conservation Strategy and its successor Caring for the Earth: IUCN – The World Conservation Union, UNEP – United Nations Environment Programme, and WWF – World Wide Fund for Nature. The Centre provides information services on the conservation and sustainable use of speci...

Çevre konuları, ülke sınırlarını aşarak tüm insanlığın ortak ortaklaşa geliştirilmektedir. Bu tür sorunlara çözüm bulabilmek için uluslararası toplantılar yapılmakta ve ülkeleri bağlayan kararlar alınmaktadır. Dünyada çevre ile ilgili konuların ele alınan ilk büyük toplantı 1972 yılında yapılan Stockholm Konferansı olmuştur. Konferansın ardından 1975 Birleşmiş Milletler Programı (UNEP) kurulmuş...

R. K. Didham, ([email protected]), School of Animal Biology, Th e Univ. of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia, and CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences, Centre for Environment and Life Sciences, Underwood Ave, Floreat, WA 6014, Australia. – V. Kapos, UN Environmental Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), 219 Huntingdon Road, Cambridge, CB3 0DL,...

a Imperial College London, Silwood Park Campus, Buckhurst Road, Ascot SL5 7PY, UK b UNEP-WCMC, 219 Huntington Road, Cambridge CB3 0DL, UK c WWF US, 1250 24th Street, Washington, DC, USA d Eastern Arc Mountains Conservation Endowment Fund, P.O. Box 6053, Morogoro, Tanzania e Centre for Environment and Biodiversity Research, University College London, WC1E 6BT, UK f Center for Macroecology, Evolu...

* Chairman, National Environment Tribunal, Kenya. Former Director, UNEP. This paper draws from earlier papers on past colloquia in Kenya, two for High Court Judges (January and April 2006) and one for East Africa: the Court of Appeal Judges for Kenya, Tanzania and Supreme Court and Court of Appeal, Uganda. I acknowledge the research and other contributions of Judy Gitau of Kaniaru & Kaniaru Adv...

The key messages in my presentation are taken from the recently completed International Assessment of Agricultural Science and Technology for Development (IAASTD), which was approved by 60 developed and developing countries in South Africa in April, 2008. The IAASTD was co-sponsored by the World Bank, FAO, UNEP, UNESCO, UNDP, WHO and the GEF. The key findings of the Global Summary for Decision-...

Environmental issues series No 5 UNEP State and pressures of the marine and coastal Mediterranean environment 2 NOTE The contents of this report do not necessarily reflect the official opinion of the European Communities or other European Communities institutions. Neither the European Environment Agency nor any person or company acting on the behalf of the Agency is responsible for the use that...

The Group is representative of the world’s geographic regions and differing legal systems, eg. civil law and common law. It contains an immense wealth of experience, energy and enthusiasm. What was notable at the Nairobi planning meeting of judges was the spirit of cooperation and the acknowledged need for urgency in order to maintain the momentum generated by the Johannesburg Global Forum. The...

The organochlorine pesticides (OP) are very stable molecules, due to this stability; they are very resistant in the environment and highly related to fat tissues with a wide diffusion property and an average time life higher then 10 years. We studied sediments (November 2001, April and June 2002) and organisms collected in April and July (2002) from the lacustric zone of Metzitlán, Hidalgo, Mex...