Iiii1iiriffi :W
Total Page:16
File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb
IIII1IIRiffI :w, - UNEP United Nations Environment Programme Fourth Global Training Programme I in Environmental Law ISBN: 92-807-1895-9 (1 Cv Layout & coer JenniIer OdaIo Printrng UNON Prinshop TABLE OF CONTENTS Page PREFACE............................................................................................................................................................................ vii INTRODLICTION.................................................................................................................................................................1 1 . OPENING OF THE MEETING ............................................................................................................................... 5 AOpening remarks ........................................................................................................................................ 5 H. IRESENTATIONS AND DISCUSSION .................................................................................................................... 7 A . Briefing on GEO 2000 ................................................................................................................................. 7 1 . Presentation .......................................................................................................................................... 7 2 . Discussion ............................................................................................................................................. 7 B. Overview of environmental policy ........................................................................................................... 8 1 . Presentation ........................................................................................................................................... 8 2 . Discussion .............................................................................................................................................. 8 C Developments in environmental law ....................................................................................................... 10 1. The development of environmental law and the role of UNEP therein ..................................... 10 2. Recent trends in national legislation .............................................................................................. 10 3. Recent trends in environmental policy and law in Latin America and the Caribbean .............. 11 4. Recent trends in environmental law in Asia and the Pacific ........................................................ 11 5. South Africa's environmental framework law ................................................................................ 11 6. The status of multilateral environmental agreements in Europe ................................................ 12 7. Recent trends in environmental law in Africa ............................................................................... 13 8. Developments in civil environmental litigation ............................................................................. 14 9. Experience in developing and harmonizing subregional legislation in East Africa .................. 14 10. Implementation of legal aspects of environmental conventions in Uganda .............................. 14 F, Enforcement of and compliance with multilateral agreements ............................................................ 15 1. Multilateral environmental agreements: trends in compliance and enforcement ...................... 15 2. Proposed guidelines on MEA enforcement and compliance ....................................................... 15 F . Water issues ................................................................................................................................................ 16 1. Water policy and activities at UNEP and other United Nations and International Agencies ... 16 2. Joint UNEP/Habitat Water Project ................................................................................................... 16 3. Regional Seas Programme ................................................................................................................ 17 4 . Global Programme of Action ........................................................................................................... 17 5. The Nairobi and Abidjan Conventions ........................................................................................... 17 6. Scientific and technical aspects of water nianagement/sustainahie environmental management ........... 18 7. Approaches to water management issues ...................................................................................... 18 8. Legal issues in successful management of fresh water resources ............................................... 19 111 F. UNCI-IS (Habitat) presentations . 19 1. Sustainable Cities Prograime. 19 2, Localizing Agenda 21 ........................... 19 3. Best practices ........................................ 20 G. Ozone Depletion and Climate Change ................................................................................................. 21 Climate change: legal and policy issues ........................................................................................ 21 Responding to climate change ....................................................................................................... 22 Legal and management issues on the depletion of the ozone tayer. ...................... .................. 23 Scientific linkages between UNFCCC, CBD and CCD ................. .............................. ........ ........... 23 H. Species protection, biodiversity and biosafety ................................................................................... 24 Access to genetic resources and benefit sharing under CBD .................................................... 24 Scientific aspects of biodiversity loss .................... ................................ ..... ... ................. ..... ....... ..... 25 Discussion ........................................................................................................................................ 25 Biosafety Protocol Negotiations ................................................................................................... 26 Management of biodiversity loss: brainstorming on the bioregional planning approae ........... 26 Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species ...................................................... 26 Convention on Migratory Species ................................................................................................. 27 S. integrated implementation of biodiversity-related conventions ............................................... 28 1. Deforestation and land degradation ................................................................................................... 28 Deforestation and land degradation: policy and technical issues ............................................ 28 Deforestation and land degradation: management issues under CCD ..................................... 29 Forest monitoring and advocacy in Kenya .................................................................................. 30 J. Environmental projects: development, financing and management issues ..................................... 31 1, IJNEP project development and funding.. .... ................................ ...... ........ .... ..... ........ ... ... ........ ..31 The United Nations Foundation ...................................................................................................31 Discussion ......................................................................................................................................... 31 Financing environmental management: the Global Environmern Facility ................................... 32 Public relations and the news media in environmental issues ............................................... K. Management and regulation of chemicals and waste ...................................................................... 34 Sciernific and technical issues in the management of hazardous chemicals and wastes ...........4 Regulation of hazardous wastes and chemicals .................................................................... 35 Cleaner production as an economical means of achieving industrial environmental compliance ...................................................................................................................................... 36 Review of the Basel Convention ................................................................................................... 37 L. Environmental and management aspects of disasters and war ..........................................................38 Legal aspects of natural disaster management .... .............. .............. ................ ........ ..... ....... ..... ...... .38 Policy and legal issues in restoring property rights in a war-torn society: the case of Kosavo ........ 38 Environmental security and the protection of the environment during armed conflicts ......... 39 Migratory pests .............................................................................................................................. 39 M. Public participation and access to environmental information ........................................................ 40 Developing public participation principles: non-governmental organizatioFis' perspecties on the Aarhus convention