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Focus on: Hazardous substances and activities

Author
various authors
Date
1999
Source
IUCN (ID: MON-064357)
Publisher | Place of publication
Basil Blackwell Ltd. | London, UK
Pages
238 p.
Document type
Article in periodical
Language
English
Field of application
International
Subject
Wild species & ecosystems, Air & atmosphere, Waste & hazardous substances
Keyword
Pesticides Ozone layer Biotechnology Transboundary effects Risk assessment/management Hazardous substances
Abstract

Table of contents: Articles on: Hazardous substances and activities 1. International control of Persistent Organic Pollutants: The UN Economic Commission for Europe Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution, and beyond 2. The shipment of ultrahazardous nuclear materials in international law 3. Transfer of biological resources under the Biodiversity Convention and the Biological Weapons Convention 4. Reconceptualizing risk assessment 5. European Community legislation on the marketing and use of pesticides 6. Towards new EC rules on the release of genetically modified organisms 7. Decisions in the desert: Report of the 10th Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol in Cairo General articles: 8. Equity and flexibility mechanisms in the climate change regime: Conceptual and practical issues 9. Contractual architecture for the Kyoto Protocol: From soft and hard laws to concrete commitments 10. The European Community' s monitoring mechanism for CO2 and other greenhouse gases: The Kyoto Protocol and other recent developments 11. North-South aspects of the climate change issue: Towards a constructive negotiating package for developing countries 12. Environmental laws as expropriation under NAFTA

Other references

Treaty

Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution on Persistent Organic Pollutants

Treaty | Multilateral | Aarhus |

Keyword: Education, Air quality/air pollution, Long-range air pollution, Emission standards, Data collection/reporting, Air pollution (non-stationary sources), Transboundary effects, Monitoring, Technology transfer, Enforcement/compliance, Pollution control, Hazardous substances, Air pollution (stationary sources), Emissions, Dispute settlement, Research

Source: IUCN (ID: TRE-001281)

Treaty

Convention on Biological Diversity

Treaty | Multilateral | Rio de Janeiro |

Keyword: Sustainable use, Subsidy/incentive, Policy/planning, Ecosystem preservation, Access and benefit sharing, Traditional rights/customary rights, Protected area, Management/conservation, Financing, Institution, Liability/compensation, Protection of habitats, Alien species, Biodiversity, EIA, Research, Monitoring, Genetic resources, Dispute settlement, Ex-situ conservation, Data collection/reporting, Technology transfer, Biotechnology, Education, Crops/grasses

Source: IUCN (ID: TRE-001148)

Treaty

Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer

Treaty | Multilateral | Montreal |

Keyword: Ozone layer

Source: IUCN (ID: TRE-000953)

Treaty

Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

Treaty | Multilateral | Kyoto |

Keyword: Access-to-information, Sustainable development, Clean development mechanism, Energy conservation/energy production, Ozone layer, Joint implementation, Precautionary principle, Public participation, Climate change, Intergenerational equity, International organization, Forest management/forest conservation, Inventory, EIA, Research, Capacity building, Monitoring, Dispute settlement, Data collection/reporting, Technology transfer, Education, Waste management, Emissions

Source: IUCN (ID: TRE-001269)

Treaty

Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on their Destruction (London Version)

Treaty | Multilateral | London; Moscow; Washington D.C. |

Keyword: Hazardous substances, Toxicity/poisoning, Biological agents, Military activities

Source: IUCN (ID: TRE-000419)