Proceedings of the Workshop on Strengthening Environmental Legislation in the Pacific Region Auteur Boer B. (ed) Date 1993 Source IUCN (ID: MON-050922) Éditeur | Lieu de publication SPREP | Apia, Western Samoa ISBN 982-04-0067-8 Pages 196 p. Type du document Divers Conférence nom | lieu | date Workshop on strengthening environmental legislation in the Pacific Region | Apia | 19921100 Langue Anglais Pays/Territoire Îles Cook (Nouvelle-Zélande), Fidji, Micronésie, États Féd., Guam (EUA), Kiribati, Nioué (Nouvelle-Zélande), Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée, Îles Salomon, Tokélaou (Nouvelle-Zélande), Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Samoa Sujet Air et atmosphère, Environnement gén., Espèces sauvages et écosystèmes Mot clé Description complète Bassin Pacifique sud Résumé Contents: 1. Objectives of the Workshop; 2. Overview of South Pacific Regional Environment programme and the regional environment technical assistance and national environment management strategy projects; 3. Overview of environmental law and policy at global and regional levels; 4. Environmental concerns of the South Pacific; 5. Environment and health: toward a strategic alliance; 6. International environmental law with particular reference to the Pacific region; 7. The role of the UNEP in the development and implementation of environmental law with special reference to the South Pacific region; 8. Introduction to the basic concepts of environmental law;; 9. Regulation and environmental decision-making; 10.The role of custom in environmental management and law in the Pacific; 11.Country presentations on customary practices and law; 12.Institutional structures and requirements for the implementation of multilateral environmental conventionss 13.The implementation of environment conventions in the South Pacific; 14.Implementation of the Climate Change Convention in the Pacific; 15.Institutional strengthening in the environmental area in Pacific countries; 16.Drafting a modern Environment Act; 17.The need for institutional and legal change: A South-Pacific non-government organization; 18.Climate change and loss of biodiversity: do the new conventions help? 19.The international law concerning nuclear testing and the disposal of nuclear waste; 20.Global environment facility; 21.Summing up of Workshop; 22.Country reports