The provisions of multilateral environmental agreements include obligations for conservation and environmental protection, prevention and control of pollution, and sound management of natural resources.

(b) To ensure that transboundary waters are used with the aim of ecologically sound and rational water management, conservation of water resources and environmental protection

At the same time, the sound management of chemicals is essential for environmental sustainability, which, in turn, is a prerequisite for sustainable development as a whole.

Environmental management This consists of environmental modification, environmental manipulation and measures to reduce human vector contact.

The National Environmental Management Act of South Africa, for example, has been an enabling act aiming at improving environmental management while facilitating sustainable development and improving coordination and governance of environmental issues.

Companies know that sound risk management strategies depend on solid data.

Technical guidelines for the environmentally sound management of persistent organic pollutant wastes

The Court is committed to the sound financial management of its activities.

Environmental management is still not used to its full potential.

Involving women in environmental protection (waste management, improved fireplaces, reforestation).

Indeed, a fiscal covenant is urgently needed to guarantee accountability, transparency and efficiency in the use of public revenues together with net increases in social programmes that include education, health care, nutrition and sound environmental management.

Stressing also the importance of a sound enabling environment for effective debt management,

In addition, more personnel have been trained in environmental database management.

For its part, Zimbabwe had taken a number of specific measures, such as enacting the Environmental Management Act and setting up an Environmental Management Agency, which would soon become operational.

Need for multisectoral commitment at the international level to the sound management of chemicals

(c) Tthe environmentally sound management of wastes consisting of, containing or contaminated with hHexachlorobenzene

(d) Tthe environmentally sound management of wastes consisting of, containing or contaminated with DDT

In the Gulf countries, environmental management and control need to be improved.

In the urban setting, environmental management is a tool of particular importance.

There are, of course, sound environmental and economic arguments against constructing large dams and even for decommissioning some.

At the country level, national strategies must include investments in improved environmental management and make the structural changes required for environmental sustainability.

Waste management is one of the major environmental issues within the Pacific region.

Remote sensing of the Earth, meteorological and environmental monitoring and natural disaster management

The environmental law programme has recently introduced knowledge management tools into its training activities designed to study national competencies in implementing environmental obligations.

The delegation of authority has resulted in procedures becoming progressively streamlined without weakening sound management policies.

Considerable inroads were made in environmental planning and management in Africa and South Asia.

Those are related to hunger, disease, natural resource management, environmental pollution and climate change.

Five courses have been offered, namely, water supply technology, hotel management, infectious paediatric nursing, environmental impact assessment and integrated coastal zone management.

Partnerships between governments and foreign investors are at the core of the sound management of natural resources.

(a) Further recognizing the contribution to be made by the sound management of chemicals to sustainable development

To put it simply, a sound management system cannot operate with rigid bureaucratic structures and institutional inflexibilities.

Capacity building and technical and financial assistance apply to activities related to all aspects of the sound management of chemicals and are essential to the successful implementation of the Strategic Approach in pursuit of the sound management of chemicals on a global scale

5. Reiterates its desire to be informed on the work of the Environmental Management Group

R D in critical areas such as agriculture, health and environmental management, are under funded.

Tourism can also bring negative social impacts that have important consequences for environmental resource management.

Capacity building workshops dealt primarily with issues related to freshwater management, integrated coastal zone management and implementation of environmental laws at the national level.

(a) Tthe environmentally sound management of wastes consisting of, containing or contaminated with PCDDs orand PCDFs or both

(i) Integrated chemicals management, based upon the coordinated and integrated approaches for sound management of chemicals and wastes recommended in chapters 19 and 20 of Agenda 21

To achieve targets, increased investments in environmental management need to be accompanied by broad policy reforms.

These include, among others, Insecticide treated nets (ITNs), larvicides, and vector source reduction through environmental management.

Environmental valuation of ecosystem goods and services should become a core component of water management strategies.

In 2004, considerable progress was made in environmental planning and management in Africa and South Asia.

(a) Limiting environmental pollution and desertification and rationalization of the management of water resources and energy.

These include, among other things, national cleaner technologies strategies, environmental management accounting, integrated water resources management, energy for sustainable development and social impacts of mining

(c) Environmental rehabilitation recovery products, including natural disaster recovery and assessments, environmental recovery and rehabilitation, water resources management, alternative livelihoods (e.g., in DDR or counter narcotics programmes).