International environmental governance

Ninth special session of the Governing Council

(e) Environmental Management Group

International environmental governance

C. International environmental governance

Service Module 8 Environment management

Service Module 8 Environment management

International environmental governance.

Item 7 International environmental governance

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

Environmental management is still not used to its full potential.

It should be a fundamental part of any integrated vector management approach.

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

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

and the Environmental Management Group

The Environmental Management Group will be requested to contribute to this brokering function.

Having considered the report of the Executive Director on international environmental governance,

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Subsequently, it is expected that the issues of environment management should receive increased attention, and all actors concerned in the process will be better able to carry out their respective roles in environmental management.

Kenya fully endorses the ongoing process of defining the elements of international environmental governance.

Strengthening cooperation with the United Nations Human Settlements Programme in urban environmental management

Towards this end, the Environmental Management Group will establish an issues management group on the Bali Strategic Plan.

Decision 23 1 Implementation of decision SS.VII 1 on international environmental governance

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

Implementation of decision SS.VII 1 on international environmental governance (decision 23 1)

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.

At the level of the Civil Society some programs of environmental management have been implemented, and count with the involvement of private companies and NGO's.

Another aspect of the international environmental governance outcome is the pilot phase of the voluntary indicative scale of contributions.

A decision on the international environmental governance process had underscored the full funding and implementation of the Bali Strategic Plan for Technology Support and Capacity Building, which had been adopted by the Governing Council.

Good governance, with a clear articulation of the principles of environmental and social responsibility, are prerequisites for sustainable forest management.

Enhanced community participation in environmental management, empowerment of CBOs and strong local initiatives have been encouraged by the Convention.

(5) Water management cooperation shall be oriented on sustainable water management, that means on the criteria of a stable, environmentally sound development, which are at the same time directed to

The Council Forum will have before it the report of the Executive Director on progress made in the implementation of Governing Council decisions concerning international environmental governance (contained in document UNEP GCSS.IX 3), as mandated by decision 23 1 (Implementation of decision SS.VII 1 on international environmental governance).

Evidence from India and Nepal suggests that women s involvement in decision making is associated with better local environmental management.

Kazakh agriculture still has many environmental problems from mismanagement during its years in the Soviet Union.

The lack of update guidelines for environmental management features importantly among that the areas that need attention.

The knowledge base information system, packaged in a CD ROM, documents experiences and expertise in integrated environmental assessment and reporting at the national levels to promote the sharing of experience in Africa.

SUGGEST IT BE REPHRASED EMG is also working on a more comprehensive analysis of United Nations environment related capacity building activities.

The Governing Council Global Ministerial Environment Forum has before it a progress report on implementation of the Cartagena outcome on international environmental governance, as further endorsed at the World Summit on Sustainable Development.

It was also pointed out by a number of speakers that political sustainability and good governance were essential to implementing appropriate urban environmental policies.

Notes the importance of environmental management in controlling emerging and re emerging infectious diseases and, in that connection

Taking into account the outcomes of the 2005 World Summit, the Executive Director has requested the executive heads of agencies and secretariats of the multilateral environmental agreements to support the reinvigoration of the Environmental Management Group and the refocusing of its terms of reference.

In order to enhance and mainstream environmental management, efforts are being made to develop further the Guate Verde (Green Guatemala) programme, which is the environmental component of the current national agenda.

In the context of ensuring sound environmental governance, Cambodia welcomes the promulgation of the Kyoto Protocol aimed at stabilizing the emission of greenhouse gases.

The department has now four departments Water Resources Engineering , Water and Waste water Engineering , Structural and Geo technical Engineering, and Environmental Engineering .