Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management

Sweden has ratified the Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management.

preparatory meetings of contracting parties to the Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on the Safety of Radioactive Waste

The main area of cooperation is the environmentally sound management of hazardous wastes in order to prevent coastal and marine pollution.

Financing sustainable forest management

Some participants referred to the leading role for the FAO in this respect need for establishing an effective financial mechanism for the implementation of sustainable forest management promote a study of the financial consequences of the different modalities.

(c) Sustainable development of energy resources

(b) Universalization and further strengthening of the IAEA Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management

Criteria and indicators of sustainable forest management

(a) Sustainable management of shared water resources

Preparation of technical guidelines on the environmentally sound management of wastes resulting from surface treatment of metals and plastics (Y17)

In March 2005, the Secretariat engaged a consultant to continue the preparation of the specific technical guidelines on the pesticides aldrin, chlordane, dieldrin, endrin, heptachlor, hexachlorobenzene, mirex and toxaphene, and also on the industrial chemical hexachlorobenzene (industrial chemical) Australia has revised the draft specific technical guidelines on PCDDs and PCDFs, the first draft of which was submitted to the Open ended Working Group at its third session in Geneva.

The European Union underlined the importance of continued international cooperation in the areas of safe radioactive waste management and radiological protection.

The core functions of Basel Convention regional centres (BCRCs) are training, technology transfer, information, consulting, and awareness raising. The BCRCs are carrying out these core functions by

Progress towards sustainable forest management

The European Union stresses the importance of the Convention on Nuclear Safety and the Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management, and also their peer review mechanisms.

(e) Achieving sustainable forest management also depends on good governance at all levels

(a) To promote sustainable management of tropical timber producing forests, taking into account the contribution of non timber forest products and ecological services to sustainable forest management and

(c) Articulating the concept of sustainable forest management more clearly

Sustainable management of land use, particularly of water, soils and vegetation, in affected areas 6 11 6

Sustainable management of land use, particularly of water, soils and vegetation, in affected areas 36 40 11

AOAD Arab Organization for Agricultural Development

use ODA as a leverage for investments from private sources secure ODA for human and institutional capacity building

Sustainable fisheries management is essential for poverty reduction.

These factors can make unsustainable practices more profitable than sustainable forest management.

Adopts on an interim basis the technical guidelines on the environmentally sound management of wastes resulting from surface treatment of metals and plastics (Y17)

Understanding of the concept of sustainable forest management has continued to evolve since 1992.

(a) Renewing the commitment to make global progress towards sustainable forest management.

In that respect, we have taken steps to ensure the sustainable management of the environment.

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K. Environmentally sound management of wastes

The Han River is not a waste land...

(b) Providing a supportive environment for countries in order to help them achieve sustainable forest management

Sustainable management of land use, particularly of water, soils and vegetation, in affected areas

There are possibilities for two track approaches there is need for a more detailed elaboration of each of the options to provide an appropriate basis for decision making and for better understanding of the merits of the different options linking options to preferred objectives, functions and targets has yet to be achieved all options will require the establishment of an effective financial mechanism for the implementation of sustainable forest management.

In fact, a central feature of all crises is a sense of urgency, and in many cases urgency becomes the most compelling crises characteristic.

(b) Sustainable management of shared and or transboundary plant and animal resources

(c) Cooperation for the sustainable development of shared natural resources and ecosystems

Encourage work on technologies for promoting sustainable soil management

Developing and implementing criteria and indicators for sustainable forest management. Criteria and indicators play a key role in the shaping of a common vision of what constitutes sustainable forest management and in measuring and monitoring progress.

These courses have also considered the requirements under the GEF Operational Programme on sustainable land management.

Good governance at the international level is fundamental for achieving sustainable development.

(p) Recognizing the benefits of market prices that reflect the costs of sustainable forest management

Sustainable management of land use, particularly of water, soils and vegetation, in affected areas

C. Sustainable farm management practices and conservation agriculture to foster carbon storage