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IUCN CEL Steering Committee member participated in first WARC meeting
IUCN CEL Vice Chair Ms. AL-Sharifeh Nawzat bint Ali attended the first meeting of the West Asia Regional Committee (WARC) on Monday 21 January 2008 in Amman, Jordan, at the invitation of Dr. Odeh Al Jayyousi, IUCN Regional Director of West Asia Office (WAME). …
12 Feb 2008 | News story
Conservation with Justice: A Rights-based Approach
As there is no generally accepted definition of a rights-based approach to conservation, multiple interpretations exist which leads to confusion when the term is used. The Environmental Law Centre (ELC) has initiated further research and debate about the application of such an approach in order to evaluate the potential merit of the concept and enable it to be ‘operationalized’. …
10 Dec 2007 | News story
ELC hosts CEL Law Papers Award winner
Tran Thi Huong Trang from Vietnam, one of the winners of this year's Alexandre Kiss Environmental Law Papers Award, sponsored by the Commission on Environmental Law, was visiting the Environmental Law Centre in Bonn in early November. …
20 Nov 2007 | News story
High Sea Governance for the 21st Century
The Experts Informal Workshop on High Seas Governance in the 21st Century was held from October 17 to 19, 2007, and brought together over 50 global experts on international marine policy, science, law and economics to address urgent concerns about how to govern the high seas and what global priorities should be when it comes to the protection of the marine environment in areas beyond national jurisdiction. …
25 Oct 2007 | News story
Regional Guidelines for Soil Legislation in the Balkans
An international conference was held in Belgrade, Serbia from 25-28 September
2007 on Soil Erosion and Torrent Control as a Factor in Sustainable River Basin
Management, to celebrate 100 years of experience with soil erosion control in the
Balkan region. …
10 Oct 2007 | News story
Armed Conflict and the Environment
On September 17-18, 2007, the CEL Specialist Group on Armed Conflict and the Environment co-convened an international meeting on "Managing Natural Resources in Post-Conflict Societies: Lessons in Making the Transition to Peace." …
05 Oct 2007 | News story
Asia Regional Conservation Forum
The Asia Regional Conservation Forum, the region’s biggest and most important conservation event, was held 10-13 September in Kathmandu, Nepal. …
18 Sep 2007 | News story
International Forum on Soil, Society and Global Change in Iceland
Members of the Commission on Environmental Law (CEL) participated in the International Forum on Soil, Society and Global Change at Selfoss in Iceland on 31 August-4 September 2007. …
17 Sep 2007 | News story
Full of eastern promise - CEL Specialists meet on the Bosphorus
On 29-30 June, the Chairs of the 12 Specialist Groups of IUCN's Commission on Environmental Law (CEL) met in Istanbul to discuss how to coordinate their work, to ensure that the Specialist Groups complement each others' efforts and contribute to the work of IUCN. …
05 Jul 2007 | News story
CEL Steering Committee Vice Chair visits ELC
Melinda Janki, Vice Chair of the CEL Steering Committee and Co-Chair of the Protected Areas Specialist Group, visited the Environmental Law Centre (ELC) this week. …
05 Jul 2007 | News story
