Analysis/Reports

Stories, reports and analysis from past issues of Down to Earth related to the global governance process


icon.gif (870 bytes) Factsheets on Global Environmental Negotiations.

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United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and / or Desertification, Particularly in Africa.
DOWNLOAD PDF FILE: fact01.pdf

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Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal.
DOWNLOAD PDF FILE: fact02.pdf

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Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters (or Arhus Convention). DOWNLOAD FILE: fact03.pdf

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square.jpg Biodiversity
United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity.
DOWNLOAD PDF FILE: fact04.pdf


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The United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development.
DOWNLOAD PDF FILE: fact06.pdf


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International negotiations on forests.
DOWNLOAD PDF FILE: fact07.pdf

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Global Environment Facility.
DOWNLOAD PDF FILE: fact08.pdf

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square.jpg Institutions for Environment
Evolving institutional framework in the United Nations for environment and development. DOWNLOAD PDF FILE: fact09.zip

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Multilateral Agreement on Investment.
DOWNLOAD PDF FILE: fact10.pdf

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Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade (or Rotterdam Convention). DOWNLOAD  PDF FILE: fact11.pdf

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square.jpg Persistent Organic Pollutants
The Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants.
DOWNLOAD PDF FILE: fact12.pdf

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Ongoing negotiations to incorporate environmental concerns in trade Worde Trade Organization (WTO). DOWNLOAD PDF FILE: fact13.pdf


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Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer.
DOWNLOAD PDF FILE: fact14.pdf

Ecological Poverty
square.jpg Ecological Poverty :
There are over 1 billion poor people in the world, and this number is growing by the day. DOWNLOAD PDF FILE: fact15.pdf


RIO+10
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World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD)
Johannesburg, South Africa. DOWNLOAD PDF FILE: fact16.pdf