An Online Database of Marine Protected Areas / Un base de datos online sobre las áreas marinas protegidas
Tuesday, June 9th, 2009From the UN Environment Programme (UNEP): UNEP launches new online system to view and study the world’s marine protected areas UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre in Cambridge, UK At a time when the world’s oceans are facing unprecedented pressures from human impacts in the marine environment, a new decision-making tool is being launched to provide […]
Judges Agree: LAC Bench Needs Jurists Better Prepared for Environment Cases
Sunday, January 25th, 2009The Fifth World Forum of Judges just concluded against the backdrop of the annual World Social Forum (WSF) in Belem, Brazil. Since the site of this year’s WSF, Belem, sits at the mouth of the Amazon River, the Judges Forum prominently featured sessions on the role of the bench in protecting the Amazon. The Judges […]