The Winnipeg principles, WTO and sustainable development: Proposed policies for reconciling trade and the environment

There is, a widespread belief that the WTO has made virtually no concessions to environmentalists about their concerns arising from free trade and the process of globalization. There are concerns that these processes may undermine prospects for sustainable development. Following, the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development held in Rio de Janeiro in 1992, the International Institute for Sustainable Development was established to advocate policies to support sustainable development within Canada and globally. In 1994, it proposed the Winnipeg Principles as. a means for reconciling international trade and development so as to: achieve sustainable development (ISD, 1994a,b). These seven principles are outlined in this article and assessed:. Although the International Institute for Sustainable Development had hoped: through these principles to influence the work programme of the Environment and Trade Committee of WTO, it seems to have little effect. Probably if these principles had been seriously considered by WTO, the serious social conflicts which emerged globally at the beginning of this century would have been avoided, and we would be in a better position to understand the complex links between trade, environment and sustainable development and adopt relevant policies. Copyright (C) 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and ERP Environment.

Health Impact Assessment: A baseline report for Ireland and Northern Ireland

Report of the findings of the Institute's Health Impact Assessment (HIA) work programme in 2001, in order to (a) record the baseline of HIA awareness, activity and thinking in Ireland and Northern Ireland and (b) identify the issues around its implementation.

Future vision of information networks according to EU 7th framework

The purpose of this thesis is to investigate projects funded in European 7th framework Information and Communication Technology- work programme. The research has been limited to issue ”Pervasive and trusted network and service infrastructure” and the aim is to find out which are the most important topics into which research will concentrate in the future. The thesis will provide important information for the Department of Information Technology in Lappeenranta University of Technology. First in this thesis will be investigated what are the requirements for the projects which were funded in “Pervasive and trusted network and service infrastructure” – programme 2007. Second the projects funded according to “Pervasive and trusted network and service infrastructure”-programme will be listed in to tables and the most important keywords will be gathered. Finally according to the keyword appearances the vision of the most important future topics will be defined. According to keyword-analysis the wireless networks are in important role in the future and core networks will be implemented with fiber technology to ensure fast data transfer. Software development favors Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) and open source solutions. The interoperability and ensuring the privacy are in key role in the future. 3D in all forms and content delivery are important topics as well. When all the projects were compared, the most important issue was discovered to be SOA which leads the way to cloud computing.

Vesien tila hyväksi yhdessä : Vaikuta vesienhoidon työohjelmaan ja keskeisiin kysymyksiin Oulujoen-Iijoen vesienhoitoalueella 2012-2021

Vesienhoidon tavoitteena on laajan yhteistyön avulla säilyttää vesien hyvä tila sekä parantaa vesien tilaa siellä, missä se on päässyt heikentymään. Vesienhoidon suunnittelu etenee kuuden vuoden jaksoissa. Toisen suunnittelukierroksen aikana päivitetään vuonna 2009 hyväksytyt, vesienhoitoaluekohtaiset vesienhoito¬suunnitelmat ja toimenpideohjelmat laajassa yhteis-työssä ja eri tahoja kuullen. Antamalla palautetta voit vaikuttaa siihen, miten oman alueesi vesistöt, rannikkovedet ja pohjavedet sekä niiden tilaan vaikuttavat toiminnot otetaan suunnittelussa huomioon. Työohjelma ja aikataulu ovat samat kaikilla vesienhoitoalueilla. Vesienhoidon keskeiset kysymykset ja suunnittelun alueellinen organisointi vaihtelevat eri vesienhoitoalueilla. Tässä asiakirjassa käsitellään keskeisiä kysymyksiä, jotka liittyvät Oulujoen-Iijoen vesienhoitoalueen järvien, jokien, pohjavesien ja rannikkoalueiden tilan parantamiseen. Oulujoen-Iijoen vesienhoitoalue kattaa Perämereen laskevat vesistöt Kalajoelta Kuivajoelle sekä Koillismaalta itään laskevat vesistöt. Samalla maantieteellisellä alueella tarkastellaan myös pohja- ja rannikkovesiä.

Mountain biodiversity in Brazil

The high species richness and diversity found in tropical montane habitats are often related to: 1) an effect of climatic and geological history on biotic evolution; 2) the various environmental impacts on species adaptation mechanisms; and 3) the continuous dispersal of fauna and flora in time. However, little is known about how these factors shaped species richness in Brazilian mountains. Official documents on biodiversity in Brazil make no explicit reference to mountains, even though there is a mountain work programme of the Convention on Biological Diversity, which Brazil is a signatory of. This paper discusses the importance of mountain ecosystems in Brazil to show the urgent need to include mountain biodiversity in the national agenda of biodiversity research and conservation.

From Market- to Development Orientation - The Trade Aspect of Food Security and Agriculture

Trade rules are suggested to be one of the reasons for the hunger in the world and environmental damage. As current trade rules encourage market orientation and therefore specialization and industrialization of agriculture, which has as side effects rural hunger and environmental damage, there is room for improvement in the international trade regime. One main finding of Nexus Foundations' work in Geneva is a possible new orientation for agricultural and food markets – an orientation on development, rather than purely on markets. This development orientation consists of several elements from development of soil fertility to local markets and consumer relatedness. Since the Bali Ministerial in 2013, the WTO has set up a four year work programme on the issue of food security related to food reserves. This opens the chance to discuss broader food security issues in the realm of trade negotiations.

Planeación Participativa: herramienta de diseño para la creación del modelo de desarrollo sostenible en Barú 2011 - 2013

El propósito de la presente investigación es identificar la incidencia que tuvo la participación de la población de Barú en el diseño del modelo de desarrollo sostenible para el área marina protegida del Archipiélago de Nuestra Señora del Rosario y San Bernardo (2013 - 2040), para el cual se empleó la metodología de planeación participativa durante el periodo 2011 - 2013. En un primer momento se analiza la importancia política que tiene la planeación participativa en Colombia, para luego explicar en qué consiste el modelo de desarrollo sostenible y comprender qué problemáticas motivaron su construcción y descubrir por qué era importante la utilización de la planeación participativa como metodología para el diseño del modelo y por último ofrecer la visión de los habitantes de Barú sobre el modelo de desarrollo sostenible y cómo se vieron involucrados en el proceso.

Analysis of the economic and financial relations between Latin American and the Caribbean and the BRICS group

This document has been prepared in compliance with Activity III.1.2 of the Work Programme of SELA for the year 2015, entitled “Analysis of the economic and financial relations between Latin America and the Caribbean and the BRICS countries”. The document comprises an introduction, four chapters and a final section with the conclusions and recommendations stemming from the study. Chapter I describes the economic performance of the BRICS countries, their economic relations with Latin America and the Caribbean and the functioning of the development banks of the member countries. Chapter II assesses the financial architecture of Latin America and the Caribbean and explores the needs for financing in the region. Chapter III deals with the regulatory frameworks governing public and private investments in Latin America and the Caribbean and the Bilateral Investment Treaties with the BRICS countries. Finally, Chapter IV describes the main features of the New Development Bank (NDB) and the Contingent Reserve Agreement of the BRICS

Institutional and policy convergence with growth divergence in Latin America

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Comité de cooperación Sur-Sur: temario provisional

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Comité de cooperación Sur-Sur: temario provisional anotado

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Plan estratégico 2005-2015 (Cuarta Conferencia Estadística de las Américas)

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Propuesta del plan de trabajo 2012-2013 del Grupo de Trabajo sobre clasificaciones internacionales de la conferencia estadística de las Américas de la CEPAL

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