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I. Introductory Materials
Executive Planning Committee and Conference Sponsors
Preface
Table of Contents
II. Conference Outcomes
Whistler Statement on Enforcement Cooperation for Strengthening Environmental Governance
Summary of the Summit of Regional Network Leadership: Creating and Sustaining Regional Environmental Compliance and Enforcement Networks
III. Speeches and Remarks
IV. Summaries of the Panels
Panel 1: The Value of Enforcement Cooperation
Panel 2: Compliance with National Laws to Honor International Commitments
Panel 3: Compliance with Existing Laws and Policies that Deliver Climate Change Benefits
Panel 4: Non-Traditional Approaches to Assure Compliance
V. Summaries of the Workshop Sessions
Track A: Enforcement Challenges Across Borders
Track B: Promoting Compliance with Climate-Related Requirements
Track C: Proven Compliance and Enforcement Strategies
Track D: Improving Implementation of Environmental Legislation
Track E: Non-traditional Approaches to Compliance
Track F: Strengthening Environmental Compliance Institutions
Track G: Developing Effective Enforcement Networks
9th Conference Buffet of Ideas and Field Visits
VI. Papers Submitted for Conference Proceedings
Track A: Enforcement Challenges Across Borders
- Baert, Robert and Blondeel, Martine, Co-operation Between Enforcers Across “The Border” (Belgium)
- Benthem, Van, Mark H.A. and Tiemensma, Henk, A Database For Sustainably Produced Timber: Assisting the Implementation of Timber Procurement Policy
- Coughlan, Laura et al – The USEPA Spent Lead Acid Battery Export Rule: Challenges of Implementing Regulations with Transnational Impact
- Heiss, Robert G., Illegal Exports of Hazardous Waste and Used Electronic Products: Enhancing Collaborative Enforcement with Customs
- Heiss, Robert, Ruessink, Dr. Henk, Isarin, Nancy, Koparova, Meredith, Grabiel, Danielle, International Hazardous Waste Inspection Project at Seaports: Results and Recommendations
- Kaaria, Dr. Bernard Irigia and Muchiri, Mr. Ndica Lawrence, Enforcement Challenges Across Borders: Detecting and Prosecuting Illegal Wildlife Trafficking
- Klingenberg, Albert, Joas, Anke, Huijbregts, Carl, and Loonstra, Anno, Dutch and European Enforcement of the Waste Shipment Regulation
- Lubieniecki, Gene – Port of Huntington Geographic Enforcement/Compliance Initiative: A Case Study in Intra- And Inter-Agency Project Cooperation
- Kimani, Col (Rtd) John N. – Sustainable Forest Management and Enforcement Strategies in Kenya
- Voinov Kohler, Juliette, Compliance With and Enforcement of the Basel Convention: Latest Developments and Things to Come During the Tenth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties
- Kopsick, Deborah A., Requirements for Effective Seaport Environmental Security: Collective Action at the Ports
- Ruessink, Henk and Wolters, Gerhard Jr., Combating Illegal Waste Shipments Through International Seaports – A Call for Concerted Public and Private Approaches
- Spapens, Toine, Cross-Border Police Cooperation in Tackling Environmental Crime
- Wendell, Katelyn J., Enforcement Across Borders in Multilateral Agreements: Comparing the Enforcement Mechanisms of Trade, Weapons, and Environmental Multilateral Agreements
Track B: Promoting Compliance with Climate-Related Requirements
- Carter, Ross and Baker, Chris, Australia’s National Greenhouse and Energy Report Act 2007
- Jayanti, Suriya Evans-Pritchard, Failure to Launch: Insights from the Issuance and Non-Enforcement of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s “Commission Guidance Regarding Disclosure Relating to Climate Change”
- Macken, Ken, Strengthening Credibility in the EU ETS Following Security and Fraud Related Incidents
- Markowitz, Kenneth and Koparova, Meredith, Compliance Is Essential to the Environmental and Financial Integrity of Carbon Markets
- Muli, Dorothy, What Lessons Can Be Taken for the Future Implementation of Climate Agreements?
- Wolf, Matthias, Background Paper Workshop B1: “Tools for Fighting Non-Compliance in Market-Based Trading Programs”
Track C: Proven Compliance and Enforcement Strategies
- Baert, Robert, Delvaux, Inge, Biesemans, Wilfriend, Control of Major Accident Hazards: The Joint Enforcement System in the Flemish Region (Belgium)
- Bartel, Robyn and Stone, Christopher, Lessons for Environmental Harmonization: A Rising Tide That Lifts All Boats?
- Brosnan, Meaghan H. M., The Use of Communities of Practice to Support Intelligence-Led Enforcement
- Cardwell, Paul James, Duncan French, and Matthew Hall – Tackling Environmental Crime in the European Union: The Case of the Missing Victim?
- de Haas, Han (J.M.G.), Meerman, Paul (P.), and Bree de, Martin (M.A), Compliance Management and System-based Supervision
- de Rijck, Rob, A Flaw in the Criminal Approach of International Waste Transport in Europe
- Dijkens, Chris, The Role of Compliance Monitoring in Industrial Accidents
- Faure LL.M, Prof. Dr. Michael G., The Implementation of the Environmental Crime Directives in Europe
- Filipova, Tsvetelina Borrisova and Mesquita, Bruno, Implementation of Key Multilateral Environmental Agreements in South Eastern Europe
- Krahn, Peter, P.K. and Mark Sekela — Real Time Water Quality Surveillance and Rapid Profiling of Illegally Contaminated Groundwater in Offshore Conditions Using Environment Canada’s Kist® Groundwater/Sediment Sampling Device, “Safe Sampler®” and Water Quality Monitoring Buoy
- Lehane, James, Integrating Strategic Intelligence with Organisational Risk Management
- Mora, Juan David – The Application of Fines for Environmental Offenses in Columbia
- Ostrovskaya, Elena and Leentvaar, Jan, Enhancing Compliance with Environmental Laws in Developing Countries: Can Better Enforcement Strategies Help?
- Smith, Don et al – Laboratory Analysis of Catalytic Converters Leads to Better Enforcement Results
- Weekers, Damian P., A Framework for Intelligence-Led Enforcement in Environmental Compliance Practice
Track D: Improving Implementation of Environmental Legislation
- Aldana, Martha Ines, Enforcement of Environmental Impact Assessment in the Natural Gas Sector in Peru: A Practical Approach
- Andrade, Danielle E., Excell, Carole and Gonzalez, Candy, Citizen Enforcement of Procedural Rights in the Environmental Impact Assessment Process in Belize and Jamaica
- Center of Environmental Emergency and Accident Investigation, Ministry of Environmental Protection of the People’s Republic of China –Summary of Environmental Law Enforcement During The “11th Five-Year Plan” Period and the Philosophy During The “12th Five-Year Plan” Period
- Connor, Garth N., Stormwater: An Environmental Problem That is Often Neglected
- Emory, Jr., Richard W., Bridging the Customs and Environmental Gap: Achieving Inter-Ministerial Cooperation for Effective Control of Trade Regulated for Environmental Threats
- Fulton, Scott and Benjamin, Justice Antonio Herman, Foundations of Sustainability
- Kolhoff, Arend and Ruessink, Henk, Environmental Impact Assessment and Environmental Compliance and Enforcement: An Agenda for a Common Approach
- Mazur, Eugene, Bularga, Angela, and Tapis, Valentina, Risk-based Environmental Inspection in the Republic of Moldova: Developing Planning Tools and Defining the Resource Gap
- Mohammad, Noor – Compliance with the Fisheries Laws and Policies in Bangladesh: An Empirical Study
- Teekens, Jan and Van Zanten, Pieter-Jan, Towards More Effective and Efficient Environmental Supervision – Trends and Developments in the EU and the Netherlands
- Uisso and Balama – Charcoal Production Activity Compromise Environmental Compliance, Conservation and Management Strategies in Tanzania
- Wang, Jin and Yan, Houfu, Barriers and Solutions to Better Environmental Enforcement in China
- Wasserman, Cheryl, Enforcement of Environmental Impact Assessment Requirements
Track E: Non-traditional Approaches to Compliance
- Allotey, Jonathan, et al, Integration of Environmental Disclosure into Regulatory Management: The Case of the Akoben Environmental Rating Programme
- Benebo JP, Dr. Ngeri, Using Enforcement Cooperation to Promote Environmental Governance: The Case of the National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency of Nigeria
- Booth, Chris and White, Mark R., Developments in Environmental Regulation: Maximizing Outcomes in the Current Political and Economic Climate – A Review of Recent Experience of Non-Traditional Approaches in the United Kingdom, with Insights from Europe and Canada
- de Smedt, Peter, Legal Tools to Encourage Citizen Participation in Environmental Enforcement in the Flemish Region (Belgium)
- Lubieniecki, Gene – United States Environmental Protection Agency Enforcement Alert Newsletter Program
- Ononino, Alain Bernard, Establishing Regional Wildlife Law Enforcement: Lessons from an Unusual NGOs – Government Partnership in the Central African Subregion
- Paddock, Leroy C., Beyond Deterrence: Compliance and Enforcement in the Context of Sustainable Development
- Raedschelders, Sigrid, Interrelations Between Administrative and Criminal Sanctions in Environmental Law: New Legislation And Actual Practice in Flanders
- Wendell, Katelyn J., Improving Enforcement of Hazardous Waste Laws: A Regional Look at E-waste Shipment Control in Asia
Track F: Strengthening Environmental Compliance Institutions
- Bakshi, Pradeep and Yadav, Madhur, New Judicial Roles and Green Courts in India
- Bularga, Angela – Issues Paper for Workshop F2: How to Define Resource Needs and Secure Funding for Compliance Assurance
- Di Paola, M.E., Vinocur, G. , Needle, C., Using Strategic Litigation to Implement Environmental Legislation: The Salas Case for Native Forests in Argentina
- Gray, Wayne B. and Shimshack, Jay P., Environmental Monitoring and Enforcement in the United States: Empirical Evidence from the Economics Literature
- Jardine, Mark, Collaborating with Tertiary Education Institutions to Provide Basic Training to Environmental Management Inspectors
- Lynott, Dara and O’Leary, Gerard, A Strategic Approach to Managing Risk and Delivering Outcomes Through Environmental Enforcement
- Marshall, Dr. Matthew and Pink, Grant, Internal Communication Strategies for Building Capacity Among Non- Inspectors
- Mazur, Eugene, Outcome Indicators of Environmental Compliance Assurance in OECD Countries: Challenges and Avenues for Further Development
- OECD – Guidance on Individual Competence Development Within Environmental Inspectorates of Eastern Europe, Caucasus, and Central Asia (Russian translation)
- Tonge, Michael, A Framework for Risk Managing the Appointment of Officers Authorized to Exercise Coercive Powers: One Federal Department’s Approach
Track G: Developing Effective Enforcement Networks
- Bromm, Susan E., North America’s Commission for Environmental Cooperation: One Example of a Successful Regional Network
- Derder, Mohamed Rida and Zyani, Brahim, The Network for Environmental Compliance and Enforcement in Morocco (NECEMAR): An INECE Initiative Supported By a Strong Moroccan Political Will
- O’Leary, Gerard and Lynott, Dara J., The Effective Use of an Environmental Enforcement Network in Ireland
- Lehane, James and Pink, Grant, Evolution of a Regional Environmental Enforcement Network: The Australasian Environmental Law Enforcement and Regulators Network (AELERT)
- Nicholson, Michael, Networking in Europe: How Networking and Cooperation have Helped Respond to Environmental Compliance and Enforcement Challenges in Impel Member Countries
- Opondo, Gerphas Kayah, Creating and Sustaining Regional Environmental Compliance and Enforcement Networks: Lessons from the East African Network for Environmental Compliance & Enforcement
- Pink, Grant, Assessing the Utility of Environmental Enforcement Networks: Maximizing Benefits to Members
- Pink, Grant and Lehane, James, Environmental Enforcement Networks: Development of a Network Evaluation Matrix
- Stas, An, The Flemish High Council of Environmental Enforcement – A Coordinated Environmental Enforcement Policy
VII. Closing Materials