| Harvard
Law Bulletin Profiles the "Visionary of the Visayan Sea" |
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June
2008 - INECE EPC Member Tony Oposa's enforcement campaign
to protect the environmental heritage of the Philippinnes is profiled in the most recent edition of
Harvard Law Bulletin. The article reports that Oposa's new
environmental education center "School of the Seas" on Bantayan Island was destroyed
by Typhoon Fengshen. |
| Jump-Starting
Climate Protection: INECE Targets Compliance with Laws Controlling
Black Carbon |
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June
2008 - INECE is launching a program to protect
the climate by strengthening compliance and enforcement with national
policies and measures pursuant to Article 4 of the UN Framework
Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) that mitigate climate emissions
and enhance carbon sinks. "INECE Targets Compliance with Laws
Controlling Black Carbon," the first in a series of INECE
Climate Compliance Alerts, focuses on black carbon, an aerosol
component of soot. |
|
Carbon Trade, Finance and
Trends Conference: 13 June 2008, Washington, D.C. |
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May 2008 - The Carbon Trade, Finance and Trends Conference
addressed the issue of carbon trading and finance in the US and
provided an overview of the main agreements in this area, present a
comparison with the emissions trading schemes in the EU and other
countries, and put forth the latest trends to reduce greenhouse gases
and carbon emissions.
The Conference brought together
practitioners, in-house legal personnel, executive officers and
regulatory policy advisors to exchange information of practical
relevance.
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8th
INECE Conference Concludes with Call from Nobel
Peace Laureate to Strengthen
Enforcement and Compliance with Climate Change Treaty, Other
Environmental Laws
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April 2008 -
Nobel
Peace Prize winner
Wangari Maathai urged the world’s top environmental
law enforcement specialists to toughen enforcement and compliance with
environmental laws, including those that address climate
emissions and
protect the world’s forests, which absorb and store carbon dioxide, the
principle greenhouse gas responsible for warming the planet. |
| "The
Ivory Poaching Wars" Airing on BBC World This Friday, 8 February
2008 |
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February 2008 - BBC
World presents “The Ivory Poaching Wars,” an  Earth Report
documentary that tracks illegally poached elephant ivory on its journey
from Africa to Japan and the United States, with the help of an African
enforcement agency and DNA analysts from the United States.
Treaties such as the Convention on
International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora
(CITES) have been introduced over the years to protect wildlife against
illegal poaching, but the elephant ivory trade remains a very lucrative
one and has grown in recent years. In 1996, a group of African
countries came together to draft and implement the Lusaka
Agreement.
The film will be broadcast on BBC World
Friday, 8 February at 20:30, with repeats at 10:30 on Monday, 11 Feb.,
15:30 on Tuesday, 12 Feb., and 02:30 and 08:30 on Wednesday, 13 Feb.
(all times in UK time zone, GMT). Please check your BBC World station for local
screenings. Visit INECE's
Update for more information.
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| INECE Newsletter 16 Now
Available |
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January
2008 - Visit the 16th Edition of INECE's Newsletter
for  news on INECE's 8th International
Conference; a Special Report on Ozone & Climate; ongoing INECE
initiatives, including the Seaport Environmental Security Network;
Central America Workshop; INECE's Water Legislation and Compliance
Survey; Compliance & Enforcement Reports from Tanzania, Rwanda,
South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia, the Ukraine, Argentina
and other locations |
| INECE Seeks Participants for
Seaport Environment Security Network |
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December 2007 - INECE
is looking for more participants to join a new, unique, and practical
initiative - the Seaport Environmental Security Network. In recent
years, awareness has increased regarding the existence of illegal
movements of waste. Major seaports act as an important hub for the
movement of dangerous substances. If not shipped in compliance with
relevant provisions and rules, these movements can have catastrophic
effects on human health and the environment. As a result, the need for
greater enforcement of waste shipments and international collaboration
has grown. INECE has taken up this challenge. Foir more information,
please visit http://www.inece.org/seaport/
or contact Ms. Nancy Isarin,
.
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| Building a Framework for a
Global Training Professionals Network |
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December 2007 - Capacity
building is one of the main themes within the environmental compliance
and enforcement community. In order to encourage and support training
activities, INECE is assessing the benefits of forming an International
Network for Environmental Compliance Training Professionals. If you
wish to explore opportunities to assist INECE in its work to shape the
goals and activities of such a network or would like to share any
thoughts or comments, please contact Ms. Machteld Brokerhof,
VROM-Inspectorate at
.
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| Water Legislation and
Compliance Survey |
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November
2007 - INECE, Columbia
University’s
Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN),
and the Yale
Center
for Environmental Law and Policy (YCELP) are sponsoring an
international survey on the compliance and enforcement of water quality
and water resource management laws at the national
level.
To recieve the survey link and password,
please email inece@inece.org.
The survey will end on Monday, 14 January 2008.
The survey is a pilot test of a method for
developing expert-based metrics of compliance and enforcement that we
expect to expand to other environmental sectors. The
responses will help INECE to assess country capacity building
needs, and will assist CIESIN and YCELP in their analysis of the
determinants of country environmental performance.
Preliminary results of the survey will be
presented at INECE's 8th International Conference and shared with INECE
participants via the INECE web site.
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| INECE Newsletter 15 Now
Available |
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August
2007 - Visit the 15th Edition of INECE's Newsletter
for  news on INECE's 8th International
Conference; ongoing INECE initiatives, including the Seaport
Environmental Security Network; Arab Regional Meeting; Guidelines on
Benchmarking; Compliance & Enforcement Reports from Uganda,
Tanzania, Cote d’Ivoire, Jordan, the Phillippines, South China, Kenya,
South Africa, Argentina, and other locations |
| 8th International Conference -
Call For Papers |
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 July 2007 - In
advance of INECE's 8th Conference, interested parties are invited to
submit original papers for publication in Volume 1 of the Conference
Proceedings.
The most useful papers will provide expert
analysis and discussion on a relevant topic to the Conference,
illustrate a “success story,” or describe the accomplishments and
challenges of a particular enforcement initiative. Papers must relate
directly to compliance and/or enforcement aspects one of
the workshop themes and topics.
The first deadline for abstracts is 12 November 2007;
please download the the full paper guidelines here
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| 8th International Conference on
Environmental Compliance and Enforcement to be held in South Africa |
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June 2007 - INECE
will hold its  8th
International Conference on 5-11 April 2008 in Cape Town, South Africa.
Opening with two days dedicated to local
capacity building and networking events, the Conference will feature
action-oriented thematic workshops, distinguished keynote speakers, and
networking opportunities for more than 150 participants, and will
include a day for field visits to sites of innovative environmental
enforcement initiatives in South Africa. Please note that
Conference participation is by invitation only.
See http://www.inece.org/conference/8/
for additional information.
In English: 8th
International Conference on Environmental Compliance and Enforcement to
be held in South Africa
En français: L’INECE
annonce sa huitième Conférence International portant sur l’application
et la conformité environnementale, en Afrique du Sud.
En español: INECE anuncia su octava Conferencia
Internacional sobre Aplicación y Cumplimiento Ambiental, a realizarse
en Sudáfrica.
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| Meeting on Environmental
Governance in the Arab Region |
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 June
2007 - Senior officials from the Ministries of
Environment and the Environmental Enforcement Authorities in the Arab
region, including Jordan, Egypt, Algeria, Morocco, Oman, Yemen, Qatar
and Saudi Arabia met in Amman, Jordan, on 9-10 May, along with
observers from INECE, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the
Network for Environmental Compliance and Enforcement in the Maghreb,
the Environmental Compliance and Enforcement Network for Accession, and
the United Nations Environment Program to discuss and agree upon
cooperation in the field of environmental governance in the Arab
region.
The participants made
a number of presentations about their respective enforcement programs,
other regional enforcement networks, partnership opportunities, and
discussed the benefits of creating an Arab Enforcement Network. See http://inece.org/mena/arabregion/.
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| Investigation of Philippine
Blast Fishing to Premier on BBC World |
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 May
2007 - On May 19-20, TVE/BBC World's new documentary "Blast"
will
investigate the courageous battle to prevent illegal blast fishing from
further destroying of one of the world's richest marine environments --
the Visayan Sea
in the Philippines. Click here for the full
press release.
The film will be shown on Saturday, 19 May
at 9:30 and 16:30 GMT, and on Sunday, 20 May at 2:30, 13:30,
and 20:30.
Please check your BBC World station for
local screenings.
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| INECE Newsletter 14 Published
Online |
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May 2007- The 14th
Edition of INECE's Newsletter is now available
online. In addition to international and regional enforcement news, the
newsletter describes rec ent activities, including the Emissions
Trading Workshop, efforts of Argentina's Environment Secretariat to
protect water resources in Buenos Aires, the climate benefits of
repairing the ozone layer, and new regulations in the Philippines that
make public officials more accountable for preventing illegal blast
fishing operations. Newsletter 14 also features a new Expert Commentary
section.
Articles for Newsletter 15
are requested by Friday, 22 June 2007.
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| INECE Releases 2006 Year in
Review |
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March 2007 - INECE's
newly released Year in Review
reports on the progress and results of the network during 2006,
including publishing INECE’s 2006-2009 Strategic Implementation Plan;
expanding INECE’s regional and topical networks; and co-sponsoring an
International Colloquium on Implementing Environmental
Legislation: The Critical Role of Enforcement and Compliance |
| Interpol's Ecomessage: A
Standard Reporting Form for Environmental Crimes |
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 January
2007 - Interpol's Ecomessage system was created to
facilitate the monitoring and analysis of environmental crime. Visit INECE's new Web page on
Environmental
Crime for more information about Ecomessage,
including the standard reporting form, sample Ecomessages,
instructions, and background information.
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| INECE
Newsletter 13 Now Available |
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 December
2006 - The 13th
Edition of INECE's Newsletter is now available online. In
addition to international and regional enforcement news, the newsletter
describes recent INECE activities, including the UN Climate Change
Convention meeting, the IUCN/INECE/UNEP Colloquium on Environmental
Compliance and Enforcement, and INECE's graduate level course. |
| Designing
Effective Compliance Systems to Support Emissions Trading |
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November 2006 -
INECE is hosting a workshop on the elements necessary for
cooperation among different emissions trading
systems in Dublin, Ireland, on 8-9 March 2007. The workshop will
explore the shared responsibilities of regulatory, industrial, and
financial communities to ensure compliance. |
| INECE Co-sponsors 4th IUCN
Academy of Environmental Law Colloquium |
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October 2006 -
More than 200 practitioners, members of civil society, and
environmental law professors from 47 countries gathered at Pace
University's School of Law in White Plains, New York, on 16-20 October
2006. The 4th IUCN Academy of Environmental Law
Colloquium focused on enforcement of, and compliance with,
environmental
law at the local, national, and international level. |
| Improving Competitiveness
Through Good Environmental Regulation |
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September
2006 - An expanding international body of research is
leading experts to understand that good, modern regulation can help
reduce operating costs for industry and business. 
A statement by the Heads of Europe's
Environment Agencies, agreed to in Prague, concludes that "good
environmental management and regulation does not impede overall
competitiveness and economic development."
INECE Secretariat Director Durwood Zaelke
had the opportunity to discuss the Prague Statement with Barbara Young,
the Chief Executive of the Environment Agency for England and Wales and
a lead author of the publication.
A short film of their conversation is
available at http://inece.org/praguestatement/,
along with a link to the full text of the Prague Statement and other
background information.
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