Judges play a critical role in the development, enforcement and compliance with environmental law.

The CITES Handbook has been compiled to provide to the Parties to CITES and the wider CITES community the most essential texts for the implementation of the Convention in one single reference publication. It comprises the text of the Convention, Appendices I, II and III, the standard CITES permit/certificate, the Resolutions and the Decisions of the Conference of the Parties to CITES in effect after the 14th meeting (The Hague, 2007). This trilingual edition (English, French and Spanish) exists in CD-ROM only

This report investigates compliance mechanisms under selected multilateral environment agreements (MEAs). It seeks to contribute to UNEP's work on implementation mechanisms for international instruments. It does so specifically by identifying strategic opportunities for interlinkages and synergies in compliance mechanisms among MEAs.

This glossary of terms and acronyms aims to provide a support tool not only for those that are frequently engaged in negotiations under various multilateral environmental agreements (MEAs), but also for those involved in the daily implementation of such agreements and related decisions.

Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs) are a subset of the universe of international agreements. What distinguishes them from other agreements is their focus on environmental issues, their creation of binding international las, and their inclusion of multiple countries.

Most of ICIMOD’s regional member countries have a good legal basis for ensuring environmental justice, but knowledge about the legal options and processes is limited. This book aims to provide a reference book and training resource to increase local-level awareness of environmental justice, focusing on legal approaches. It is an outcome of the ‘Minority Rights and Environmental Justice’ project initiated in 2004 by the Ford Foundation and ICIMOD.

This Manual attempts to link the two areas of MEA formulation and civil society participation. Its goal is to both strengthen multi-stakholder participation and increase political momentum for effective MEA development, implementation and enforcement.

The UNEP Handbook for Drafting Laws on EnerEnergy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Resources is written in response to the needs expressed by developing country law draftsmen to UNEP for assistance in drafting legislative provisions for promotion of energy efficiency and renewable energy, and particularly their environmental dimensions

Les Conventions locales de gestion des ressources naturelles et de l’environnement sont une grande réussite au Sénégal.

This new Manual builds on UNEP’s ongoing efforts to strengthen the capacity of governments to implement and enforce MEAs and to comply with environmental law more broadly.

Environmental law is a broad catagory of laws that include laws that specifically address environmental issues and more general laws that have a direct impact on environmental issues.

The compendium of judicial decisions in environment-related cases consolidates earlier compendia published by UNEP in 1997 and 2002 and contains summaries of serveral additional cases.

This Handbook is intended to enable national judges in all types of tribunals in both civil law and common law jurisdictions to identify environmental issues coming before them and to be aware of the range of options available to them in interpreting and applying the law.

This publication is designed to meet the demand for legal information and material, and serve as a source of reference of basic documents on international environmental law. The Environmental Law Branch of the Division of Policy Development and Law has provided support in the area of capacity building, including the production of publications on environmental law at both national and international levels. This book is the latest in the series of such publications.