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Promoting the implementation of environmental law through enhanced knowledge sharing

On 5 June four UN agencies, in collaboration with the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and other key partners, concluded a week of meetings to promote new tools and better access to information to assist Parties to more effectively implement obligations under 18 Multilateral Environment Agreements (MEA).


The Multilateral Environment Agreements and Knowledge Management (MEA IKM) Initiative seeks to develop harmonised and interoperable information systems in support of knowledge management activities among 18 MEAs for the benefit of Parties and the environment community at large.


"Collaboration in the implementation of our respective mandates towards concrete results is crucial in overcoming the challenge of institutional fragmentation in the field of international environmental law" noted Ms. Mrema, who assumed her function as Director of the UNEP Division of Environmental Law and Conventions last week.


"The MEA Information and Knowledge Management Initiative is a creative way of enhancing environmental governance and giving expression to one coherent body of international environmental law. MEA Secretariats are collaborating with the Secretariats of UNEP and other organizations to develop innovative information and knowledge tools to better support decision making and implementation. Such initiatives are welcomed by CITES." said John E. Scanlon Secretary-General of CITES and co-chair of the Steering Committee.


The Steering Committee of the MEA IKM Initiative met for the fifth time to discuss key knowledge management issues, such as easier-to-use joint on-line reporting tools for MEA Parties, the development of a thesaurus on Environmental Law and Conventions and the translation of InforMEA tools into different languages. The MEA IKM initiative, which was inspired by the renewed emphasis the United Nations is placing on information and communication tools, is one of the largest sustainable development knowledge management projects in the UN system.


For further information please visit the InforMEA website www.informea.org and the InforMEA facebook page https://www.facebook.com/informea.org


Or contact: eva.duer@unep.org or marcos.silva@cites.org

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Tehran Convention COP5: a milestone in Caspian cooperation

Caspian States adopt Biodiversity Protocol and will establish Convention Secretariat in the region.


From 28 to 30 May, ministers of environment and other high-level government officials of the five Caspian States met in Ashgabat for the fifth Conference of the Parties (COP5) to the Tehran Convention Framework Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the Caspian Sea. They took major decisions towards ensuring a sustainable future for the Caspian Sea.


Countries unanimously adopted the Biodiversity Protocol, and two of them have already signed it. The Protocol is an international treaty that obliges the Parties to work together and guides them in the conservation and restoration of the unique Caspian habitats and species such as the celebrated sturgeon and the Caspian seal.


This is the third in a series of Protocols to the Convention. The first two were concluded and signed in 2011 and 2012: the “Aktau” Protocol on regional cooperation in addressing oil spills, and the “Moscow” Protocol on the protection of the Caspian Sea against land-based sources of pollution. The Protocols underline the countries' commitment to cooperating and taking action against the environmental threats facing that Sea.


In recent decades, rapidly growing oil and gas activities, industrial and agricultural pollution, overexploitation of biological resources, and destruction of endemic species’ natural habitats have jeopardized the health and environmental balance of the Caspian Sea’s fragile ecosystem.


The 2003 Tehran Convention—signed by Azerbaijan, the Islamic Republic of Iran, Kazakhstan, the Russian Federation and Turkmenistan—was a historic breakthrough to halt environmental degradation in the Caspian Sea and to preserve one of the world’s most precious ecosystems.


As the first legally binding agreement between these five countries, this Convention illustrates how only through cooperating with each other can these countries effectively protect the marine environment and with it the livelihoods, health, and well-being of present and future generations.


More Information: mahir.aliyev@unep.org

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