Where did life on Earth begin? The fact is, no one really knows. Charles Darwin imagined a 鈥渨arm little pond鈥, while some scientists today speculate about tide pools and hot springs. Increasingly, however, scientists are narrowing in on one hypothesis: that life began around a deep sea鈥
A well-managed ecosystem provides an important foundation for many aspects of tourism. Tourism revenue, in turn, can contribute to the maintenance, protection and conservation of key wildlife populations 鈥 which is why the theme of this year鈥檚 International Day of Biodiversity (IDB), announced鈥
Opening of the 2nd International Meeting of the Global Judicial Institute on Environment
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Judges make progress shaping the Global Judicial Institute on Environment
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The Regional Judicial Colloquium for Latin-America and the Caribbean: 鈥淐onstitutions, Environment, and Human Rights: Practice and Implementation鈥 convenes at the Federal Senate of Brazil on 22-23 May 2017.
Over 25 judges from across the world gathered for the Second International Meeting of the Global Judicial Institute for the Environment from 19-21 May 2017 in Brazil.听
WCEL,听in a joint submission with the Organization of American States,听 presented its written response (see downloads) and made oral arguments (see links) addressing environmental implications and ramifications in respect to the request by the Republic of Colombia for an advisory opinion from the鈥
Judges, practitioners, and academics gathered from 11 to 12 April in Auckland (New Zealand) to discuss and debate the challenges for environmental adjudication in the coming decades.
This blog post by Steve Bernacki, independent consultant for 香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播 and technical advisor, reflects on a recent trip to Kampong Thom, Preah Vihear and Siem Reap Provinces in Cambodia as a part of a project to identify priority areas for forest landscape restoration. The project鈥
India鈥檚 National Green Tribunal convened the 鈥淲orld Environment Congress鈥 from 25-26 March, 2017 in New Delhi where judges, lawyers, scientists, and civil society joined to advance dialogue on environmental challenges and the legal community鈥檚 capacity to tackle them.听Throughout six interactive鈥
The WCEL Steering Committee met from 10-13 February in Brazil for their first in-person meeting of 2017 hosted at the National High Court of Brazil (STJ) in Brasilia. The meeting agenda consisted of a 鈥渉igh-level preparatory segment鈥, consultations with partners in the Global Judicial Institute鈥