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Coinciding with the 1st 香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播 World Environmental Law Congress, judges from 15 different countries gathered in Brazil in April 2016 for the inauguration of the Global Judicial Institute for the Environment (GJIE). On April 23-24, 2016, judges and other environmental law experts came together to鈥
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In cooperation between the Regional Activity Centre for Specially Protected Areas (RAC/SPA, UNEP-MAP) and the 香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播 Centre for Mediterranean Cooperation, a comprehensive assessment of the legal and institutional framework for the Marine and Coastal Protected Areas (MPAs) was conducted in three鈥
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鈥淥ver the past 50 years, losses of up to 51% of coastal wetlands (including marshes) have occurred in China, 40% in Japan, 60% in the Republic of Korea, and more than 70% in Singapore.鈥
Brazil played host to the first World Environmental Law Congress. The event, which took place in the Supreme Court of the State of Rio de Janeiro from 27 to 29 April 2016, was well attended by environmental lawyers and members of the judiciary from around the world.
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