Environmental Governance
Definition(s)
Measures, methods or activities that perform best or achieve the highest impact according to predefined criteria assessed through a validation process. Best practices are measures, methods or activities that are considered successful in terms of achieving desired outcomes (good performance) and contributing to expected impacts. (Source: draft based on UNCCD)
The application of the most appropriate combination of environmental control measures and strategies. (Source: BRS Conventions).
Hierarchy
Broader: Environmental management
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Basel Convention | 4 articles and paragraphs2 decisions | |
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora | 1 article or paragraph | |
Convention on Migratory Species | 1 article or paragraph1 decision | |
Stockholm Convention | 15 articles and paragraphs15 decisions6 documents | |
Montreal Protocol | 1 decision | |
Nagoya Protocol | 1 decision | |
Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds | 2 articles and paragraphs1 decision | |
International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture | 4 articles and paragraphs | |
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change | 4 articles and paragraphs | |
World Heritage Convention | 12 decisions | |
Kyoto Protocol | 7 articles and paragraphs | |
United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification | 2 articles and paragraphs14 decisions | |
Rotterdam Convention | 3 articles and paragraphs | |
Barcelona Convention | 2 articles and paragraphs5 decisions | |
Dumping Protocol | 1 article or paragraph | |
Prevention and Emergency Protocol | 3 articles and paragraphs | |
Specially Protected Areas and Biodiversity Protocol | 1 article or paragraph | |
Offshore Protocol | 6 articles and paragraphs1 decision | |
Hazardous Wastes Protocol | 1 article or paragraph | |
Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution | 1 article or paragraph1 document | |
Cartagena Convention | 1 decision | |
Jeddah Convention | 1 article or paragraph | |
Minamata Convention on Mercury | 8 articles and paragraphs1 decision1 document | |
Agreement on the Conservation of Small Cetaceans of the Baltic and North Seas | 3 decisions | |
United Nations Environment Assembly | 3 decisions |