World and General

IUCN Environmental Law Programme. The mission of the IUCN Environmental Law Programme (the ELP) is: To advance sustainability through the development of legal and policy concepts and instruments, and through building the capacity of societies to develop and implement environmental law and policy, in furtherance of the IUCN Mission.

The Research Program in Biodiversity (PPBio) is a program that arose from the Secretary of Policies and Programs in Research and Development (SEPED), of the Ministry of Science and Technology. The program responds to concrete demands of Brazilian society and is developed in accord with the principles of the Biological Diversity Convention, National Biodiversity Policy (Decreto 4.339, of 22/08/2002), and priorities arising from the National Conference on Science and Technology of 2002.

Created in 2004 (Portaria MCT nº 268, of 18/06/2004, modified by Portaria MCT nº 383, of 15/06/2005), to create an investment strategy for science, technology, and innovation, which determines priorities, integrates skills in diverse fields of knowledge, and generates, integrates, and disseminates information about biodiversity for diverse end-users.

The objective is to establish a biodiversity research agenda in Brazil that promotes a favorable environment for the development of new bio-products and bio-processes focusing on conservation and the sustainable use of biodiversity, and that democratizes the knowledge generated in the process.

The execution of this program must be intimately connected to other actions in the field of research and development in biodiversity, at both the federal – such as the Brazilian Molecular Ecology Program for the Sustainable Use of Amazonian Biodiversity (PROBEM) and the Project of Conservation and Sustainable Use of Brazil’s Biological Diversity (PROBIO), both coordinated by the Ministry of the Environment – and state levels – for example, the Research Program in the Characterization, Conservation, Sustainable Use of the Biodiversity of São Paulo (BIOTA-FAPESP).

PPBio has a national scope and has been implemented in the Amazonian and Semi-arid regions, with future plans for implementation in all the regions and biomes of Brazil.

Countries

Protected Areas Act (State Gazette No 133/1998) (DOC Download)

Medicinal Plants Act (State Gazette No 29/2000) (ZIP Download)

Regulation on Developing Protected Areas Management Plans (State Gazette No 13/2000) (DOC Download)

Decree 114/1992 Sb (DOC Download)

Decree - 395/1992 (DOC Download)

CITES has been implemented by CITES implementation act (100/2004) (DOC Download) (no species listed, however, the CITES annexes are mentioned)

The European pyhtosanitary regulations was implemented (among others) by decree 330/2004: Annexed list of species to decree 330/2004

Protected species lists

Legislative acts of protected objects

WISIA - Wissenschaftliches Informationssystem zum Internationalen Artenschutz. Online Database for Natura 2000, CITES and other species.

• Dienst Regelingenregio zuidwest
• ms. A. Helmens: cites@laser/agro.nl
• Burg. de Raadtsingel 59, 3311 JG Dordrecht
• Postbus 1191 3300 BD Dordrecht
• tel. 078-6395395 en 0800-2233322; fax: 078-6395360

IUCN Netherlands, publication on invasive species

Dutch law on Flora and Fauna

Species policies, incl. Red data lists

Nature Conservation law

Environmental assessment regulations

Phytosanitary services

Current law on nature protection

Acknowledged the statement of the Millennium Ecosystem assessment “Living Beyond Our Means: Natural Assets and Human Well-being”. Norwegian Press release with government suggestions.

Directorate of nature management

Laws & Regulations

EC Norms

Environmental Legislation (MMA, Spain). EU, National, Regional: List of legislation and access to the texts

National Regulations (MMA, Spain)

Regional Regulation (Comunidades Autónomas: Andalucía, Aragón, Asturias, baleares, Canarias, Cantabria, Castilla-La Mancha, Castilla- León, Cataluña, Extremadura, Galicia, La Rioja, Madrid, Murcia, Navarra, País Vasco, Valencia, Ceuta, Melilla):

GIS on Nature 2000 and other protected areas: http://servicios.mma.es/bdnatur/default.htm?BDN_NATURA

International Conventions signed by Spain

Databank on nature in Spain: includes information on terminology atlases and access to cartography

Sub-categories:

• Control Over the Introduction of Alien Species into the Wild

• Environmental Impact Assessment

• Genetically Modified Organisms

• Protected Areas

• Species Protection

• Specific Habitats

UK CITES web site

UK CITES Authority for Plants (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew)

UK CITES Authority for Animals (Joint Nature Conservation Committee)

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA)

DEFRA Plant Health Division

DEFRA UK Plant Variety Rights Office & Seeds Division

UK Focal Point on Access to Genetic Resources and Benefit-Sharing

Guide to Wildlife Law Enforcement in the UK

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM)

Environmental Impact Assessment

The CBD For Botanists – a guide to the Convention on Biodiversity compiled by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, as part of a Darwin Initiative funded project. Focuses on the issue of ‘access to genetic resources and benefit-sharing’, and its practical implications. Available in English, French and Spanish.