ENVIRONMENTAL SECURITY
Environmental crime has become the world's fourth largest crime sector, growing at 2-3 times the rate of the global economy. INTERPOL and UN Environment estimate that natural resources worth up to US$258 billion are being stolen by criminal syndicates, depriving countries of their resources, revenues and development opportunities. UN Environment is working with judges, prosecutors, and enforcement agencies to strengthen national capacities to respond to environmental crimes.
Greening the judiciaries in Africa: The 2nd regional symposium
UN Environment has been at the forefront to strengthen the capacities of institutions in Africa to mainstream environmental law in judicial training institutes. In August 2018, in Maputo, Mozambique, UN Environment held a regional symposium to enhance institutional capacities as well as policy and legal frameworks of Anglophone, Lusophone and Francophone African judicial training institutes, to further integrate environmental law training in the Judiciaries of Africa. Read more...
Enhancing the capacity of Bhutan Judges on environmental adjudication
UN Environment has partnered with the Asian Development Bank to support the High Court of Bhutan to enhance the capacity of judges from across Bhutan to review and improve draft rules of environmental adjudication. This will enhance the technical capacity of 40 judges from across Bhutan, together with legal focal points of the National Environment Commission, in environmental law. Read more...
Strengthening legal frameworks to combat wildlife crime in Central and West Africa
According to a recent study of national legislative frameworks administered by UN Environment on combatting wildlife crime, it was discovered that Central and West Africa apply lax penalties for wildlife crime. It is upon this basis that UN Environment sought to strengthen capacities of institutions in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire, to advance efforts across Central and West Africa to develop legal frameworks to combat wildlife crime, and improve their implementation of sustainable management of wildlife (fauna and flora). Read more...
Gambia’s key stakeholders get informed about the Biosafety Clearing House
Gambia’s Department of Parks and Wildlife Management, in collaboration with UN Environment, organized its first national Biosafety Clearing House capacity-building workshop, in June 2018, in Gambia. The workshop aimed to provide the country’s key stakeholders with a common understanding of the format of the Biosafety Clearing House records, methods of finding information, procedures for registering and publishing biosafety related decisions. Read more...
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