Essays about: "UN conference on the human environment"

Found 3 essays containing the words UN conference on the human environment.

  1. 1. Implementation of International Programmes in Developing Countries : the Example of SAICM in Tanzania

    University essay from Örebro universitet/Samhällsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Johan Lindgren; Martin Adolfsson; [2008]
    Keywords : SAICM; Tanzania; chemicals management; pilot project; implementation theory; top-down; bottom-up.;

    Abstract : The Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management (SAICM) is an international framework on sound chemicals management with the objective that “by the year 2020, chemicals are produced and used in ways that minimize significant adverse impacts on the environment and human health”. SAICM was adopted at the International Conference on Chemicals Management in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, in February 2006. READ MORE

  3. 2. NGO involvement in the UN Conference on the Human Environment in Stockholm 1972. Interrelations Between Intergovernmental Discourse Framing and Activist Influence.

    University essay from Ekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Peter Nilsson; [2004]
    Keywords : Political science; frames of understanding; paradigms; environmental understanding; UNCHE; UN conference on the human environment; interrelations; discourse framing; activist; Stockholm conference; perception; power relations; frame-setting; NGO; social movements; Manuel Castells; transnational advocacy; third world; Chossudovsky; political actors; only one earth; networks; PowWow; Hamilton conference; Environmental Forum; Peoples Forum; Garrett Harding; Barry Commoner; UNEP; ecocide in Indochina; sustainable development; globalization; Statsvetenskap;

    Abstract : The UN Conference on the Human Environment in Stockholm 1972 has been recognized as bringing political attention to environmental problems. Researchers have acknowledged the importance of NGO activities during the conference, initiating a trend of engagement of NGOs in official global meetings. READ MORE

  4. 3. The right to health and right to intellectual property in the EU. Analysis of the internal and external policies.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Beata Faracik; [2002]
    Keywords : Human Rights Law and Intellectual Property Rights; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : It is very common nowadays to speak of an ''information society'' in which control of information or information based knowledge has replaced control over matter as an ultimate source of economic power. The intellectual creations protected through patents, trade marks, copyrights etc constitute often a huge part of the companies' intangible assets. READ MORE