C. Slum Upgrading Facility

Countrywide Slum Upgrading

Tangible steps taken in this direction are the slum upgrading initiatives in Eastern Africa, including the Kenya slum upgrading programme.

Slum Upgrading How Public Finances Leverage Household and Commercial Finance

Scientists who are called astrobiologists are trying to find that out right now.

It is a vicious killer of wildlife. Entanglement and ingestion are the primary kinds of direct damage to wildlife caused by it.

In some States parties, illegal trade in wildlife is not considered a criminal offence and is treated under administrative regulations.

Urban development promoting jobs, upgrading slums and developing alternatives to new slum formation

Documentation HSP WUF 2 7 Financing and mobilizing domestic capital for slum upgrading.

Pro poor policies could be a means to engage the poor in city development and slum upgrading.

Also, OIOS is aware that there is an ongoing discussion within UN Habitat on the terms of reference of the Slum Upgrading Facility.

Marine litter is an environmental, economic, health and aesthetic problem. It kills, injures and causes pain and suffering.

(ii) Integrating slum upgrading and slum prevention into national development planning, taking into account social, economic, cultural and environmental aspects

That said, not all countries have embraced the significance of the slum targets and the catalytic role embodied in the goals of the United Nations Millennium Declaration.

For example, limits on the siting of wind turbines may well be motivated by legitimate concerns about the risks to wildlife, especially birds.

In addition to administering the legislation, Environment Australia played a central coordinating role for wildlife enforcement activities in the country.

So when we would look at cells, this is how I really got involved in biology and science is by looking at living cells in the microscope.

The subprogramme includes the Slum Upgrading Facility (see para. 49 above) which is managed in conjunction with Cities Alliance (see para. 60 below).

Reduction of debt service burdens can release domestic resources that can be allocated to slum upgrading or other urban developing activities.

Kuwait seeks an amount of USD 574,200,000 to establish a shrimp raise and release programme as compensation for the loss of aquatic biota.

The Panel notes that Saudi Arabia's wildlife claim is based entirely on information obtained from published scientific literature.

In the 2004 programme plan and management review, UN Habitat reported on an innovative initiative aimed at promoting the Millennium Development Goal on slums.

Statements by panellists also highlighted the importance of appropriate government policies to implement slum upgrading and housing programmes suited to the social and economic circumstances of the urban poor.

United Kingdom The UK's largest man made forest (Kielder) is being transformed into a resource that is rich in wildlife and recreational opportunities as well as timber.

(c) Provide officials who have wildlife law enforcement responsibilities with equivalent training, status and authority to those of their counterparts in customs and police

A key tool in attaining the targets of the Millennium Declaration, particularly the slum, water and sanitation targets, is south south cooperation.

Particular thanks were due to the Executive Director of UN Habitat for her tireless and eloquent advocacy on behalf of slum dwellers.

Aquatic biota Kuwait states that its claim for loss of aquatic biota includes loss of ecological services provided by the subtidal areas.

They include family factors, individual factors and characteristics of neighbourhoods and local environments, including poverty, poor housing, poor schools and lack of recreational and social facilities.

Discussions centred on overcoming urban poverty and ensuring a sustainable urban future, and fostered thorough reflection on the best policies and strategies for achieving poverty reduction and slum upgrading.

The slum upgrading programme continues to constitute a path breaking process, in which each stage contributes significantly towards achieving the Millennium Declaration target on slums.

People centred social and economic policies aimed at employment creation in slum improvement programmes can be useful tools for sustainable urban development.

The main wildlife trafficking routes ran from the Amazon region to Brazil, Ecuador and Peru and from the Orinoco region to other neighbouring countries, the Caribbean and the United States of America.

Northwestern Yunnan is one of the world s most biologically diverse areas, home to half of China s animal species and a quarter of its plant species.

In subsequent amendments based on monitoring and assessment results, Kuwait separated the compensation requested for damage to aquatic biota from damage to shoreline resources.

Seeking impact at scale, the Cities Alliance provides support to nationwide slum upgrading and to cities committed to implementing citywide development strategies

As a good example of scaling up at city level, attention was drawn to the city of Aleppo in the Syrian Arab Republic, where the municipal government was developing a slum upgrading programme targeting one million residents.

Finland reported that it had ratified several international agreements on the environment, including CITES and the European Union Wildlife Trade Regulation.

Germany emphasized that the European Union Wildlife Trade Regulation called upon all member States to implement CITES.

One option, currently being piloted at the global level, which aims to mobilize and blend funds from public and private sources is UN Habitat's Slum Upgrading Facility.

In order to assess the oil contamination on its shoreline resulting from invasion related oil spills, Kuwait applies the models that it uses in its assessment of lost aquatic biota as described in paragraph 434 above.

(b) Consider formulating national action plans, incorporating timetables, targets and provisions for funding, designed to enhance enforcement of CITES, achieve compliance with its provisions and support wildlife law enforcement agencies

15.28 In implementing the programme of work, the subprogramme will continue to monitor progress made in the implementation of the Habitat Agenda and the Millennium Declaration targets on slums, water and sanitation.

Mr. Jockin noted that, while there had been extensive discussion on the Millennium Development Goal on slums, there was as yet no report on results, and no improvement in slum conditions.

This often led to a lack of professionalism among some officers and a lack of ability to respond effectively to wildlife crime, whether at a national level or when trying to react to requests for investigation received from abroad.