INECE

On 29 February, a facilitated online discussion that INECE initiated on strategies and best practices for enforcing the requirements of environmental impact assessments (EIAs), was concluded. This dialogue was a follow-up to a successful workshop during the INECE conference in Canada in 2011. It elicited the views and insights of leaders in the EIA field from around the world, covered a wide range of issues concerning all stages of the EIA process and involved many types of participants and stakeholders.

The Importance of Environmental Compliance and Enforcement for Sustainable Development for the Rio+20 Conference Submitted by The International Network for Environmental Compliance and Enforcement (INECE)

Summary

Robust national environmental compliance and enforcement systems for environmental and energy laws are critical parts of an effective overall governance strategy to meet green economy, poverty eradication, and sustainable development objectives. Multidisciplinary approaches to capacity building for parliamentarians, inspectors, prosecutors, and judges are keys to this process.

Whistler, Canada

In conjunction with the INECE 9th International Conference, representatives from various regional networks working on environmental compliance and enforcement will get together on June 18 in Whistler, Canada. The meeting will focus on looking at good practices in managing networks, sharing tools to improve compliance at the regional level and developing a message on the importance of environmental compliance and enforcement in advance of the 2012 Earth Summit.