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Preparatory Meeting for Training Program on Environmental Conservation for Judges from Dominican Republic, Haiti and Jamaica
September 1, 2008
Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD) and Fundación Global Desarrollo (FUNGLODE), in association with the Environmental Law Institute (ELI) in Washington, DC, the United Nations Environment Programme, the Escuela Nacional de Judicatura (National School of Judicial Studies) in the Dominican Republic, the Norman Manley Scool of Law in Jamaica,
and Konbit Pou Ayiti (KONPAY) in Haiti, organized a preparatory meeting for the pilot training program for judges from the Dominican Republic, Haiti and Jamaica on environmental conservation. Meeting sessions took place August 25-27, 2008 at FUNGLODE Headquarters in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
and Konbit Pou Ayiti (KONPAY) in Haiti, organized a preparatory meeting for the pilot training program for judges from the Dominican Republic, Haiti and Jamaica on environmental conservation. Meeting sessions took place August 25-27, 2008 at FUNGLODE Headquarters in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
The purpose of the activity was to unite representatives from the collaborating institutions to: finalize the list of topics that will be covered during the training sessions; identify materials that will be utilized and the professors in each country that will participate in the seminars; establish a working agenda for the creation of the pilot program to be presentedbetween March and April of the following year; and present the program before the environmental community of the Dominican Republic. Unfortunately, due to unfavorable weather conditions, the invited representatives from Haiti were unable to attend.
Areas of emphasis agreed upon include:
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Why the Environment and Biodiversity are Important
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Multilateral Environmental Agreements
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Constitutional Law
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National Laws on Environmental Topics and Procedures
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Access to
Information/Justice/Standing -
Ownership of Resources
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Land Use (Public vs. Private Interest)
The initiative seeks to equip judicial professonals with the knowledge and tools necessary to ensure that existing laws related to biodiversity protection, conservation management, forestry, land use, and pollution control are understood, implemented and maintained.
This session formed part of a three year program, funded by the John D. & Catherine T. Mac Arthur Foundation, which began January of this year and will continue until December 2020. During this period, the collaborating institutions will develop, test and adapt to each country curriculum pertinent to issues of environmental concern in the Region, in an effort to strengthen work being realized by local institutions in the area of
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