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Decreto Supremo Nº 019/14/VIVIENDA - Modifica el Decreto Supremo Nº 015/12/VIVIENDA, Reglamento de Protección Ambiental para proyectos vinculados a las actividades de Vivienda, Urbanismo, Construcción y Saneamiento.

Regulations
Peru
Americas
South America

El presente Decreto Supremo modifica el Reglamento de Protección Ambiental para proyectos vinculados a las actividades de Vivienda, Urbanismo, Construcción y Saneamiento, en relación con la actualización del Registro de empresas y/o entidades encargadas para elaborar estudios ambientales en el sector vivienda, y con la creación de un instrumento que tenga por objeto remediar las deficiencias en el control de impacto ambiental negativo para proyectos que se encuentren en ejecución u operación.

Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I. No. 660 of 2015).

Regulations
United Kingdom
Europe
Northern Europe

These Regulations amend the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2011. Those Regulations require that projects which are above a certain size, or meet prescribed criteria, must be screened to determine whether they are likely to have significant environmental effects and, consequently, are subject to the requirement for an environmental impact assessment.

Act amending Environment Protection Act and Planning Act (No. 537 of 2015).

Legislation
Denmark
Europe
Northern Europe

This Act partly amends the Environment Protection Act and Planning Act, in particular Act No. 879, where the Ministry of Environment's review on the modifications, expansions and installations of facilities carrying out waste services (art. 7). As well as (art. 89b) the Ministry's establishing rules with regard to procedures in cases regulated by other legislations. In Act No. 587, the amendments concern the insertion of art.

Welthunger-Index 2014: Herausforderung verborgener Hunger

Peer-reviewed publication
December, 2014
Southern Asia
Northern Africa
Eastern Africa
Western Africa
Eastern Europe
Caribbean
Sub-Saharan Africa
Africa
Asia
South America
India

Ein Jahr bevor die Frist zur Erreichung der Millenniums-Entwicklungsziele im Jahr 2015 abläuft, bietet der Welthunger-Index (WHI) einen facettenreichen Überblick über die Verbreitung des Hungers und trägt neue Erkenntnisse darüber in die weltweite Debatte, wie Hunger und Mangelernährung verringert werden können. Betrachtet man die Entwicklungsländer als Gruppe, so hat sich die Hungersituation dort seit 1990 verbessert. Dem WHI 2014 zufolge ist seitdem ein Rückgang um 39 Prozent zu verzeichnen.

Indice Globale della Fame 2014: la sfida della fame nascosta

Peer-reviewed publication
December, 2014
Southern Asia
Northern Africa
Eastern Africa
Western Africa
Eastern Europe
Caribbean
Sub-Saharan Africa
Africa
Asia
South America
India

A un anno dalla scadenza per il raggiungimento degli Obiettivi di Sviluppo del Millennio, fissata nel 2015, l’Indice Globale della Fame 2014 offre una prospettiva articolata del problema della fame nel mondo, che porta nuovi spunti al dibattito mondiale rispetto a dove concentrare gli sforzi nella lotta contro la fame e la malnutrizione. Secondo il GHI 2014, lo stato della fame nei Paesi in via di sviluppo è complessivamente migliorato in confronto al 1990, con un calo del 39%.

L’Indice de la faim dans le monde 2014: Le défi de la faim invisible

Peer-reviewed publication
December, 2014
Southern Asia
Northern Africa
Eastern Africa
Western Africa
Caribbean
Sub-Saharan Africa
Africa
Asia
South America
India

Alors qu’il ne reste plus qu’une année avant la date d’échéance de la réalisation des Objectifs du Millénaire pour le développement, l’Indice de la faim dans le monde 2014 (GHI) offre une analyse multidimensionnelle de la faim et présente de nouvelles données permettant d’alimenter le débat mondial sur la question de savoir où concentrer les efforts dans la lutte contre la faim et la malnutrition. Selon le GHI 2014, les niveaux de faim dans les pays en développement pris dans leur ensemble se sont améliorés depuis 1990, diminuant de 39%.

2014 Global hunger index: The challenge of hidden hunger

Peer-reviewed publication
December, 2014
Southern Asia
Northern Africa
Eastern Africa
Western Africa
Eastern Europe
Caribbean
Sub-Saharan Africa
Africa
Asia
South America
India

With one more year before the 2015 deadline for achieving the Millennium Development Goals, the 2014 Global Hunger Index report offers a multifaceted overview of global hunger that brings new insights to the global debate on where to focus efforts in the fight against hunger and malnutrition. The state of hunger in developing countries as a group has improved since 1990, falling by 39 percent, according to the 2014 GHI.

Regulation on methods for establishing and maintaining of the pipeline cadastre.

Regulations
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Europe
Southern Europe

This Regulation prescribes the necessary methods, in terms of technical rules and requirements, cadastre and survey issues, all regarding the underground and surface pipelines, used for the following: water supply/flow; sewerage and waste waters; thermal waters flow; electro-energy transmission; telecommunications; oil supply/transit/flow; gas supply/transit/flow; and common water sector facilities (on the territory of the Republic of Srpska, autonomous district of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina).The Annex is an integral part of this Regulation.

Resolución Nº 034/15/MINAM - Guía para la elaboración de estudios de Evaluación de Riesgos a la Salud y el Ambiente.

Regulations
Peru
Americas
South America

La presente Resolución aprueba la Guía para la elaboración de estudios de Evaluación de Riesgos a la Salud y el Ambiente (ERSA), con el fin de entender las relaciones y causalidades entre la presencia de los contaminantes, las distintas rutas y vías de exposición y los efectos adversos observados en el ambiente o los efectos potenciales que puedan presentarse, considerando lo establecido en las guías de muestreo de suelo y de elaboración de Planes de Descontaminación de Suelos.

Scottish Landfill Tax (Administration) Amendment Regulations 2015 (S.S.I. No. 152 of 2015).

Regulations
United Kingdom
Europe
Northern Europe

These Regulations amend the Scottish Landfill Tax (Administration) Regulations 2015 so as to make provision for the purposes of the Scottish landfill tax in relation to weigh bridges for weighing material intended for landfill and weighing-related offences and penalties. Other provisions make minor correcting amendments.

Amends: Scottish Landfill Tax (Administration) Regulations 2015 (S.S.I. No. 3 of 2015). (2015-01-08)

Scottish Landfill Tax (Exemption Certificates) Order 2015 (S.S.I. No. 151 of 2015).

Regulations
United Kingdom
Europe
Northern Europe

This Order provides that exemption certificates may be issued by Revenue Scotland to the Scottish Environment Protection Agency, Scottish local authorities and other bodies who have powers to remove illegally or improperly deposited waste. In terms of the Order, disposals of illegally deposited waste at an authorised landfill site are not chargeable to Scottish landfill tax under the Landfill Tax (Scotland) Act 2014, if made in accordance with an exemption certificate.

Implements: Landfill Tax (Scotland) Act 2014 (2014 asp 2). (2014-01-21)

Scottish Landfill Tax (Standard Rate and Lower Rate) Order 2015 (S.S.I. No. 127 of 2015).

Regulations
United Kingdom
Europe
Northern Europe

This Order, made under section 13(2) and (5) of the Landfill Tax (Scotland) Act 2014, specifies the first standard rate and lower rate for Scottish landfill tax. Tax is to be calculated by reference to the weight and types of material disposed of, as provided for in section 13 of the Act.

Implements: Landfill Tax (Scotland) Act 2014 (2014 asp 2). (2014-01-21)