At the 8th International Conference, 200 participants from more than 60 developing and developed countries gathered in Cape Town, South Africa, to affirm the benefits of environmental compliance and enforcement, to highlight progress made by the network, and to press for further actions to improve compliance and enforcement around the world.
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Final Conference Documents
 Cape Town Statement
Environmental compliance and enforcement programs create value across all areas of society: public value through strengthened rule of law, protected ecosystem goods and services, and improved human health; and private value through increased investor confidence, reduced business risks, stimulated innovation, increased competitiveness, and new jobs and markets.
Nobel Peace Laureate Tells Top Enforcement Specialists: It’s Time to Toughen Enforcement and Compliance with Climate Change Treaty, Other Environmental Laws
Nobel Peace Prize winner Wangari Maathai urged the world’s top environmental law enforcement specialists to toughen enforcement and compliance with environmental laws, including those that address climate emissions and protect the world’s forests, which absorb and store carbon dioxide, the principle greenhouse gas responsible for warming the planet. Transcript of Dr. Maathai's remarks.
Sub-Saharan Network for Environmental Compliance and Enforcement Established at International Conference
To join the network, please register by sending your name, organization, contact information, and email address to inece@inece.org. For more information, visit the Africa regional forum of INECE's web site.
Interactive Conference Program
Speeches, panel descriptions, and workshop summaries from INECE's 8th Conference.
Conference Proceedings Vol. 1
Background papers for the 8th Conference panels and workshops.
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Wangari Maathai's Remarks on Good Governance and Sustainable Development
Conference Slideshow
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