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INECE 7th Int'l Conference To Be Held in Marrakech in April 2005
The world's foremost experts on environmental enforcement and compliance will gather in the historic city of Marrakech, Morocco, in April 2005, for a week of plenary discussions, topical workshops, field visits, and internationally renown keynote speakers at the INECE 7th International Conference.

Enforcement Critical for Emissions Trading Schemes According to Oxford Workshop
The Environment Agency for England and Wales in the United Kingdom and INECE co-sponsored a workshop in March 2004 to discuss key issues of enforcement and compliance in emissions trading scheme in anticipation of the European Union's cap-and-trade scheme set to take effect in January 2005.

New Strategies to Combat Illegal Timber Trafficking Spearheaded by EIA and INECE
The Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) and INECE gathered leading environmental enforcement and compliance experts in Bangkok, Thailand, in October 2004, to develop an integrated regional enforcement strategy to combat rising illegal timber trafficking in Southeast Asia.

INECE to Coordinate with IUCN Enforcement Specialist Group
The Commission on Environmental Law for the International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) has launched a new Specialist Group that will be the focus for enforcement and compliance issues within IUCN.


REGIONAL NETWORK NEWS
EUROPE
IMPEL-TFS Seaport Project Detects Hundreds of Illegal Waste Shipments; Second Phase To Continue Through June 2006
Transition to Integrated Permitting in Eastern Europe, Caucasus, and Central Asia
OECD, REPIN Launch Study On Meeting Costs of Regulatory Compliance
Basel Convention Compliance Mechanism
Dutch Environment Agency Develops New Approach To Manage Abandoned Industrial Sites

AFRICA & MIDDLE EAST
CITES Under Threat?
IFAW Coordinating Enforcement Activities with Interpol's Ecomessage
ASIA & PACIFIC
INECE EPC Member Leads Effort To Create Environmental Ombudsman in Philippines
Indonesian Environmental NGO Builds Enforcement Strategy from the Ground Up
8 Asian Nations Convene To Fight Illegal Trade in Wildlife
China and the US: Different Enforcement Problems with Similar Solutions
Better, Stronger, Faster - Alternatives to Prosecution

AMERICAS
U.S. EPA Working with Trade Partners To Encourage Environmental Enforcement Capacity
Environmental Law Enforcement in Brazil: Challenges, Constraints, and Suggestions
INDICATORS
ENFORCEMENT NEWS
Good Practices for Identifying Environmental Compliance and Enforcement Indicators Promoted by INECE e-Dialogue
INECE Leads Indicators Workshop at IUCN World Congress
The World Bank Institute's Environmental Compliance and Enforcement Indicators Project in Latin America
Landmark Unocal Settlement Strengthens Alien Tort Claims Act as Recourse for Human Rights and Environmental Abuses Committed Abroad

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