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" (10) years. In accepting the Elizabeth Haub Gold Medal in Brussels in November 2000, I had urged:

 

[QUOTE] Another critical reason that has prevented the enforcement of environmental protection regimes is the lack of professional and scientific capacity in developing countries. Starting in the 1970's, many developing countries enacted comprehensive environmental protection legislation with detailed provisions on Environmental Impact Assessment, air, water, marine and noise pollution, on resource management including. forestry, wildlife and fisheries. These laws, in many cases, established high-level policy-making Councils supported by high-ranking national environmental protection agencies. The developing countries also signed many Multilateral Environmental Agreements such as the Convention on Biological Diversity.