ECOLEX : the gateway to environmental law

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Corporate Authors: International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) (), UN Environment Programme (Kenya), Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (), Eau de Web (Bucharest, Romania)
Language:English
French
Spanish
Published: Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations : IUCN - Environmental Law Centre : United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), [2001].
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ECOLEX is an information service on environmental law, operated jointly by FAO, IUCN and UNEP. Its purpose is to build capacity worldwide by providing the most comprehensive possible global source of information on environmental law . This unique resource, which combines the environmental law information holdings of FAO, IUCN and UNEP, seeks to put this information at the disposal of users world-wide, in an easily accessible service, employing modern technology. The ECOLEX database includes information on treaties, international soft-law and other non-binding policy and technical guidance documents, national legislation, judicial decisions, and law and policy literature. Users have direct access to the abstracts and indexing information about each document, as well as to the full text of most of the information provided. ECOLEX must be maintained, refined and further developed with a view to serving the end users as efficiently as possible. In this context, the long-term objectives of ECOLEX in building capacity worldwide are as follows: - maintain, refine and develop the environmental law databank and its related information and resources; - present these data in a user-friendly format, facilitating searches for references and full texts through the development of multilingual retrieval possibilities (English, French, Spanish); - provide global access to the database in an efficient and cost-effective manner; - address the special needs and access problems of users; - develop a distributed network of associates, at regional and national level; - develop special ECOLEX products and services aimed at increasing knowledge and building capacity in environmental law at the local, national and regional levels; and - expand the consortium of partners of ECOLEX.
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ikona What is now available on the web (www.ecolex.org) owes much to a project funded by the Dutch government, which ascertained the feasibility of a joint service, and set the stage for the implementation of the resulting partnership between FAO, IUCN and UNEP. This joint service is now being further refined and developed by the three partners to best meet the needs of the user.

ikona Lo que actualmente se encuentra disponible en el sitio Web (www.ecolex.org) se debe a un proyecto financiado por el Gobierno de Holanda que, constatada la factibilidad de un servicio conjunto, ha preparado el terreno para la implementación de la resultante coparticipación entre la FAO, la UICN y el PNUMA. Las tres asociaciones han desarrollado y perfeccionado ulteriormente este servicio conjunto para mejor responder a las necesidades de los usuarios.

ikona Le service actuellement disponible en ligne (www.ecolex.org) est pour une large part le fruit d'un projet financé par le gouvernement hollandais, qui a étudié la faisabilité d'un service conjoint et jeté les bases du partenariat qui en est résulté entre la FAO, l'UICN et le PNUE. Ce service conjoint est en cours de perfectionnement et d'élaboration par les trois partenaires afin qu'il puisse mieux répondre aux besoins des utilisateurs.

ikona Was jetzt im Internet verfügbar ist (www.ecolex.org), ist in hohem Maße einem von der niederländischen Regierung finanzierten Projekt zu verdanken, das die Machbarkeit eines gemeinsamen Dienstes ermittelte und den Grundstein für die Umsetzung der daraus resultierenden Partnerschaft zwischen FAO, IUCN und legte UNEP. Dieser gemeinsame Service wird nun von den drei Partnern weiter verfeinert und weiterentwickelt, um den Bedürfnissen der Nutzer bestmöglich gerecht zu werden.

ikona Serwis ECOLEX wiele zawdzięcza projektowi finansowanemu przez rząd holenderski, który potwierdził wykonalność wspólnej służby i przygotował grunt pod wdrożenie wynikającego z niej partnerstwa między FAO, IUCN i UNEP. Serwis jako wspólna usługa polegająca na udostępnianiu informacji o prawie jest obecnie udoskonalany i rozwijany przez trzech partnerów, by jak najlepiej zaspokoić potrzeby użytkowników.