FCIL Newsletter

Volume 21, No. 2
February 2007


FCIL Fun Facts

This Month in FCIL Law

Feb. 11, 1224
The second Carta de Foresta issued under the reign of King Henry III of England. The first was issued in 1217, during the second year of his reign.

Feb. 28, 1977
The government of Niue issued Amendment No. 6 of the Coinage Regulations, announcing the design of the Silver Jubilee Commemorative Dollar.

Feb. 2, 1996
The Inter-American Court of Human Rights decided the Garrido and Baigorria case, a case involving the disappearances of the plaintiffs.

Feb. 6, 2006
Iran ratified the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs).

International Environmental Law Word Find

Find the international environmental law terms listed below. Words can run horizontally, vertically and diagonally. The answer key is printed below - upside down.

a r p p f s s r z s a y h s s
v n g r o u n d w a t e r o c
k f t o u e a s r i d c r l f
i y c a r b o n s v r i n c c
a y o g r s g r y w i t d n q
w z j t i c e n h b f e d u f
m x s v o v t a a s t s t b m
l v o v i s l i p e n o z o i
v r m d m i g o c k e u n e p
y o o o n u p v j a t z l v b
l i k g n i p m u d e o v l e
b e u a p m j a a e p e o q r
x s s l m o o u f r p r z d h
c g m a f a t h a t r t e l t
g r d j b w b m y e w r w v e

Antarctica
EEZ
Bamako
Groundwater

Basel
Ivory
Biodiversity
Kyoto
Carbon
Marpol
CFCS
Ozone
CITES
POPs
DDT
UNCLOS
Driftnet
UNEP
Dumping
Whaling



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