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(6,145 posts)TPP contains no such enforcement mechanism, only "commitments" and guidelines for self policing. From the TPP leaked environment chapter.
From NAFTA:
The "action plan" may be significant for several reasons. First, it may provide an objective
way for the panel to measure progress toward better enforcement. Second, bureaucratic benefits
may develop in having an action plan imposed on a country. For example, an environmental
agency might use the plan as justification for a larger budget request for its regulatory staff.
Third, the action plan may embarrass a government into mending its ways.
Whenever a complaining party believes that an action plan is not being fully implemented, it
may reconvene the panel. n120 If the panel decides that the defendant country is not fully
implementing the plan, the panel must impose a "monetary enforcement assessment" within 60
days. n121 For 1994, the penalty is capped at $ 20 million.
"Re-negotiated" environmental self-policing plan from TPP:
Each Party further commits to:
take appropriate measures to protect and conserve wild fauna and flora that are at risk within its territory, including measures to conserve the integrity of designated natural protected areas;20
maintain or strengthen government capacity and institutional frameworks to promote sustainable forest management and wild fauna and flora conservation, and endeavor to enhance public participation and transparency therein; and
endeavor to develop and strengthen cooperation and consultation with interested non-governmental entities in order to enhance implementation of measures to combat the illegal take of or illegal trade in wild fauna and flora.