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A guide to designing legal and institutional frameworks on alien invasive species
… 1.4 Potential Health Impacts … 2.4.1 International Health Regulations (1969) … been recognised as one of the most serious threats to our health, and to our ecological, social and economic … species in their scientific, ecological, economic, health, and legal context. Chapters 2-3 provide an overview …
Conservation with justice - A rights-based approach
… Change UNFF United Nations Forum on Forests WHO World Health Organization xiv 1 1 Introduction In the United … and community rights, such as the rights to life, health, water, food, and nondiscrimination.2 Countermeasures … of many human rights, among them the rights to life, health, personal security, and an adequate standard of …
Advancing the Species Conservation Agenda. An overview of the IUCN SSC Network 2009 2012
… of global biodiversity, thus providing measures for the health of our one and only biosphere, and • to monitor, … from a number of SSC Specialist Groups, and the Wildlife Health Specialist Group 3 (WHSG) was named in an important … decision on disease in migratory species. On the issue of “health”, three UN organizations, WHO, FAO and OIE have been …
Green Infrastructure Guide for Water Management: Ecosystem-based management approaches for water-related infrastructure projects
… industrial and economic activity, as well as for the health of ecosystems. Grey infrastructure, including water … river of its sediments may be as detrimental to ecosystem health as excess sediment loads. Water temperature control … climate change, including increased flood risks and public health stresses, Chicago adopted and is implementing its …
State of Biodiversity in West Asia
… Asia depend heavily on the nutritional, industrial and health benefits of the region’s biodiversity, which are … via ballast water, with resulting ecological, economic and health problems. West Asia is part of the Arab region and the … a rapidly growing area of concern for ecosystems and health in the region, notwithstanding the benefits of …
Poverty and conservation: Landscapes, people and power
… more to address poverty reduction and that poor ecosystem health will often undermine social and economic stability and … women 4. Reduce child mortality 5. Improve maternal health 6. Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria, and other diseases 7. … more to address poverty reduction and that poor ecosystem health will often undermine social and economic stability and …
Lessons learnt in the establishment and management of protected areas by indigenous and local communities in South Asia. TILCEPA report
… government to overcome the conflicts and improve ecosystem health. These included, establishment of three new categories … Ranganaswamy Temple Sanctuary in Karnataka, enjoy a better health and nutritional status than 15 Coastal Zone Management … process in the village, such as systems of education, health and finance. An example of this is Hivare Bazar …
Rights-based approaches - Exploring issues and opportunities for conservation
… social and cultural rights, such as the rights to health, an adequate standard of living, freedom from hunger … help realise substantive human rights, such as those to health, culture and food. Likewise, the realisation of human … substantive rights,• such as to life, personal security, health, an adequate standard of living, education, freedom to …
Guidelines for species conservation planning - version 1.0
… Medicinal Plant Specialist Group: Danna Leaman. Wildlife Health Specialist Group: several anonymous. Durrell Wildlife … population, its full role is now captured in the One Health principle, namely that the health of people, of animals (both wild and domestic) and of …
Review of the Legal and Policy Framework for Transboundary Natural Resource Management in Southern Africa
… of different organisms as well as the socio-economic and health conditions of communities.”75 The law “places this … controlling animal diseases. In Zimbabwe, under the Animal Health Act, various measures that have a transboundary impact … have a: “right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and his family.” Water is …