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Conservation with justice - A rights-based approach
… broader guarantees of conservation as itself a right are emerging. A further challenge may arise from … across groups or within a single group. The right to property, e.g., may be asserted to limit the designation of a … asserted that the government had violated the right to property of all Panamanians by authorizing construction of a …
Rights-based approaches - Exploring issues and opportunities for conservation
… Participatory Action Research PARF Protected Area People’s Right Federation (National coalition of communities affected … renewable energy. At FIELD she worked on intellectual property, traditional knowledge and biodiversity issues in … two examples of traditional knowledge and intellectual property rights regimes that consider gender issues and could …
The Futures of Privately Protected Areas
… and tools for Land Stewardship: a roadmap towards a full property transfer 94 The Futures of Privately Protected Areas … of quarries. In 1824 a German botanist acquired a large property in Veracruz, Mexico that he managed as a coffee … and wills, loan contracts, or agreements granting the right to use the property 4. Included in a local or national …
Poverty and conservation: Landscapes, people and power
… to biodiversity. As examples, does clarifying who owns the property rights to each area result in long-term sustainable … answer to the question of whether “clarifying who owns the property rights to each area result in long-term sustainable … to support poverty reduction as a fundamental human right and development goal. The conservation approach …
An introduction to the African Convention on the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources
… should be guided by three principles, including the right to a satisfactory environment and the right to … unnecessary suffering on people and damaging their property, the scope has gradually broadened to include … technology. This might mean the protection of intellectual property rights, which is generally considered to serve as an …
A critique of transboundary natural resource management in Southern Africa
… transboundary re- sources, based on the theory of common property and the so-called “tragedy of the commons.” The … (Goldman 1998). Still, there is no doubt that common property re- sources have in many cases been overexploited as … progress to date but rather to ensure that its design is right. There remain numerous but pertinent issues that need …
Governance of Protected Areas: From understanding to action
… simply remain effective conservation measures in their own right. Thus, areas that do not fit the IUCN definition of a … (on the lands owned by the individuals or held as common property resource), respectively. Neither arrangement is … commonly in the form of fees, licensing and permits84 and property taxes; • spending powers: related, for example, to …
An introduction to the African Convention on the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources
… should be guided by three principles, including the right to a satisfactory environment and the right to … unnecessary suffering on people and damaging their property, the scope has gradually broadened to include … technology. This might mean the protection of intellectual property rights, which is generally considered to serve as an …
Biodiversity offsets: Views, experience, and the business case
… the south shore of the Great Salt Lake. However, this property contained designated wetland habitat and, as … flowed into the mitigation site in February 1997 and the property officially became referred to as the Inland Sea … Steve Botts from Antamina explains: “If we do things right, this open doors elsewhere. The most important driver …
Legal aspects of Connectivity Conservation Volume 1 - A Concept Paper
… areas (PA) legislation. As a major project in its own right, the Guidelines were not able to analyse in depth the … of constitutional responsibilities, the social function of property, the Forest Code and water resources. She has … regulation where it intrudes unreasonably into private property rights and, in effect, becomes equivalent to eminent …