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Statutory recognition of customary land rights in Africa - An investigation into best practices for lawmaking and implementation
… ix 3 17 45 99 151 213 241 287 FOREWORD Ensuring secure access to land is a key element of protecting the right to food of rural populations that depend on agriculture … and often unwilling to tackle issues such as women’s access to and control over land, which remains discriminatory …
Review of Statutory and Customary Law in the Xe Champhone Ramsar Site, LAO PDR - Implications for a rights-based approach to conservation
… unaware of the country’s statutory laws and do not have access to them. Customary rules and practices, which have … of the formal and informal systems, as needed; and improve access to justice, legal awareness, and legal empowerment at … land use rights (Article 22). Land titles give people the right to develop their land and land title can be …
Community Protocols for Environmental Sustainability: A Guide for Policymakers
… beyond 6 Protection of traditional knowledge 7 Regulating access to the traditional territories, natural and other … formally with the adoption of the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit Sharing under the Convention on Biological … Park ICA includes articles from human rights law, the right to food, the Food and Agricultural Organization of the …
Customs and Constitutions: State recognition of customary law around the world
… Press. 7 Nkonya, L. K. (2006). ‘Customary Laws for Access to and Management of Drinking Water in Tanzania’. Law, … this context, ‘common-pool’ is not used to refer to open access resources but rather a system of communal property. In … and agreements more specifically guarantee the right to own property.26 UNDRIP also calls for the …
Bio-Cultural Community Protocols: A community approach to Ensuring the Integrity of Environmental Law and Policy
… in the Negotiations of the International Regime on Access and Benefit Sharing CHAPTER 4 Bio-cultural Community … Protocol 74 58 42 12 08 06 76 52 20 37 68 ACRONYMS ABS Access and Benefit Sharing BABS Bio-prospecting and Access … to environmental and social benefits when ILCs have the right of free, prior and informed consent (FPIC) over any …
Promoting responsible investment in agriculture and food systems - Guide to assess national regulatory frameworks affecting larger-scale private investments
… ry Guidelines to Support the Progressive Realization of the Right to Adequate … 5. Respect tenure of land, fisheries and forests, and access to water. 6. Conserve and … times, have physical, economic and social access to … Voluntary Guidelines on the Progressive Realization of the Right to Adequate Food in the …
Non-judicial grievance mechanisms in land-related disputes in Sierra Leone
… governance of tenure, which places secure access to land, fisheries and forests firmly in the … issues such as gender, human rights and access to justice. A multi‐stakeholder platform on the … components of the above‐mentioned project, under the “right to food” theme, aimed at mapping and evaluating …
Customary laws: Governing natural resource management in the northern areas
… and a short growing season. The mountainous terrain makes access difficult and even areas within the region remain … Raja. The Rajas had the authority to withdraw any kind of right or concession as well. During British rule, Rajas … shared pastures. Then people started fighting over use and access to grass, herbs and firewood so the Settlement …