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Community Protocols for Environmental Sustainability: A Guide for Policymakers
… and financial assistance. The Spain-UNEP Partnership seeks to improve management, governance and connectivity of … Sylvia Bankobeza, UNEP; Gino Cocchiaro, Natural Justice; Neva Collings; Maria Jesús De Pablo, UNEP; Craig … beyond 6 Protection of traditional knowledge 7 Regulating access to the traditional territories, natural and other …
Non-judicial grievance mechanisms in land-related disputes in Sierra Leone
… been endorsed or recommended by FAO in preference to others of a similar nature that are not mentioned. The … 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 VGGT, …
Statutory recognition of customary land rights in Africa - An investigation into best practices for lawmaking and implementation
… the recent trend of granting vast areas of African land to foreign investors, the urgency of placing real ownership … ix 3 17 45 99 151 213 241 287 FOREWORD Ensuring secure access to land is a key element of protecting the right to … the Poor (supported by FAO and others), the World Bank's Justice for the Poor program, and various other bilateral and …
Bio-Cultural Community Protocols: A community approach to Ensuring the Integrity of Environmental Law and Policy
… BIO-CULTURAL COMMUNITY PROTOCOLS A Community Approach to Ensuring the Integrity of Environmental Law and Policy A … Acknowledgements: This publication is compiled by Natural Justice with support from UNEP Division for Environment Law … in the Negotiations of the International Regime on Access and Benefit Sharing CHAPTER 4 Bio-cultural Community …
Customs and Constitutions: State recognition of customary law around the world
… effective advocates for recognition of customary rights to territory and resources and have increasing influence in … Press. 7 Nkonya, L. K. (2006). ‘Customary Laws for Access to and Management of Drinking Water in Tanzania’. Law, … statute, human rights, rights of women, natural justice, or public order, or other forms of customs that are …
Sources of international law (Part I) - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… part of a course in the InforMEA e-learning platform, go to https://elearning.informea.org to take the complete course … International environmental law 2. International Court of Justice Sources of international law 3. Law of Treaties 3.1. … the first optional protocol of which deals with direct access for individuals to the committee established under it. …
Promoting responsible investment in agriculture and food systems - Guide to assess national regulatory frameworks affecting larger-scale private investments
… investment in agriculture and food systems Guide to assess national regulatory frameworks affecting … investment in agriculture and food systems Guide to assess national regulatory frameworks affecting … 5. Respect tenure of land, fisheries and forests, and access to water. 6. Conserve and …
Review of Statutory and Customary Law in the Xe Champhone Ramsar Site, LAO PDR - Implications for a rights-based approach to conservation
… Site, Lao PDR Implications for a rights-based approach to conservation Patricia Moore, Minavanh Pholsena, Ketsana … 1 1.1 MINISTRY OF JUSTICE CUSTOMARY LAW PROJECT … unaware of the country’s statutory laws and do not have access to them. Customary rules and practices, which have …
Customary laws: Governing natural resource management in the northern areas
… The objective of this survey and analysis was to begin to draw out and understand the issues at the … and a short growing season. The mountainous terrain makes access difficult and even areas within the region remain … will have no objection, however, you are expected to do justice with the subjects. Letter number 165/7-1650/5 dated …