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Bio-Cultural Community Protocols: A community approach to Ensuring the Integrity of Environmental Law and Policy
… Community Protocols in the Context of Payment for Ecosystem Services CHAPTER 7 Bio-cultural Jurisprudence The … Services FAO Food and Agriculture Organization FCPF Forest Carbon Partnership Facility FPIC Free, Prior and … Areas REDD Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation TK Traditional Knowledge, which is a term …
Review of Statutory and Customary Law in the Xe Champhone Ramsar Site, LAO PDR - Implications for a rights-based approach to conservation
… decision-making to improve livelihood security, human and ecosystem health. www.iucn.org/asia/mekong_dialogues Contents … of Understanding NA National Assembly NTFP Non-timber forest products NW North-West PM Prime Minister Ramsar Ramsar … hunting; fishing; cutting trees; collecting non-timber forest products (NTFP); taking water; using a boat; and …
Community Protocols for Environmental Sustainability: A Guide for Policymakers
… knowledge databases and registers 32 5.4 Payment for ecosystem services 33 5.5 REDD schemes 34 5.6 Environmental … services; • Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+ schemes); • environmental … including rewards for enhancing carbon storage through forest restoration, rehabilitation and afforestation/ …
Promoting responsible investment in agriculture and food systems - Guide to assess national regulatory frameworks affecting larger-scale private investments
… sustainable management of forests and enhancement of forest carbon stocks RTFG … resources, and contributing to the restoration of ecosystem functions and services, and in … the provision of desirable ecosystem services will also support responsible … of natural agro‐systems and the diminishment of ecosystem functions. Integrated water …
Customs and Constitutions: State recognition of customary law around the world
… and stipulates that their common use of land, water and forest will be regulated by law.126The Venezuelan and … where indigenous communities are located within the forest.136 Ecuador’s constitution has provisions on natural … people to the exclusive possession of their land, forest, fisheries and other properties they possess. It …
Customary laws: Governing natural resource management in the northern areas
… water Nullah – stream, and the surrounding pasture and forest land Numberdar/Lumbardar/Trangpa – village headman … in them; forests, including timber and non-timber forest products; wildlife; and water. x i i C u s t o m a ry … Commercial exploitation of natural resources, particularly forest resources, is now subject to majority consensus. 2. …
Statutory recognition of customary land rights in Africa - An investigation into best practices for lawmaking and implementation
… Angola, Guinea Bissau, 1990 - 1997 RIVER ‘Free’ Forest Common Use Forest Reserve Common Use Now Now + 3 years Now + 6 years Now … to custom. Significantly, because of Botswana's semi-arid ecosystem, among other factors, its average population …