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Customary laws: Governing natural resource management in the northern areas

Governing Natural Resource Management in the Northern Areas C … s t o m a r y Planning & Development Dept., Northern Areas Governing Natural Resource Management in the Northern Areas C … by the fact that, despite the existence of a large body of statutory laws aimed at promoting responsible and …
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Statutory recognition of customary land rights in Africa - An investigation into best practices for lawmaking and implementation

… a number of African governments have overhauled their governing land legislation and crafted new laws. The aim of … behaviours, "forum shopping" and weak capacity of either body of law to resolve conflicts (Delville, 2007 at 39). … (3) the contractual strategy "define[s] the general rules governing land tenure relationships…[but does] not dictate …
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Customs and Constitutions: State recognition of customary law around the world

… statutory reform, to appropriately recognize customary law governing natural resources, and to contribute to the … historically been recognized by many scholars as a valid body of law, thereby decreasing the chance of recognition by … that any minority group is entitled to establish self-governing agencies.209 Provisions specific to ethnic groups …
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Non-judicial grievance mechanisms in land-related disputes in Sierra Leone

… Mines and Minerals Act 2009,  the major  legislation governing  the operation of mines and  the  … iciary. They are more in number than any other adjudicatory body in the country, with at  least one found  … all  over  the  country;  (3)  instituting  one  such  body  to  deal  with  certain  administrative  or  …
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Promoting responsible investment in agriculture and food systems - Guide to assess national regulatory frameworks affecting larger-scale private investments

… ronmental impacts, suggesting the need for a more technical body to conduct the study.  … Regulatory  frameworks  governing  agricultural  investments  are  complex  as  they  … also  have  traditional  conflict  management  mechanisms  governing  their  internal  affairs.  Company  grievance  …
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Community Protocols for Environmental Sustainability: A Guide for Policymakers

… of customary law “offers the possibility of establishing a body of guiding principles which can assist in building … other benefits to ILCs. A range of actors are involved in governing protected areas, including State agencies, ILCs, … P.J. S., Qiu, W., and De Santo, E. M. (2011). (Eds.) Governing Marine Protected Areas: getting the balance right – …
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Review of Statutory and Customary Law in the Xe Champhone Ramsar Site, LAO PDR - Implications for a rights-based approach to conservation

… 3 2. CUSTOMARY LAWS GOVERNING NATURAL RESOURCES IN THE XE CHAMPHONE WETLANDS … 50 5. IMPLICATIONS FOR GOVERNING RAMSAR SITES IN LAO PDR … aquaculture and fishing carried in one specific body of water to provide basic food for the daily life of a … ‘aboveground water sources’ as places where there is a body of water which occurs in long connecting flows and in …
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Bio-Cultural Community Protocols: A community approach to Ensuring the Integrity of Environmental Law and Policy

… their bio-cultural values. Although there is a significant body of work pertaining to sui generis systems of the … constructionist understandings of identity. A growing body of scholarship has pointed to the rising influence of … our traditions. We will then hold a meeting of our governing body, the appropriate Gunis, local conservation …
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United Nations Convention on the Law of the Non-Navigational Uses of International Watercourses - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… resources have referred it as a source of standards governing their relations and as a model for ad hoc … to Cause Significant Harm Another fundamental principle governing states’ conduct in relation to international …
25 May 2026 Course lesson in Marine and Freshwater