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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
… is accepted by IUCN or its employees for any loss or damage arising from reliance on the information … in the national context of Lao PDR. Xe Champhone is the habitat of one of the few surviving wild populations of the … purpose; trading in crocodiles and damaging crocodile habitat in any way; taking any action that blocks pathways …
Community Protocols for Environmental Sustainability: A Guide for Policymakers
… a wide range of other pressures, from climate change to loss of access to traditional territories. ILCs use community … wetlands conservation, watershed protection and species, habitat and biodiversity conservation (von Braun, 2009). … broader local population places significant pressures on habitat for medicinal plants required by the Traditional …
Promoting responsible investment in agriculture and food systems - Guide to assess national regulatory frameworks affecting larger-scale private investments
… of authority and discretion to determine whether a loss of a licence and disqualification from future … of International Importance, especially as Waterfowl Habitat. Convention on the International … of International Importance, especially as Waterfowl Habitat. Rotterdam Convention on the …
Bio-Cultural Community Protocols: A community approach to Ensuring the Integrity of Environmental Law and Policy
… of the contents, and shall not be liable for any loss or damage that may be occasioned directly or indirectly … dealing with modern global concerns such as biodiversity loss and climate change, their implementation requires … protection (including soil protection), and species, habitat and biodiversity conservation. 14 4. Millennium …
Customs and Constitutions: State recognition of customary law around the world
… of International Importance especially as Waterfowl Habitat (Ramsar). Opened for signature 2 February 1971. … the Fokontany (villages) to take measures to prevent loss of their land, but also extends this to protection of … to develop their identity with a reference to their ‘habitat,’ thereby linking cultural preservation and land …
Statutory recognition of customary land rights in Africa - An investigation into best practices for lawmaking and implementation
… customary safeguards of women's land rights erode. Fearing loss of land, customary leaders and families move from more … Change, 3(1)(2): 149–183, January and April 2003. UN HABITAT. 2005. Land tenure, housing rights and gender in … Law, Land Tenure and Gender Review Series. Nairobi, UN HABITAT. Unruh , J.D. 2006. Land tenure and the 'Evidence …