Search results
5 Results
Sorted by relevance
Promoting responsible investment in agriculture and food systems - Guide to assess national regulatory frameworks affecting larger-scale private investments
… FAO LEGAL PAPERS ONLINE 2016 1 INTRODUCTION Background Recent years have … institutions, to establish monitoring, assessment and reporting systems in order to: i. … guidelines. FAO Development Law Service legal paper online. Rome. http://www.fao.org/legal/prs‐ ol/lpo12.pdf …
Customs and Constitutions: State recognition of customary law around the world
… are so vital and intrinsic a part of a social and economic system that they are treated as if they are laws.”1 Tobin and … to the Convention on Biological Diversity. Available online: http://www.cbd.int/nagoya/outcomes/ (accessed 12 … current national written constitutions worldwide, found in online databases. In some instances, unofficial translations …
Review of Statutory and Customary Law in the Xe Champhone Ramsar Site, LAO PDR - Implications for a rights-based approach to conservation
… interactions between customary law and the formal justice system; and changes in customary laws reported by the ethnic … possible recognition of customary law in the statutory law system in Lao PDR. The substantive content of customary law … is not effective due to weaknesses in the monitoring system, and lack of appropriate compliance and enforcement …
Bio-Cultural Community Protocols: A community approach to Ensuring the Integrity of Environmental Law and Policy
… of Article 8(j) that seeks to affirm and promote a value system underlying the ways of life that have conserved and … and forest degradation; and designing national monitoring, reporting and verification systems. The Carbon Finance … such as searchable ethno-biological databases and online mapping. Bio-prospecting has yielded valuable …
Statutory recognition of customary land rights in Africa - An investigation into best practices for lawmaking and implementation
… rights and responsibilities inherent in the national legal system to rural communities; How to balance what happens on … (White, 2000 at 11). While the land boards have multiple reporting obligations to the central government, they have no … context: the 1997 Mozambican Land Law. FAO Legal Papers Online No. 26. Rome, FAO (available at www.fao.org). Tanner, …