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Promoting responsible investment in agriculture and food systems - Guide to assess national regulatory frameworks affecting larger-scale private investments
… for enforcement. In some contexts, there is a risk that … of legislation or institutions needed. Given the risk of overlap and inconsistency, it may be preferable … stakeholders who can participate, to avoid the risk of excluding particular groups who might not have …
Bio-Cultural Community Protocols: A community approach to Ensuring the Integrity of Environmental Law and Policy
… BCP Bio-cultural Community Protocol BMC Biodiversity Management Committee CBD Convention on Biological Diversity … have long played a role in their conservation. There is a risk that by viewing forest carbon as a tradable commodity, … l ihoods and bio - cultura l ways of l i fe . 5. Reducing Risk, Increasing Certainty An inventory of national and …
Community Protocols for Environmental Sustainability: A Guide for Policymakers
… assistance. The Spain-UNEP Partnership seeks to improve management, governance and connectivity of protected areas … without formal rights and title to their territories could risk being excluded from their forests (Wood, 2009). … generis systems that were already in place and avoided the risk of imposing benefit sharing schemes which may have …
Review of Statutory and Customary Law in the Xe Champhone Ramsar Site, LAO PDR - Implications for a rights-based approach to conservation
… Soft Law and is the headquarters for the UNEP, FAO, IUCN Management Unit for the joint initiative known as ECOLEX. The … and the Kuan Cham Ban; to disregard their advice is to risk one’s life. Outsiders are also subject to spiritual … • Disregard of advice from the fortune teller is to risk one’s life. • Anybody can learn to be the fortune …
Customs and Constitutions: State recognition of customary law around the world
… as the goal, with customary principles of natural resource management as instruments for achieving it. Particularly in … knowledge and capacity.12 This may open them to the risk of a State-imposed penalty. It may also result in … of Congress, in the event of epidemic which represents a risk for their population or in the interest of Brazilian …
Statutory recognition of customary land rights in Africa - An investigation into best practices for lawmaking and implementation
… to, inter alia, administration of tenure, land reform, management of state land, resolving land disputes, attracting … to encourage sustainable resource use while minimizing the risk/magnitude of negative impacts and mitigating them. … product and local living conditions. However, there is a risk that such land concessions are dispossessing or hemming …
Non-judicial grievance mechanisms in land-related disputes in Sierra Leone
… Furthermore, there are differing views on land management authority, in particular with … is responsible for the sustainable management of resources in agriculture and forestry to … themselves carries the serious risk of abuse of power and overreach by these …