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Promoting responsible investment in agriculture and food systems - Guide to assess national regulatory frameworks affecting larger-scale private investments
… with all relevant stakeholders, especially the most vulnerable, and as appropriate with national human rights … of biologically modified organisms, the use of alien species, varieties and breeds for livestock, … or wild populations, negative impacts on non‐target species, resources and habitats and …
Bio-Cultural Community Protocols: A community approach to Ensuring the Integrity of Environmental Law and Policy
… practices that contaminate or destroy the natural world, species and habitats, sacred sites, and our communities and … habitation and survival. This tendency leaves communities vulnerable to a series of single-issue remedial interventions … to replace or improve our breeds have left us particularly vulnerable to the recurring droughts which are causing our …
Statutory recognition of customary land rights in Africa - An investigation into best practices for lawmaking and implementation
… land rights, and explicitly protects the land rights of vulnerable groups. In doing so, it creates a hybrid of … 4. Explicitly protect the land claims of women and other vulnerable groups and establish women's right to hold or own … such as prohibitions on the hunting of protected species, the use of certain weapons and traps, illegal …
Review of Statutory and Customary Law in the Xe Champhone Ramsar Site, LAO PDR - Implications for a rights-based approach to conservation
… 15 3.2.2 Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) ........ 16 3.2.3 … is disseminated in order to secure the rights of vulnerable communities, improve their livelihoods and promote … CITES Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora IUCN International Union for …
Community Protocols for Environmental Sustainability: A Guide for Policymakers
… of which they are part; this includes diversity within species, between species and of ecosystems (CBD, Article 2). Collaboratively … with particular attention to the needs of women and vulnerable and/or disadvantaged groups; • is free of external …
Customs and Constitutions: State recognition of customary law around the world
… The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora16 and the Convention on … importance of wetlands. The Convention on Migratory Species preserves rights to traditional subsistence … all public officers have the duty to address the needs of vulnerable groups within society, including women, older …