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Promoting responsible investment in agriculture and food systems - Guide to assess national regulatory frameworks affecting larger-scale private investments
… 3.5 Tenure of land, fisheries, forests, and access to water............................................... 37 3.6 … or lead to environmental degradation and water scarcity, thereby reversing development pathways … also ensure food is of sufficient quantity and quality to satisfy dietary needs of particular types …
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Non-Navigational Uses of International Watercourses - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… to cooperation in the joint management of shared water resources. Considering the authoritative character of … and as a model for ad hoc agreements regulating specific water bodies. http://www.unwatercoursesconvention.org/ … use, and thus to water quantity, rather than to water quality. However, as is clear from that text that equitable …
Review of Statutory and Customary Law in the Xe Champhone Ramsar Site, LAO PDR - Implications for a rights-based approach to conservation
… Approach to Conservation project and the Mekong Water Dialogues, facilitated by IUCN. No warranty as to the … advancing environmental law. www.iucn.org/law About Mekong Water Dialogues The Mekong Water Dialogues is coordinated and … Director General, Department of Environmental Quality Promotion, Ministry of Natural Resources and …
Customs and Constitutions: State recognition of customary law around the world
… as instruments for achieving it. Particularly in land and water allocation, and the settling of disputes related to … ‘Customary Laws for Access to and Management of Drinking Water in Tanzania’. Law, Environment and Development Journal … sufficient conditions to dispense an instruction of a quality conforming with official programmes or authorised …
Bio-Cultural Community Protocols: A community approach to Ensuring the Integrity of Environmental Law and Policy
… as embedded within a network of relationships with land, water, plants, and animals, expressed through culture and … I / CHAPTER 1 Integrity, as a holistic concept, judges the quality of a system in terms of its ability to achieve its … because of the importance of the forest for fruits, honey, water and wildlife, its use for grazing and wood must be …
Statutory recognition of customary land rights in Africa - An investigation into best practices for lawmaking and implementation
… of common property resources such as grazing, forests and water. They are thus both 'communal' and 'individual' in … in Africa 27 pool resources such as forests, pastures and water sources. Tanner (2005 at 13) explains that: "Each … the law's intent 4.7.4 Pro-investment policies impede quality community consultations 4.7.5 Lack of state oversight …
Non-judicial grievance mechanisms in land-related disputes in Sierra Leone
… leveraging the country’s vast natural land and water‐based resources (Poverty Reform Strategy Paper … the formal courts and to improve the quality of local justice, is being implemented. In 2015, … Sierra Leone started to notice that their drinking water, which is taken from a nearby stream, tasted …
Community Protocols for Environmental Sustainability: A Guide for Policymakers
… were selected based on a number of guiding criteria: • quality of primary and secondary material available; • … Australian Government Department of the Environment and Water Resources and the Poverty Reduction and Environment … Australian Government Department of the Environment and Water Resources and the Poverty Reduction and Environment …
Customary laws: Governing natural resource management in the northern areas
… wild grass Gandhak – sulphur Gon – turn at receiving water Haitien – village warden Hanafi fiqha – Hanafi school … fevers in parts of the Settled Areas Khusman – poor Kool – water channel, irrigation channel Kora – strap, whip; a … at killing insects but they destroy the taste and quality of the crop. Chemical fertilizers increase the crop …