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Customary laws: Governing natural resource management in the northern areas

… Governing Natural Resource Management in the Northern Areas C u s t o m a r y … 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 …
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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

… 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 … the team undertook a desk study on laws governing natural resource use in Lao PDR as well as comprehensive field work …
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Customs and Constitutions: State recognition of customary law around the world

… can have sanctions attached. They are derived from natural resource use – some practices and beliefs acquire the force … 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 …
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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  … and  gender  equality, and address land and other resource rights affecting food security and nutrition‐ all  …
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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/ … into account the physical unity of interconnected surface water and groundwater when managing shared freshwater …
20 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Marine and Freshwater

Statutory recognition of customary land rights in Africa - An investigation into best practices for lawmaking and implementation

… are quantified and measures taken to encourage sustainable resource use while minimizing the risk/magnitude of negative … 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 …
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Bio-Cultural Community Protocols: A community approach to Ensuring the Integrity of Environmental Law and Policy

… on Biological Diversity CBNRM Community-based Natural Resource Management CMPA Collaboratively Managed Protected … as embedded within a network of relationships with land, water, plants, and animals, expressed through culture and … because of the importance of the forest for fruits, honey, water and wildlife, its use for grazing and wood must be …
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Community Protocols for Environmental Sustainability: A Guide for Policymakers

… can use. I am sure this guide will serve as a valuable resource in your work. Bakary Kante Director Division of … 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 …
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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  … around  policy making,  oversight,  coordination,  resource mobilization  and  monitoring and evaluation.     … Sierra  Leone  started  to notice  that  their drinking water,  which  is  taken  from  a  nearby  stream,  tasted  …
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Sources of international law (Part I) - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… and International Lakes with its 1999 Protocol on Water and Health and its 2003 (Kiev) Protocol on Civil …
20 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Environmental Governance