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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 … governance systems require community service to maintain supply of a critical resource – water. They also provide for …
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 … regulatory framework. For example, to increase the supply of food and …
Community Protocols for Environmental Sustainability: A Guide for Policymakers
… one ES provider, if and only if the provider continues to supply that service (conditionality)” (Wunder, 2007). … 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 …
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 … HIV/AIDS may in some situations be serving to increase the supply of land in rural areas, as families may have …
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 … Sierra Leone started to notice that their drinking water, which is taken from a nearby stream, tasted … linked to chemicals being introduced into the water by nearby agricultural operations; the community …
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 … because of the importance of the forest for fruits, honey, water and wildlife, its use for grazing and wood must be … one ES provider if and only if the provider continues to supply that service (conditionality). 10 PES seeks to reward …
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 … and [for producing] food for the public, raw materials to supply industrial processing factories, and commodities for …
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 … a participatory, demand-management approach to rural water supply. The paper is based on research conducted by ACTS2 in …