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Statutory recognition of customary land rights in Africa - An investigation into best practices for lawmaking and implementation
… around the world, FAO, IFAD, UNCTAD and the World Bank Group (The World Bank, 2010a) have proposed the following … Lei de Terras (1997) decrees that anyone living or working on land for ten years in good faith has an automatic … extra-legal means of seeking justice. Various nations are working to proactively address these issues by integrating …
Promoting responsible investment in agriculture and food systems - Guide to assess national regulatory frameworks affecting larger-scale private investments
… entrust the review to an independent research institution, working in close cooperation with governmental … regions or other criteria, such as the size or type of the group, gender balance and … reating new jobs and fostering decent work through improved working conditions, …
Bio-Cultural Community Protocols: A community approach to Ensuring the Integrity of Environmental Law and Policy
… Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change WGABS Working Group on Access and Benefit Sharing 07 INTRODUCTION The next … communities’ ways of life and how, in contrast, the Working Group on Access and Benefit Sharing (WGABS) has …
Review of Statutory and Customary Law in the Xe Champhone Ramsar Site, LAO PDR - Implications for a rights-based approach to conservation
… and participation in the surveys, workshops and group discussions. Finally, we are very grateful to the … of the provincial secretariat and implementation working team for the management of Xe Champhone wetland, … appointing a provincial secretariat and an implementation working team. The secretariat created by this decision is …
Community Protocols for Environmental Sustainability: A Guide for Policymakers
… Environmental Law and Conventions (DELC) of UNEP has been working with various partners to further elaborate on this … organisations (NGOs), researchers, industry, and those working in government at the local, national and … some of its provisions, as proposed by the African Group of negotiators, and is closely linked to the work of …
Customary laws: Governing natural resource management in the northern areas
… Programme. xiii+67 pp. Design & Layout: Azhar Saeed, ECK Group, IUCN Pakistan Printed by: Ferozsons (Pvt) Limited. … ensure that those selected as zaitun are strict and hard working. They look after the crops and animals and keep a … Committee was formally constituted and started working in 1995. The members of this Committee are selected …
Customs and Constitutions: State recognition of customary law around the world
… Moore Dr. Alejandro Iza Head, Ecosystems and Livelihoods Group, Asia, and Regional Environmental Law Programme, Asia … (2002). Legal pluralism and dynamic property rights. CAPRi Working Paper no. 22. Washington, D.C.: International Food … Access Chanwai, K. and Richardson, B. (1998). 'Re- working Indigenous Customary Rights? The Case of Introduced …