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Global Land Outlook
… 40 4 Convergence of Evidence 52 5 Land Resources and Human Security 78 PART TWO: THE OUTLOOK 104 6 Scenarios of … management, and planning for sustainable development and human security. Finally, this Outlook could not have been … grab large tracts of arable land, usually with water rights and access to transport infrastructure, as a hedge …
Conservation and sustainable development in mountain areas
… Poverty and Conservation – Responding to the Challenge of Human Well-being 10 Poverty in Mountain Areas 11 Peace Parks … poverty and conservation – responding to the challenge of human well-being 3) Biodiversity loss and species extinction … for their groups to function well, stand up for their rights, and recognise and resolve conflicts. Before the …
Governance of Shared Waters - Legal and Institutional Issues
… naturally provide, and guaranteeing the right to water for human well-being. States should be aware, in addition to … which citizens express their interests, exercise their rights, meet their obligations and resolve their differences. … the overall welfare of ecosystems and the quality of human life. 4 5 Key Questions Key Questions Chapter 1 Space …
Flow : The essentials of environmental flows
… levels will be necessary to implement a successful regime. Rights over access to and use of water will need to be accom- … held and managed on behalf of the public to sustain basic human and ecological requirements. In the mountains of … it is accepted that removal of water from the river for human uses, such as public supply, irrigation and industrial …
Legal aspects of Connectivity Conservation Volume 1 - A Concept Paper
… change, maintain essential ecosystem processes, and meet human needs, including water production, soil conservation, … of the Philippines. He is co-founder of the Legal Rights and Natural Resources Center – Friends of the Earth … University with majors in natural resource management and human ecology, and was a recipient of the 2008 MR Jacobs …
Law, Policy and Dryland Ecosystems in the People's Republic of China
… 35 3.5.2 Human causes of LD … The causes include both natural ecological factors and human-induced activities, where among the latter are … sector involvement, including land tenure; land-use rights; gender rights and market access; compensation measures for grassland …
Nature-based solutions to address global societal challenges
… 2.3 Nature-based Solutions for human health … Case Study 6 Jordan: Securing rights and restoring lands for improved livelihoods … Challenges Climate Change Disaster Risk Food Security Human Health Water Security Economic and Social Development … of the project, the implementation process, their rights and role in the project, and the benefits they may …
Land Degradation Neutrality: implications and opportunities for conservation - Nature based solutions to desertification, land degradation and drought
… Global Drylands Initiative, CEM, WCEL, WCPA and CEC. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or … it undermines food, water and livelihood security, human health, and energy supply, with further implications for poverty, conflict and human displacement. Drivers of land degradation include over …
Shared resources: Issues of governance
… 192 10.4.4 Considering indigenous participation and rights ........................................... 192 10.4.5 … flood control, hydropower, environmental protection, and human health. The physical, economic, and social disparities … the result of the action and interaction of natural and/or human factors. Landscape protection means action to conserve …
Prevention, management and resolution of social conflict as a key requirement for conservation and management of ecosystems
… of conservation interventions affecting their interests, rights, knowledge, traditions and livelihoods; MINDFUL that … 3.015 Conserving nature and reducing poverty by linking human rights and the environment (Bangkok, 2004) and 4.056 … degradation; d. engage with the Conservation Initiative on Human Rights, recognised conflict experts, and similar …