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Forest fires and the law: a guide for national drafters based on the fire management voluntary guidelines
… OF THE UNITED NATIONS Rome, 2009 Forest fires and the law A guide for national drafters based on the Fire … by the forest authority, to village committees or to customary authorities, as well as mandating collaboration … at http: / /faolex.fao.org/fishery 58. Readings in African customary water law, 1996 (E/F) 59. Cadre juridique de la …
Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security
… 12 9. Indigenous peoples and other communities with customary tenure systems 14 10. Informal tenure 16 Transfers … with States’ existing obligations under international law, including the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and … public, private, communal, collective, indigenous and customary. 2.5 These Guidelines should be interpreted and …
Improving access to forest resources - Experiences in informal tenure reform from IUCN’s Livelihoods and Landscapes Strategy
… imply a form of tenure that benefits from recognition in law or government regulation, without necessarily involving … target of Hughes’ argument, most of the land is under customary tenure which is recognized under the Constitution, although customary land is not registered. Hughes argues specifically …
Restoring Forest Landscapes - An introduction to the art and science of forest landscape restoration
… traditional community assemblies that lay down and enforce customary by-laws. It wasn’t long before the ngitili were … markets available Land tenure and other legislation Customary property rights; customary laws Conflicting … of state- sanctioned property rights or rule of law Clear property rights, although much land still held by …
Towards a mutually supportive relationship between the Convention on Biological Diversity and the World Trade Organisation: An action guide
… IUCN Environmental Law Programme Towards a mutually supportive relationship … diversity”. � Article 10(d) calls for protecting customary use of biological resources compatible with … � Article 8(j) on traditional knowledge � Article 10(c) on customary use in accordance with traditional cultural …
Legal aspects in the implementation of CDM Forestry Principles
… Jens Mackensen and Gerald Scholz IUCN Environmental Law Programme IUCN – The World Conservation Union Founded in … system of land ownership. Land is administered by both customary law rules and practices on one hand and enacted … other. No CDM project can ignore subsisting traditional customary rights, since most of the lands to be used for CDM …
Assessing the international forest regime
… Regime Edited by Richard G. Tarasofsky IUCN Environmental Law Centre IUCN Environmental Policy and Law Paper No. 37 … and local communities and to protect and encourage the customary uses of biological resources in accordance with traditional customary practices compatible with the conservation and …
Legal and institutional aspects of urban and peri-urban foresty and greening
… forestry and greening Lidija Knuth for the Development Law Service FAO Legal Office 32 0 CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS … the Forest Conservation Service (FORC) and the Development Law Service (LEGN), for their support throughout this study. … documents, strategies and programmes, as well as relevant customary rules. In doing so, the following checklist should …
Poverty and conservation: Landscapes, people and power
… development projects and government responsibilities for law enforcement have been neglected. Few park agencies have … in weaker versions as de facto rights. They can arise from customary law derived from the norms and practices of long … In many countries, conflicts between statutory and customary law are endemic, creating a dissonance in resource …
Assessing forest landscape restoration opportunities at the national level: A guide to the Restoration Opportunities Assessment Methodology (ROAM)
… large / small farmers etc.). These are likely to be customary leaders or local authorities. They have a stake in … the future. Their role in the process is to represent the customary or statutory owners of the land and make sure that … for restoration are identified Crisis events are leveraged Law requiring restoration exist Law requiring restoration is …