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Freshwater Law and Governance: Global and Regional Perspectives for Sustainability

… Freshwater Law and Governance: Global and Regional Perspectives for … and regional perspectives for sustainabil ity i Freshwater Law and Governance: Global and Regional Perspectives for … 3.6.3. Relationship of the UN Watercourses Convention to customary international law
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Document - Freshwater Law and Governance: Global and Regional Perspectives for Sustainability

… Governance 26-28 November 2014, Nairobi, Kenya FRESHWATER LAW AND GOVERNANCE: GLOBAL AND REGIONAL PERSPECTIVES FOR … 3.6.3. Relationship of the UN Watercourses Convention to customary international law ........ 64 3.6.4. Relationship … 79 4.2.1. Customary international law and the doctrine of …
21 Jun 2026 Document in Marine and Freshwater

Framework for Assessing and Improving Law for Sustainability - A Legal Component of a Natural Resource Governance Framework

… IUCN Environmental Law Programme Environmental Law Centre Godesberger Allee … or to other people in relation to natural resources. Customary rules of indigenous and traditional communities may … or religious communities (sometimes referred to as customary law), which can be recognized by states through …
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Principles and concepts of international environmental law (Part 2) - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… – Principles and concepts of international environmental law (Part 2) Book to Unit 3 – Principles and concepts of … everyone, several nation’s constitutions, legislation or customary law recognizes property rights which indigenous or … http://leo.informea.org/terms/customary-law Indigenous and local communities A related …
21 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

Natural Resource Governance. Trainers' Manual

… by Patti Moore, Head of IUCN’s Regional Environmental Law Program, Asia, and incorporates intellectual input from … 107 Session 8: Governance Component: Statutory and Customary Laws 113 Session 9: Governance Component: … institutions or organizations. 4. Did statutory or customary laws specify what the decision should be and/or how …
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Improving governance of pastoral lands

… Policy Ian Hannam IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law Emmanuel Nuesri IUCN Commission on Environment, Economic … . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Action area 4: Recognize customary systems and strengthen synergies with statutory … culture. While some governments may see the strength of customary governance as a hindrance to development, this …
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Legal frameworks for REDD: design and implementation at the national level

… at the National Level IUCN Environmental Policy and Law Paper No. 77 IUCN Environmental Law Programme … emissions in the forest sector – the relationship between customary and statutory rights in land is problematic. REDD … the owner, or state authorities, may withdraw them.4 1.2.1 Customary rights vs. statutory rights In developing …
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Mainstreaming Gender Equality and Equity in ABS Governance

… 65 3.6 Gender and Customary Law under the CBD............... 67 3.7 Gender and Article 8 … are enshrined in cultural practices, and/or national or customary law, resistance to change may be strong. Resistance …
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Governance of Protected Areas: From understanding to action

… Parks by a single hectare. In 2006, a new Protected Area Law instituted a system of shared governance for all French … should then be undertaken, identifying local legal and customary rights, interests, concerns and capacities for … peoples, local communities and actors entitled because of customary rights and considerations of gender and social …
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Rule: Reforming water governance

… on a journey which provides an overview of what makes good law, policy and institutions, and the steps needed to build a … with other natural resource laws and, when possible, with customary and traditional laws. 3. Water law must establish … system in which it operates. It may also be shaped by the customary laws that preceded it. Thus, to understand or …
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