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Improving governance of pastoral lands

… Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food … Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food … forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss. Goal 16. Promote …
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Developing a Global Soil Regime

… loss of biodiversity, desertification, drought, and land degradation have become more prominent. While biodiversity … climate change have garnered close attention, issues of land degradation and sustainability of soils has attracted …
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Legal frameworks for REDD: design and implementation at the national level

… 3 1 Ownership of Land, Forest and Carbon … 15 1.2 Land and forest ownership and use rights … Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) poses a unique opportunity for the world … norms providing incentives for deforestation and forest degradation. By phasing such work in the coming years in …
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Legal aspects of Connectivity Conservation Volume 1 - A Concept Paper

… and top-down strategies 47 3.2.4 The role of NGOs 49 3.2.5 Land tenure factors 50 3.2.6 Choosing instruments 51 Key … protection of environmental flows 103 Key messages 104 3.2 Land Use Planning Legislation 105 Introduction 105 3.2.1 … REDD+ Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation RIKS Research Institute for Knowledge Systems SA …
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Addressing pollution: Governance frameworks, challenges and oppotunities in the context of the 2030 Agenda

… looking at specific transboundary water basins, while land and soil pollution is indirectly addressed by the United … Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land-based Activities (GPA). However, global and regional … and consume (Goal 12) and our ability to reduce resource degradation, pollution and waste. Indeed, environmental …
25 May 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Governance of Ecosystem Services. Lessons Learned from Cameroon, China, Costa Rica and Ecuador

… 22 2�3 Land use planning for forests … 51 3�2�3 Land rights and tenure … Development Goals (MDGs). The challenge of reversing the degradation of ecosystems and alleviating poverty while … (PES) and reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD). Both concepts were further researched as …
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International ocean governance: Using international law and organisations to manage marine resources sustainably (revised)

… II.B.5. Environmental Impact Assessment — II.B.7. II.B.3. Land-Based Sources and Activities … — II.B.7. II.B.5. Airborne Sources: Ships, Aircraft, Land-Based Sources, and Offshore Facilities … from agriculture and human settlements and physical degradation producing sediments are included. On practical …
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IUCN Policy on Biodiversity Offsets

… This includes biodiversity conservation priorities, sound land use (and seascape) decision-making and sensitivity maps. … and above all through landscape-level, integrated land-use planning. 10.2 Additionality A biodiversity offset … on inter alia its remaining extent, rates of loss/degradation, restoration potential. Choices may also depend …
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Transboundary Water Governance - Adaptation to Climate Change

… changes in the composition of the atmosphere or in land-use.” Source: IPCC (2001). Comparatively, climate change … cycle together, connecting the earth’s atmosphere, land masses, and oceans. Furthermore, water provides … (UNCCCD) (2012). “The Economics of Desertification, Land Degradation and Drought: Methodologies and Analysis for …
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International water governance: Conservation of freshwater ecosystems Vol. 1: International agreements compilation and analysis

… and species, freshwater and forests, and freshwater and land uses and soils. This is why relevant instruments on … assist the Contracting Parties to minimise the impacts of land-use projects on wetlands and their biodiversity; n … works in order to prevent pollution or environ- mental degradation. Member States undertake to establish river basin …
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