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Nexus Governance: Harnessing contending forces at work
… modern administrators, but can more easily be applied by farming or urban households. The following sections use case … bottom when the river was dammed had begun cage fish farming with encouragement by activists and some Japanese … killing all the fish that the villagers had been farming. A massive conflict issued at the local level. The …
Governance of Ecosystem Services. Lessons Learned from Cameroon, China, Costa Rica and Ecuador
… the standards to achieve the label. A familiar example is organic certification of agricultural products; other … resource use and management, including agriculture, farming, and mining. 19 See Articles 1 and 2, Chapter II of … at the regional and international level. 4.2.1.2 The Organic Environmental Act The 1995 Organic Environmental …
ASEAN Handbook on legal cooperation to combat wildlife crime
… of captive breeding, artificial propagation and wildlife farming operations shall be determined by a Prakas issued by … to wildlife and aquatic for business purpose such as: zoo, farming, import, export, re-export, transhipment, and tourism … Constitution state the National Assembly’s powers to make organic laws. Sections 142-153 discusses its powers in making …
Volta River Basin Ghana & Burkina Faso - Transboundary water management through multi-level participatory governance and community projects
… is available in the floodplain for dry season vegetable farming and rice cultivation. An estimated 1,137 people now have access to water for dry-season farming; m Approximately 16 kilometres of river banks in the … were supported with 19 water pumps to expand dry season farming in December 2009; m 4 communities in Burkina Faso …
Shared resources: Issues of governance
… pollution issues that require attention: persistent organic contaminants, oil pollution, heavy metals, noise, … Trade and the 2001 Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants. In the case of treaties dealing with … would enable subsistence farmers to practice sustainable farming, to provide food, to ensure an income, and to enhance …
Improving governance of pastoral lands
… many countries still focus attention on crop farming to the detriment of the health of rangelands. … resource uses. A piece of land may support pastoralism, farming and fishing, practised by resident and non-resident … loss of land, water and other resources to crop farming, hydroelectricity schemes, urbanization, mining etc.; …
Legal aspects of Connectivity Conservation Volume 1 - A Concept Paper
… are semi-natural lands that may be managed primarily for farming, timber, recreation or other human uses, but provide … of an area. Collectively, ecological processes produce organic matter using energy through photosynthesis and … in connectivity conservation, for example, cultivation of organic cocoa, ecotourism, recreational opportunities and …
Mainstreaming Gender Equality and Equity in ABS Governance
… use of biodiversity, including their leading role in farming and forest conservation, as well as in the … work away from their lands and resources, women’s role in farming and in the management of family and community … resources. Despite the fundamental role played by women in farming, conservation of biodiversity and management of TK, …
Natural Resource Governance. Trainers' Manual
… and were free to practice swidden (slash and burn) farming in the forest. People cultivated land in the forest … areas, watersheds, bird sanctuaries, and agro-forestry farming lots. In order to harvest timber, a household must … farmers would sell a certain amount of timber to purchase farming tools and materials, and pay for major family …