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Sharing governance! A practical guide for marine protected areas in West Africa
… are open access systems. Other approaches have been tried out for setting up Community Conserved Areas, based on the … factory for the artwork, layout and printing—all carried out in Dakar. Our gratitude goes above all to the local … throughout the world and it has globally turned out that the communities arbitra- rily deprived of their …
Governance of Protected Areas: From understanding to action
… diversity. These are challenging goals, so they seek out imaginative, thoughtful and occasionally odd partners to … Its staff of 20 work on a semi- volunteer basis out of 20 countries. Members and staff join forces to support … and national policies and capacity building, and to carry out research and develop publications. Rooted in the …
Women as change-makers in the governance of shared waters
… being adopted or functioning as intended, leaving women out of decision-making systems (Chanphengxay, 2014; Kusakabe, … change in the way joint economic planning is being carried out between neighbouring communities who happen to live on … by Guinea and Liberia, fishing is traditionally carried out by women and is essential to the livelihoods of families …
Legal frameworks for REDD: design and implementation at the national level
… incentives for deforestation and forest degradation. By phasing such work in the coming years in their programs to … the National Forestry Authority. The report also pointed out that many agreements were obtained without following … in contractual situations, however, legislation may set out the basic rules on risk assumption. For example, the law …
Addressing pollution: Governance frameworks, challenges and oppotunities in the context of the 2030 Agenda
… roughly $3.7 billion to more than 140 countries to phase out ozone-depleting substances, with lasting influence on … largest global companies in the sector, have committed to phasing out lead paint. However, there are concerns that … achieved: the healing of the ozone layer (Box 7) and the phasing out of lead in fuel (Box 5). Traditional pollution …
Transboundary Water Governance - Adaptation to Climate Change
… to engage in sustainable development and lift their people out of poverty, climate change presents an additional number … drafting stages of the project. In addition, our thanks go out to Abby Onencan from the Nile Basin Discourse, Simon Thuo … valuation of the Okavango Delta resources was carried out, including studies on the wildlife-based tourism …
Governance of Ecosystem Services. Lessons Learned from Cameroon, China, Costa Rica and Ecuador
… in charge of reforestation.36 It does not directly carry out reforestation activities, but rather plans and supervises … land has been considered as State public land with- out further formality. This spirit of the early years of the … for investments and an effective means of sorting out ‘good’ investors (those capable of sustaining an …
Transitioning to a pollution-free planet
… the adoption of reduction targets 28. Reduce or phase out the use of certain types of plastic (e.g. microbeads, … biphenyls) to meet the Stockholm Convention deadlines for phasing out the substances by 2025 and disposing of them … a Pollution-Free Planet Convention goals: the 2025 goal of phasing out the use of equipment containing PCB and the 2028 …
Volta River Basin Ghana & Burkina Faso - Transboundary water management through multi-level participatory governance and community projects
… keeping a focus on IWRM issues. The studies were carried out with the communities to encourage support, ownership and … situation analyses of Ghana and Burkina Faso were carried out in 2008 which provided further information. This report … Many lessons have been identified from WANI’s work carried out in the Volta basin. The main lessons are: 1. Alignment of …
Shared resources: Issues of governance
… an administrative agreement on a common secretariat to set out their duties to cooperate in research and management of … implementation of the convention’ and to ‘carry out the obligations arising from the convention to the … with voluntary Prior Informed Consent procedures, as set out in the UNEP Amended London Guidelines for the Exchange of …