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Mainstreaming Gender Equality and Equity in ABS Governance
… is particularly relevant in the current context in which poverty and inequalities affect a large number of men and … economic deprivation to produce more intensified forms of poverty for women than men. Gender inequality is part and parcel of the processes of causing and deepening poverty in a society and must therefore constitute part and …
Developing a Global Soil Regime
… the issues of human rights, population dynamics, poverty, human health, food security, globalisation … sustainable agriculture and food security, eradicating poverty, women's empowerment, addressing climate change and … to Sustainable Development, Including Food Security and Poverty Eradication’ (Secretariat Policy Brief, May 2012) …
Environmental Governance
… new international environmental laws and standards. Poverty alleviation Almost half the jobs worldwide depend on … of all national development planning, helping to reduce poverty and increase long-term security for vulnerable … and address transboundary environmental issues. • Poverty and Environment Initiative (PEI) UNEP works with UNDP …
Improving governance of pastoral lands
… and national efforts towards the eradication of hunger and poverty by promoting secure tenure rights and equitable … (2) improving social and development aspects, including poverty eradication, sustainable livelihoods, social … and development objectives of the Guidelines — including poverty eradication, sustainable livelihoods, social …
Addressing pollution: Governance frameworks, challenges and oppotunities in the context of the 2030 Agenda
… one or more targets. Addressing pollution helps to reduce poverty (Goal 1), as it improves health and worker … eat or drink. Addressing pollution also contributes to poverty alleviation by supporting Target 15.9 on “integrating … into national and local planning, development processes, poverty reduction strategies and accounts”. Addressing …
Governance of Ecosystem Services. Lessons Learned from Cameroon, China, Costa Rica and Ecuador
… of reversing the degradation of ecosystems and alleviating poverty while meeting increasing demands for ecosystem … for the Provision of Ecosystem Services as a Means of Poverty Reduction, implemented by the IUCN Environmental Law … Declaration in New York, with the aim of reducing extreme poverty by the year 2015. States committed themselves to …
Women as change-makers in the governance of shared waters
… (2005). Progress of the world's women 2005: Women, work, & poverty. United Nations Publications. Cleaver, F. (1998). … Diop, M. (2015). How Empowering Women Can Help End Poverty in Africa [Online article]. Available at: … .worldbank.org/nasikiliza/how-empowering-women-can-help-end-poverty-africa (Accessed 5 August 2017). Earle, A. and …
Volta River Basin Ghana & Burkina Faso - Transboundary water management through multi-level participatory governance and community projects
… Volta River Basin faces enormous development challenges. Poverty and increasing population pressure have led to the … management and the protection of the environment with poverty alleviation through riverbank restoration and pilot …
Legal frameworks for REDD: design and implementation at the national level
… 38. 8 Deininger, K. (2003). Land policies for growth and poverty reduction, p. 2. Washington DC, USA: World Bank. 9 … Ford Foundation. 10 FAO. (2006). Better forestry, less poverty: A practitioner’s guide, p. 9. Rome, Italy: FAO. … L. et al. (2008). “Making REDD work for the Poor”. A Poverty Environment Partnership (PEP) Report. IUCN; ODI; …