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Legal frameworks for REDD: design and implementation at the national level
… opportunity for the world to simultaneously ‘get things right’ for both climate and forests. In recent years, policy … and forest law, including such legal domains as property, investment and tax law, all of which must be … and often fragments of such policies remain in tax and property codes, undermining new national carbon sequestration …
Guidelines for Protected Areas Legislation
… resolution procedures in South Africa 137 Box III(1)-7: Property rights and interests, and legal tools available for … These may include indigenous or local communities holding property rights in common or collectively, as well as private … of Human Rights (1948) states: 1. Everyone has the right to take part in the government of his country, directly …
ASEAN Handbook on legal cooperation to combat wildlife crime
… 10 years 5 years 369,823 25,044 or the value of fund or property which was the subject to money laundering 39,739,310 … 68,043 or twice the value of the monetary instrument or property involved in the offense 73,965 369,823 6,105 Treble … this Order or under any regulations made hereunder. Right of entry Subject to section 35(2) and notwithstanding …
Managing MIDAs - Harmonising the Management of Multi-Internationally Designated Areas: Ramsar Sites, World Heritage Sites, Biosphere Reserves and UNESCO Global Geoparks
… Reserve © OUR PLACE The World Heritage Collection Upper right: The Dolomites (Italy): UNESCO Global Geopark, World … and which fully or partially overlap. Mixed World Heritage property. A World Heritage site inscribed on the World … within Jeju Volcanic Island and Lava Tubes World Heritage property, Jeju Island Biosphere Reserve and Jeju Island …
Improving governance of pastoral lands
… security and supporting the progressive realization of the right to adequate food; (2) improving social and development … poorly with their traditions and livelihoods. Pastoral property rights are better understood as overlapping rights, … to its complete depletion. More recent work on common property regimes clearly shows not only how systems of …
Governance of Ecosystem Services. Lessons Learned from Cameroon, China, Costa Rica and Ecuador
… practice of deriving environmental rights, like the right to a healthy environment, from general human rights, … groups living in the forest have customary norms governing property and forest uses, which generally confer upon … therein. In addition, the Ministry of Lands and State Property is responsible for the governance of all lands, …
Rule: Reforming water governance
… this principle, it is vital to recognize first the basic right of all human beings to have access to clean water and … and well drafted laws reduce transac- tion costs, clarify property rights, and allow citizens to get involved and … by government per- mit has produced an interface with property law, which is particularly poignant at two …
Mainstreaming Gender Equality and Equity in ABS Governance
… the Competi- tion and the Protection of the Intellectual Property of Peru MAT Mutually Agreed Terms PIC Prior Informed … Institute of Advanced Studies WIPO World Intellectual Property Organization WFP United Nations World Food Programme … and women’s knowledge, skills and practices and their right to benefit from the fruits of their labour. • Sound and …
Principles and concepts of international environmental law (Part 2) - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… communities and the individuals comprising them have the right to participate in decision-making processes with … level, in addition to standard legislation protecting property rights for everyone, several nation’s constitutions, legislation or customary law recognizes property rights which indigenous or other local communities …
Governance of Protected Areas: From understanding to action
… simply remain effective conservation measures in their own right. Thus, areas that do not fit the IUCN definition of a … (on the lands owned by the individuals or held as common property resource), respectively. Neither arrangement is … commonly in the form of fees, licensing and permits84 and property taxes; • spending powers: related, for example, to …