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Mainstreaming Gender Equality and Equity in ABS Governance
… 14 1.2. Women’s Role in Biodiversity Conservation and Traditional Knowledge Management.................... 16 1.3 … Committee on Intellectual Pro- perty, Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore of the WIPO IUCN The World … well as in the maintenance and development of traditional medicine, is widespread. International instruments are …
Governance of Protected Areas: From understanding to action
… ecosystems, together with associated cultural values and traditional natural resource management systems. Generally … many other actors are learning about how to maintain their traditional “conserved territories” through times of rapid … (land people); Umurecóomajã (sky people); Ucómajã (medicine people); Utãpinomasã (people who guide the stones)”. …
Governance of Ecosystem Services. Lessons Learned from Cameroon, China, Costa Rica and Ecuador
… or codified law of a country, and also of customary law, traditional rules and norms (customs) that may prevail in … and habitats, together with associated cultural values and traditional natural resource management systems. They are … which human activities are allowed in different areas. Traditional zoning is concerned with avoiding negative …
Improving governance of pastoral lands
… solutions within a rapidly changing context in which traditional practices and crucial patterns of livestock … claimed by pastoralists. Pastoralists consume — as food or medicine — wild fruits, seeds, tubers, barks, gums and … Communal pooling activities may, to some extent, mirror traditional strategies, but they also offer a more formalized …
Legal aspects of Connectivity Conservation Volume 1 - A Concept Paper
… elements more holistically over time, rather than in the traditional species-by-species approach. The broader … people 0 Enhanced medicinal plant conservation 0 Local and traditional knowledge recognized and protected. 0 … resources, grounded in constitutions, customary law or traditional practice, as well as legislation. Among the …
Framework for Assessing and Improving Law for Sustainability - A Legal Component of a Natural Resource Governance Framework
… voluntary commitments or supply chain standards, and with traditional and indigenous norms and practices for conserving … to natural resources. Customary rules of indigenous and traditional communities may also be legally binding, within … and the resources it provides, including food, water, medicine and protection from the impacts of natural …
Natural Resource Governance. Trainers' Manual
… — institutions 5. Allocation of fishing lots ignores the traditional fishing rights of communities. Governance — laws … is unclear. 5. Allocation of fishing lots ignores the traditional fishing rights of communities. 6. Untreated … of government. Customary law is developed over time by traditional societies and is usually transferred by word of …
Addressing pollution: Governance frameworks, challenges and oppotunities in the context of the 2030 Agenda
… layer (Box 7) and the phasing out of lead in fuel (Box 5). Traditional pollution control that relies on end-of-pipe … are identical or have the same functionality as when using traditional technologies and processes, while also reducing … taking science to various communities; incorporating traditional, business, and other knowledge into science; and …
Transitioning to a pollution-free planet
… entrepreneurs and initiatives such as Hawa Dawa (“air medicine”), which aims to empower citizens, organizations and … For example, a recent project in Nepal replacing traditional brick kilns that had collapsed in the 2015 … coal consumption by up to 50 per cent when compared to traditional kilns (Climate and Clean Air Coalition 2016). …
Transboundary Water Governance - Adaptation to Climate Change
… sites of scenic beauty valued for recreation, or sites for traditional ceremonies) are also important, although they are … in the face of such uncertainty requires a shift from traditional paradigms that attempt to reduce uncertainties to … under mosquito nets, and in some areas, anti-parasitic medicine has almost entirely eliminated parasitic …