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Community Protocols for Environmental Sustainability: A Guide for Policymakers
… and financial assistance. The Spain-UNEP Partnership seeks to improve management, governance and connectivity of … beyond 6 Protection of traditional knowledge 7 Regulating access to the traditional territories, natural and other … of the negotiations for the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of …
Factsheet on Human Rights and the Environment
… for the full enjoyment of human rights, including rights to life, health, water, and food. • At the same time, efforts … information, public participation in decision- making and access to justice. The implementation of the post-2015 … principles of benefit sharing, i.e. in the context of genetic resources. In addition, there is some suggestion in …
Principles and concepts of international environmental law (Part 2) - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… part of a course in the InforMEA e-learning platform, go to https://elearning.informea.org to take the complete course … 4. “Polluter Pays Principle” Application Examples 5. Access and Benefit Sharing regarding Natural Resources … “FPIC”) with respect to the use of their knowledge and the genetic resources on which they rely. In the words of article …
Compendiums on Human Rights and the Environment - Selected International legal materials and cases (Advanced Version)
… and the inks vegetable-based. Our distribution policy aims to reduce UNEP’s carbon footprint. S E L E C T E D I N T E R … Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of …
Rights-based approaches - Exploring issues and opportunities for conservation
… complex. The conservation community is being challenged to take stronger measures to respect human rights and is … contexts - protected areas, natural resource management, access and bene� t-sharing regimes, and proposed reduced … to mainstreaming gender in regimes to secure access to genetic resources and to share benefits. Chapter 12 explores …
Review of the compatibility of sectoral laws with the right to food
… of the compatibility of sectoral laws with the right to food RIGHT TO FOOD HANDBOOKS 3 LE G ISLA T IO NReview of … POTENTIAL LAWS TO BE REVISED - Land - Water - Fisheries - Genetic Resources - Food safety - Consumer protection - ... … is also essential to consider the aspects that can affect access to or ownership of the resources needed for food …
Framework principles on Human Rights and the environment
… THE ENVIRONMENT The main human rights obligations relating to the enjoyment of a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable … healthy and sustainable environment. 1. See Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision- … activities, the use of their traditional know- ledge and genetic resources, or other activities in relation to their …
Conservation with justice - A rights-based approach
… 1 2 A Rights-based Approach to Conservation … the right to live in a healthy environment and to have access to basic public services. 2. The States parties shall … on Biological Diversity, e.g., calls for access to genetic resources on agreed terms and requires that such …
The World Charter for Nature
… measures at the national and international levels to protect nature and promote international co-operation in … and its essential processes shall not be impaired. 2. The genetic viability on the earth shall not be compromised; the … of direct concern to their environment, and shall have access to means of redress when their environment has …
Judges and the rule of law. Creating the links: Environment, human rights and poverty
… vii Preface ix 1 Helping make rights a reality: support to the judiciary in implementing Mozambique’s new natural … (PIL). Nevertheless, insufficient rules on public access to and sharing of environmental information, as well … land, water, fisheries, wildlife, food, biodiversity and genetic resources – literally hundreds of new laws have been …