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Compendium of Good Practices on Human Rights and the Environment

… Defining A Good Practice … the human rights field. The compendium defines the term “practice” broadly, to include laws, policies, case law, … environmental pollution from domestic industrial and agricultural facilities. The Register’s objective is to … avoidable hazard to them and to their cattle, homes and agricultural land and undue affectation of air, water and …
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Rights-based approaches - Exploring issues and opportunities for conservation

… such approaches are, when and how they can be put into practice, and what their implications are for conservation. … 15 centres within the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR). The International Union for … programming issues. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Engineering from the Jordan University for …
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Community Protocols for Environmental Sustainability: A Guide for Policymakers

… 8 Chapter 2: Case studies of community protocols in practice 10 2.1 Bio-Cultural Community Protocol of the … CMPA Collaboratively Managed Protected Area FAO Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations FPIC Free, … beliefs, rituals, community laws, local language, and agricultural practices, including the development of plant …
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Climate Change and the Human Rights to Water and Sanitation Position Paper

… have access to improved sanitation, and 1.1 billion still practice open defecation.2 The human rights to water and … farmers, and mounting pressure to reallocate water from agricultural to 11 and insufficient sanitation … in increased competition between sectors such as domestic, agricultural and industrial water use. Groundwater levels of …
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Water as a human right?

… of a right to water. This is because uniform State practice may provide evidence of opinio juris. It is … to protect the site of an ancient kingdom and agricultural lands, and prevent the forced relocation of … Asia and Africa, these activities along with unsustainable agricultural practice, are rapidly accelerating …
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Conservation with justice - A rights-based approach

… 10 4 Rights in Practice … with international petition (where applicable) 4 Rights in Practice Some of the rights that can be linked to nature … into the environment (e.g., pesticide pollution affecting agricultural workers) or when noise levels are dangerously … The Court easily concluded that resources related to agricultural, hunting, and fishing activities are protected …
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Review of the compatibility of sectoral laws with the right to food

… content of a future law with the right to food. This is a practice that helps to ensure that future legislation will … interfere in people’s capacity to feed themselves. In practice, owing to the complexity of the subject and limited … have access to monitoring reports and findings? - In practice, does everyone have access to the justice system …
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Procedures for monitoring the right to food

… opinions, assessments or judgements made by people. In practice and in the context of certain human rights, this … for disaster management. - National policy statement on agricultural production. - Protection of labour conditions …
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UNEP Policy and Strategy for Gender Equality and the Environment 2014-2017, February 2015

… Nations System, UNEP has the responsibility to model good practice and drive the achievement of the system’s gender 10 … income-generating potential, noting the importance of the agricultural sector, particularly in developing countries, … and sustainable use of biological diversity in the agricultural sector. It promotes gender-specific ways in …
31 May 2026 Document

On dangerous ground _ Global Witness

… where communities are being encroached on by ranches and agricultural plantations or gangs of illegal loggers. The … way to thousands of illegal logging camps2 whilst the agricultural frontier is pushing further into previously … lives and then decide whether to accept it or not. But in practice this is habitually ignored - leading to conflict. …
31 May 2026 Document in Environmental Governance