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Community Protocols for Environmental Sustainability: A Guide for Policymakers

… 10 2.1 Bio-Cultural Community Protocol of the Traditional Health Practitioners of Bushbuckridge, South Africa 11 2.2 … practices, including the development of plant species and animal breeds. Traditional knowledge is mainly of a practical … system’ that combines farming, fishing, mining, forestry, animal husbandry, hunting and crafts34 and involve zoning of …
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Judges and the rule of law. Creating the links: Environment, human rights and poverty

… the ends served by environmental protection such as health could be pursued more effectively by diverting … to life being understood as more than just a right to animal existence. M.C. Mehta v Union of India (1998) 8 SCC … with their small problems: trees being cut down, or an animal protection NGO reporting cats being killed or dogs …
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Compendiums on Human Rights and the Environment - Selected International legal materials and cases (Advanced Version)

… recognize the link between the environment and human health and well-being, and many MEAs include provisions … main claim concerning interference with the conditions of animal life in the swamp, could not constitute an attack on … approach to Article 8, excluding its extension to animal life or general environmental concerns. it introduces …
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Earth Rights: The Theory

… and independent, no one ought to harm another in his Life, Health, Liberty, or Possession”. 15 “Declaration of the … Bentham claimed “[t]he day may come when the rest of the animal creation may acquire those rights which never could … an important point of engagement between earth rights, animal rights and human rights. In the context of the …
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Conservation with justice - A rights-based approach

… Change UNFF United Nations Forum on Forests WHO World Health Organization xiv 1 1 Introduction In the United … and community rights, such as the rights to life, health, water, food, and nondiscrimination.2 Countermeasures … to rise dramatically.2 While the loss of individual animal and plant species catches our attention, the issue of …
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Special Rapporteur on the Environment_2016 Report

… of living and to the highest attainable standard of health. The Declaration requested the Human Rights Council to … wide range of human rights, including the rights to life, health, food, water, adequate housing and self-determination … than 2 to 3°C, 20 to 30 per cent of the assessed plant and animal species are likely to be at a high risk of …
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Rights-based approaches - Exploring issues and opportunities for conservation

… social and cultural rights, such as the rights to health, an adequate standard of living, freedom from hunger … stopping the degradation and loss of indigenous plant and animal communities, managing their land in a cooperative and … (including Pinus spp., Rhododendron, Quercus) and 29 animal species (WWF Nepal 2008). Villagers control hunting …
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Water as a human right?

… recognised the key role of water in agriculture, energy, health, biodiversity and ecosystems as well as in combating … The link between social well-being and en- vironmental health is now well recognised and any attempts to secure … human life; a water crisis would have adverse impacts on health and welfare, the environment and economics world-wide. …
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Compendium of Good Practices on Human Rights and the Environment

… of the inhabitants of the town of Taboshar about the health risks associated with the nearby abandoned uranium … to live in an environment adequate to his or her health and well-being, each Party shall guarantee the rights … of water, biodiversity, in particular native plant and animal species, as well as cultural assets shall form the …
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Defenders of the Earth

… production is set to increase.158 In 2015 the provincial Health Office rejected Gloria’s permit to operate her bar. They told her it would have to close because of the health risk posed by ash from a local power plant.159 … (accessed: 20 June2017); Pasos de Animal Grande, 20 April 2017), ‘Pueblos indígenas y negros …
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