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Compendiums on Human Rights and the Environment - Selected International legal materials and cases (Advanced Version)
… of international importance Especially as Waterfowl Habitat .....................23 Convention for the Protection … the environment and impacts of environmental hazards, like loss of ecosystem services, climate change and environmental … of International Importance especially as Waterfowl habitat 996 u.n.T.s. 245 (feb. 2, 1971) The Ramsar Convention …
Community Protocols for Environmental Sustainability: A Guide for Policymakers
… a wide range of other pressures, from climate change to loss of access to traditional territories. ILCs use community … wetlands conservation, watershed protection and species, habitat and biodiversity conservation (von Braun, 2009). … broader local population places significant pressures on habitat for medicinal plants required by the Traditional …
Rights-based approaches - Exploring issues and opportunities for conservation
… Case 4. Failing to realise human rights can lead to loss of natural resources and biodiversity (Encroachment and … of International Importance especially as Waterfowl Habitat (Ramsar Convention), agreed in 1971, provides the … of International Importance especially as Waterfowl Habitat (Ramsar Convention) Ramsar, Iran, 1971. Ramsar 1999 …
Conservation with justice - A rights-based approach
… not only from drought but from land degradation linked to loss of natural vegetation (Article 1 (f)). Furthermore, … around the world are also affected by the changing habitat of vectors, which carry diseases and increase human … through active management – Category IV (i.e., habitat/species management areas); • Landscape/seascape …
Earth Rights: The Theory
… Every being has: (a) the right to exist; (b) the right to habitat or a place to be; (c) the right to participate in … nonliving has three rights: the right to be, the right to habitat or a place to be, and the right to fulfill its role … urgent concerns for the common good i.e. avoiding imminent loss of life. Amartya Sen supports this reasoning, noting …
New Directions in Earth Rights, Environmental Rights and Human Rights: Six Facets of Constitutionally Embedded Environmental Rights Worldwide
… near the Tortuguero National Park that includes nesting habitat for the endangered green macaw.31 This case settled … with an agreement to institute measures to protect the habitat.32 Indeed, many constitutional environmental cases … of Environmental Law e-Journal Issue 2011 (1) 21 [and] loss of revenue.” Nonetheless, it made the policy judgment …
Judges and the rule of law. Creating the links: Environment, human rights and poverty
… erosion, deforesta- tion, declining water tables and the loss of flora and fauna and the consequent subsis- tence … The statutory definition of “take and kill” included habitat destruction. The appellant citizen, who had objected … eagle in the world, the Philippine Eagle, a bird with a habitat range of some 5,000ha. What is interesting about this …
On dangerous ground _ Global Witness
… are increasing production in order to make up for the loss in profits from the fall in commodity prices - causing … Brazil, with illegal logging a main driver in forest loss.136 This rise in illegal logging is leading to violence … of local people, damage water sup- plies and displace the habitat of endangered species.169 Herakles’ operations in …
Compendium of Good Practices on Human Rights and the Environment
… like the application to monitor. Once users specify the habitat, theme or plan that they would like to monitor, the … to the application’s web site, a user may identify a habitat to monitor, such as a park or a lake, or a planned … and serious intimidation to community members, and the loss of food security. The NHRCT designated its Subcommittee …