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Conservation with justice - A rights-based approach

… rights–complaint procedures to protect nature or other species have had only limited success.5 Yet with close to 115 … needs to be carried out if a project scores a –1 in any indicator. In the assessment of projects on sustainable … The IUCN Red List, for example, currently assesses 16,928 species as threatened with extinction.1 It is estimated that …
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Compendiums on Human Rights and the Environment - Selected International legal materials and cases (Advanced Version)

… Convention on international Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora … to make available information on Specially Protected Species and Protected Areas. Annex V on Area Protection … convention on International trade in endangered species of Wild fauna and flora 993 unTs 243 (mar. 3, 1973) …
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Rights-based approaches - Exploring issues and opportunities for conservation

… and production of medicines for local sale. Native species are also being used to regenerate forests and a form … areas are a key element of the CBD as well as being a key indicator for the achievement of Goal 7, on Environmental … history of Colombia. With its incredible diversity of species and landscapes, Colombia is a country of immense …
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Judges and the rule of law. Creating the links: Environment, human rights and poverty

… a natural area which contained threatened and endangered species of fauna. In partic- ular, the Yellow Bellied Glider … 2003, Philippine Judicial Academy, Tagaytay City. The species Homo sapiens sapiens But before I proceed, let me ask … therefore not self-serving? As you may know, our species is no longer simply called Homo sapiens but Homo …
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Compendium of Good Practices on Human Rights and the Environment

… environmental lawyer completes the research and provides indicator scores on a four-point scale (0- 3). Then another … of country scores by pillar, guideline and individual indicator, including the comments by participating … often focus on protecting endangered ecosystems and species, combating destructive development projects, …
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Special Rapporteur on the Environment_2016 Report

… to 3°C, 20 to 30 per cent of the assessed plant and animal species are likely to be at a high risk of extinction.20 The decimation of other species will harm the human species too. With respect to the right to health, for …
21 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

UNEP Policy and Strategy for Gender Equality and the Environment 2014-2017, February 2015

… to the defined United Nations formula, as an objective indicator of organizational commitment to gender equality and … longer droughts, more severe storms and flooding, species depletion, soil degradation, deforestation, and other … on the gender analysis and with corresponding specific indicator or indicators. 145. For the Programmes of Work …
21 Jun 2026 Document

Community Protocols for Environmental Sustainability: A Guide for Policymakers

… of which they are part; this includes diversity within species, between species and of ecosystems (CBD, Article 2). Collaboratively … agricultural practices, including the development of plant species and animal breeds. Traditional knowledge is mainly of …
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Climate Change and the Human Rights to Water and Sanitation Position Paper

… “put 103 See e.g., CLIVE HAMILTON, REQUIEM FOR A SPECIES: WHY WE RESIST THE TRUTH ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE … and censuses. In line with the MDG Goal 7, target C indicator definition of “use of improved facilities”, the JMP …
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Climate Change- International Legal Regime - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… will change, leading to longer and hotter summers. Some species will not be able to adapt well to this change of …
01 Mar 2017 Course lesson in Climate and Atmosphere