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On dangerous ground _ Global Witness
… DEADLY ENVIRONMENT: THE KILLING AND CRIMINALIZATION OF LAND AND ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENDERS WORLDWIDE ON DANGEROUS … environmental campaigner and activist on indigenous land rights. Last year she was awarded the Goldman … as the world’s most dangerous country per capita to be a land and environmental defender. This report is dedicated to …
Defenders of the Earth
… Colombia Global Witness documented the murder of 200 land and environmental defenders in 2016. This report is … lives, and to all those around the world who stand up for land rights and the protection of the environment. You are … help end: the increasing suppression of environmental and land rights activism which, in many countries, means the …
Rights-based approaches - Exploring issues and opportunities for conservation
… DIHR Danish Institute for Human Rights DLA Department of Land Affairs (South Africa) DNPWC Department of National … interest in social processes that shape patterns of land use. Before joining WCS he was the Monitoring and … ecologist whose research has focused on indigenous people, land use and conservation, including co-managed protected …
Compendiums on Human Rights and the Environment - Selected International legal materials and cases (Advanced Version)
… Honduras Land Administration Project (iDA Credit No. 3858-HO) … unsustainable extraction of natural resources, denial of land title, among other Human rights and the environment … people are forcibly removed from their ancestral land, discussing the implications of such displacement on …
Conservation with justice - A rights-based approach
… as resulting not only from drought but from land degradation linked to loss of natural vegetation … riches. According to the views of many indigenous peoples, land should not be torn open and exploited, which they … a long period of time, developed successful systems of land use and resource management. These systems – including …
Mr. Michael Frost, Analysis on the situation of Environmental Human Rights Defenders
… future with dignity and respect, and to their traditional land and livelihood. They spoke truth to power, and were … groups who strive to defend and promote environmental and land rights. My observations and recommendations aim to … are directly or indirectly related to the environment and land use. Such future and those goals are doomed to failure …
Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders_2016 Report
… future with dignity and respect, and to their traditional land and livelihood. They spoke truth to power, and were … groups who strive to defend and promote environmental and land rights. His observations and recommendations aim to … are directly or indirectly related to the environment and land use. Such a future, and those goals, are doomed to …
Mr. John Knox, Policy Brief_Universal Human Rights Group
… had been killed as a result of protecting their rights to land and the environment. global Witness emphasised that this … that clearly connected the murder to an environment or land use issue.7 as a result, global Witness concluded that … deadly environment: the killing and criminalization of land and environmental defenders worldwide (20 June 2016). _ …
Community Protocols for Environmental Sustainability: A Guide for Policymakers
… which a well-defined environmental service (ES) or form of land use likely to secure that service is bought by at least … 2). The IUCN adopts a broader definition: “an area of land and/or sea especially dedicated to the protection and … on matters including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander land and sea management and for working with Aboriginal and …