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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 … them to operate freely, participate in decision-making and access information on land and natural resource governance ▶ …
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 … before national parks are created, and face restricted access to their lands and resources, upon which their lives …
Rights-based approaches - Exploring issues and opportunities for conservation
… contexts - protected areas, natural resource management, access and bene� t-sharing regimes, and proposed reduced … 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 …
Compendiums on Human Rights and the Environment - Selected International legal materials and cases (Advanced Version)
… Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable … Aarhus Convention on Access to information, Public Participation in … 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 …
Community Protocols for Environmental Sustainability: A Guide for Policymakers
… beyond 6 Protection of traditional knowledge 7 Regulating access to the traditional territories, natural and other … 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 …
Compendium of Good Practices on Human Rights and the Environment
… Obligation to Provide Access to Legal Remedies … school focuses on key thematic areas such as land use and food sovereignty, forests and large plantations, … increase access to information regarding environmental and land use projects in different areas and cities by enabling …
Conservation with justice - A rights-based approach
… the right to live in a healthy environment and to have access to basic public services. 2. The States parties shall … 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 …
Mr. John Knox, Policy Brief_Universal Human Rights Group
… is worsening in large part because ‘competition for access to natural resources is intensifying against a … 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 …
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 … and institutional framework fight against impunity and access to justice establishment of a strong national human …
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 … to participation (arts. 2 and 4). 15. Transparency and access to information are directly linked to the right to …