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Community Protocols for Environmental Sustainability: A Guide for Policymakers
… in public interest environmental law, and the Division of Environmental Law and Conventions of the United Nations … use of biodiversity in both protected areas and beyond 6 Protection of traditional knowledge 7 Regulating access to … of which they are part; this includes diversity within species, between species and of ecosystems (CBD, Article 2). …
The World Charter for Nature
… Nature The General Assembly, Having considered the report of the Secretary-General on the revised draft World Charter … in a manner which ensures the preservation of the species and ecosystems for the benefit of present and future … be subject to these principles of conservation; special protection shall be given to unique areas, to representative …
Conservation with justice - A rights-based approach
… Environmental Law and Policy Paper No. 71 The designation of geographical entities in this book, and the presentation … “… social equity cannot be achieved without the promotion, protection and guarantee of all human rights…” It therefore … rights–complaint procedures to protect nature or other species have had only limited success.5 Yet with close to 115 …
Judges and the rule of law. Creating the links: Environment, human rights and poverty
… Judges and the Rule of Law Creating the Links: Environment, Human Rights and … judges are essential to the rule of law and environmental protection 53 Is judicial activism a proper role for the … a natural area which contained threatened and endangered species of fauna. In partic- ular, the Yellow Bellied Glider …
Rights-based approaches - Exploring issues and opportunities for conservation
… are a promising way forward, but also raise a myriad of new challenges and questions, including what such … to respect human rights and to contribute to their protection and further fulfilment. Conservation organisations … and production of medicines for local sale. Native species are also being used to regenerate forests and a form …
Compendiums on Human Rights and the Environment - Selected International legal materials and cases (Advanced Version)
… Disclaimer The designations employed and the presentation of the material in this publication do not imply the … Additional to the Geneva Conventions relating to the Protection of Victims of international Armed Conflicts … Convention on international Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora …
Principles and concepts of international environmental law (Part 2) - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… This learning material is part of a course in the InforMEA e-learning platform, go to … shall apply a precautionary approach to environmental protection ... when there is reason to believe that wastes or … to remedy environmental injury: the extinction of a species of fauna or flora, erosion, loss of human life and …
Special Rapporteur on the Environment_2016 Report
… Council Thirty-first session Agenda item 3 Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and … 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 …
Human rights and the Environment: Rio + 20 - Joint Report OHCHR and UNEP
… Disclaimer The designations employed and the presentation of the material in this publication do not imply the … development, social development, and environmental protection. The logic of this integrated approach has since … the needs and capacities of present generations of all species with those of the future. Combining the two …