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Bio-Cultural Community Protocols: A community approach to Ensuring the Integrity of Environmental Law and Policy

… Bio-cultural Protocol for Livelihoods and Biodiversity Conservation The Raika Bio-cultural Protocol 74 58 42 12 08 … Services FAO Food and Agriculture Organization FCPF Forest Carbon Partnership Facility FPIC Free, Prior and … Areas REDD Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation TK Traditional Knowledge, which is a term …
19 Jun 2026 Literature See it in ECOLEX · This content is provided by ECOLEX

Principles and concepts of international environmental law (Part 2) - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… act with prudence and caution to ensure that effective conservation measures are taken to prevent serious harm to … http://leo.informea.org/terms/forest http://leo.informea.org/terms/desert … Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention; also the 1992 Forest Principles 2(d), 5(a) and 12(d) refer to the …
19 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

Culture and wetlands: A Ramsar guidance document

… Parties, and proposed strategic actions 25 2.1 General, conservation and management objectives 25 2.2 Guidance on the … both from domestic sources and from cultivation; forest logging is increas- ing the inflow of silt, while … facilities] 2.3.5 Sports fishing 2.4 Management of forest wetland types 2.4.1 Wood products 2.4.2 Non-wood …
19 Jun 2026 Document

The Role of Indigenous and Local Communities

… embodying traditional lifestyles relevant for the conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity and … traditional cultural practices that are compatible with conservation or sustainable use requirements.” … project is being used to stimulate community actions on conservation, sustainable use and customary governance over …
19 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Biological Diversity

Cultural Heritage Information Pack: 9 Wetlands and spiritual life

… Islamic regions such as Indonesia and Zanzibar. In the forest and savannah zones of Guinea, traditional beliefs are … have helped to maintain the ecological integrity of these forest wetlands. The Camargue region in the delta of the … heritage – and at the same time often ensuring the conservation and wise use of wetlands. The Ramsar Bureau Rue …
19 Jun 2026 Document

Document - ABS information kit

… of their use are shared, can create incentives for their conservation and sustainable use, and can contribute to the … into force in 1993 which has three core objectives: the conservation of biological diversity; the sustainable use of … Image copyright: Eky Chan/Shutterstock: Tropical forest in Malaysia Bonn Guidelines on Access to Genetic …
19 Jun 2026 Document

Factsheet - Traditional Knowledge, Innovation and Practices

… such valuable products include agricultural and non-wood forest products as well as handicraft. Traditional knowledge … contribution of indigenous and local communities to the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity goes far … serious global problems through practices such as local conservation, sustainable use of plants and animals, and …
19 Jun 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

Farmer's Rights in the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

… of local and indigenous communities and farmers to the conservation and development of PGRFA, 2. Describe the … promotes a complementary approach to strategies for the conservation and sustainable use of PGRFA, for both in situ and ex situ conservation. Over the past 50 years, there has been growing …
19 Jun 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

Publication - An Explanatory Guide to the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing

… 118 ARTICLE 9 CONTRIBUTION TO CONSERVATION AND SUSTAINABLE USE ........ 125 ARTICLE 10 … attributes. This means that, for example, access to a forest for “conventional” timber extraction or hunting would … as a commodity – This means, for example, that access to a forest is requested for timber extraction or hunting. This …
19 Jun 2026 Document in Biological Diversity