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… to respond to the problem of desertification and land degradation. A tenet of the UNCCD is that … by others. One example is the Council of Europe’s European Land- scape Convention (2000), which reflects a principle … of wetland values has led to significant projects for the restoration of lost or heavily degraded wetlands, usually at …

… to Aboriginal people for some 50,000 years, during which land and culture have become inextricably intertwined. In recent years, closer collaboration between traditional land-management techniques and western science have seen … annually (2005–2007 averages) in the Kakadu and Arnhem Land region of Australia’s Northern Territory. Most of these …

… in the sea to celebrate the pro- tection for the waters, land, and people of this region. Sometimes the sacred value …

… presented by the natural environment. The term “cultural land- scape” embraces a diversity of manifestations of the … often reflecting specific techniques of sustain- able land use or a specific spir- itual relationship with nature. … International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property (ICCROM), advising on …

… to access TK or any other intended activity on their land, such as the establishment of a REDD project or a … rather an understanding of the self as integrated with the land and embedded within an ethical relationship. TK then is … situations, BCPs could assist communities in demanding the restoration of traditional land and resource rights over all …

… Protection of the Mediterranean Sea against Pollution from Land-Based Sources (Preamble para. 5), and the 2001 Stockholm … http://informea.org/treaties/land-based … or other local communities may exercise over their land and waterways or which enable indigenous or other local …

… production constitutes 85 per cent of the agricultural land used, with several different varieties grown. The local … rice) a year because she has been able to access more land. She leases land from the local school, and due to the soil quality of …

… rights regarding access to biological resources on private land or to create speci!c rights over the genetic resources … knowledge or any other intended activity on their land occurs according to their customary laws. Overall, BCPs … carried out, the issue of liability and redress, including restoration and compensation, for damage to biological …