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Free Prior and Informed Consent - An indigenous peoples' right and a good practice for local communities - Manual for project practitioners

… RESOURCES AND GUARDIANS OF BIODIVERSITY AND THEIR RIGHT TO DEVELOPMENT AS A BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS BASED PRINCIPLE FOREWORD … United Nations agencies. In the last two or three years, development experts have recognized that FPIC is not only … FAO partnered with Action Against Hunger (ACF); Action Aid (AA); the Spanish Agency for International Development
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Indigenous and traditional peoples and climate change

… 4 Clean Development Mechanism … Change (UNFCCC) (1992), the Kyoto Protocol and the Clean Development Mechanism (1998), the Stern Review (2006) and the … and traditional peoples might also become more reliant on aid provided by the state, NGOs or international … power, resources and national or international aid. With exceptions, they have very limited access to power …
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Factsheet - Traditional Knowledge, Innovation and Practices

… local language, and agricultural practices, including the development of plant species and animal breeds. Sometimes it … can make a significant contribution to sustainable development. Most indigenous and local communities are … to enhance and promote biodiversity at the local level and aid in maintaining healthy ecosystems. However, the …
17 Jun 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security

… protection and sustainable social and economic development. www.fao.org/nr/tenure VOLUNTARY GUIDELINES ON … of the United Nations (FAO) concerning the legal or development status of any country, territory, city or area or … should include legal support, such as affordable legal aid, and may also include the provision of services of …
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Sacred natural sites: Guidelines for protected area managers

… . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Guideline 2.9 Support development planning recognition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . … . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Guideline 5.9 Development pressures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . … and global inventories of sacred natural sites will aid our understanding of them. Likewise, the rate of loss is …
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On dangerous ground _ Global Witness

… opinion against them, branding their actions as ‘anti-development’. We document the experiences of four defenders … defenders under threat, such as risk assessments, legal aid, security provi- sion and temporary relocation where … rights to sustain their livelihoods as part of national development strategies ▶ Actively support land and …
17 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

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

… that they bear in the international pursuit of sustainable development in view of the pressures their societies place on … leo.informea.org/united-nations-declaration-environment-and-development … entail, apart from consultation and negotiation, financial aid, transfer of environmentally sound technology and …
17 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

Lessons learnt in the establishment and management of protected areas by indigenous and local communities in South Asia. TILCEPA report

… and developmental threats and a new definition of "development" 4.10. Funding for CCAs 4.11. Overcoming … E-mail: mahrukh@dhaka.net. 3 Suki is Director Staff Development Centre (also Professor at the Department of … Sri Lanka have been destroyed to make way for large-scale development of export-oriented prawn farming, or to be filled …
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The Sacred Dimension of Protected Areas: Proceedings of the Second Workshop of the Delos Initiative - Ouranoupolis 2007

… are posed by the large number of visitors and by several development projects planned for the region. The local … ‘ecosystem services’ and contribute to the socio-economic development of Dhimurru IPA and the well-being of the Yolngu … The use of still images and film can be a very effective aid in protecting sacred sites. Such media can also be linked …
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Protected landscapes and cultural and spiritual values

… are so important for conservation and sustainable development that they deserve special protection and IUCN has … resource management, stewardship and sustainable rural development, in public health, well-being and recreation, and … up to ensure its management and to encourage international aid. In 1995, the Cambodian Authority for the Protection of …
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