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Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security
… of farmers and small-scale producers, of fishers, and of forest users; pastoralists; indigenous peoples and other … of farmers and small- scale producers, of fishers, and of forest users; pastoralists; indigenous peoples and other … established to prevent or minimize degradation and loss of biodiversity and reward changes that foster good land …
Lessons learnt in the establishment and management of protected areas by indigenous and local communities in South Asia. TILCEPA report
… agency 4.7. Role of local Leadership 4.8. Combining biodiversity and livelihoods 4.9. Commercial and … their own cattle have no fodder or water outside the forest thanks to a severe drought. Villagers are supported by … the opportunity to build a vote bank for themselves. The forest staff have been attacked in a number of ranges and …
Sacred natural sites: Guidelines for protected area managers
… in French. Identification and Gap Analysis of Key Biodiversity Areas: Targets for Comprehensive Protected Area … adjacent to the Great Barrier Reef and the Tropical Rain- forest World Heritage Areas. Website: www.jcu.edu.au Contact: … Southwest, Hopi elder Dalton Taylor consults with US Forest Service archaeologist Linda Farnsworth at a mining …
Protected landscapes and cultural and spiritual values
… the value of Category V protected areas in conserving wild biodiversity, in bio-regional planning, in sustaining local … Community Conserved Area (CCA) Includes a Category III forest Community managed Malagasy Indigenous spiritual … most have had approved management plans -mainly concerning forest exploitation- prepared by expert foresters. There is …
Indigenous and local communities and protected areas: Towards equity and enhanced conservation. Guidance on policy and practice for co-managed protected areas and community conserved areas
… and action groups, focusing in partic ular on species and biodiversity conser va tion and the manage ment of habi tats … ron mental, Economic and Social Policy CFSA Commu nity Forest Stew ard ship Agree ment CMPA Co-Managed Protected … System NRM Natural Resource Manage ment NTFP Non-Timber Forest Prod ucts PA Protected Area PMB Partic i pa tory …
The Sacred Dimension of Protected Areas: Proceedings of the Second Workshop of the Delos Initiative - Ouranoupolis 2007
… play in envir- onmental conservation, the protection of biodiversity and, ultimately, the sustaina- ble management of … for the area, but has also had a major impact both on the forest and on the religious values of Meteora, Greece �� the … man who withdrew there eight centuries ago. Na- tional forest legislation and the existence of a ‘hurn’ —an Islamic …
Indigenous and traditional peoples and climate change
… 30 4.2 THE TROPICAL FOREST BELT AND CLIMATE CHANGE … 29 FIGURE 6 FOREST AREA, 2005 (SOURCE: FAO, 2007) … result in a depletion of ecosystems linked to a loss of biodiversity and natural habitats as well as displacement of … of water will decrease and that there will be a loss of biodiversity which is expected to have fundamental impacts on …
Free Prior and Informed Consent - An indigenous peoples' right and a good practice for local communities - Manual for project practitioners
… also the stewards of natural resources and guardians of biodiversity. This has brought increased interest to … (from replacing instead of improving the remaining forest and its management), and the impacts on the … a precedent-setting directive re-affirming the rights of forest-dwelling indigenous or tribal peoples, including their …
Recognizing the indigenous territories as conservation areas in the Amazon Basin
… CONSIDERING that the Amazon Basin is the largest tropical forest ecosystem in the world, covering an area of 7.8 … million km2, and that it holds the greatest terrestrial biodiversity on the planet, for which it is a region of … have conserved and continue to conserve the ecosystems and biodiversity of their ancestral territories as a guarantee of …
The Role of Indigenous and Local Communities
… sharing of benefits arising from the use of traditional biodiversity-related knowledge, innovations and practices. … protection, preservation and maintenance of traditional biodiversity-related knowledge and the sharing of benefits … and other appropriate forms of protection of traditional biodiversity-related knowledge, innovations and practices. …