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Introduction to Human Rights and the Environment - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… Introduction to Human Rights and the Environment About the course Disclaimer The contents of … by several subject-matter experts, including contributions from UNITAR, UNDP and UN Environment. UNITAR has adapted the … Introduction to Human Rights and the Environment - extract …
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 … the global environment. Such assistance may entail, apart from consultation and negotiation, financial aid, transfer of … of UNCLOS. The duty of prevention extends to combating the introduction of exogenous species into an ecosystem. Article …
Indigenous and traditional peoples and climate change
… .................................................. 3 1.2 THE KYOTO PROTOCOL … 20 3.3 PROJECTED GLOBAL CHANGES IN SEA LEVEL … ON THE 2005 VERSION OF WATERGAP (ALCAMO ET AL., 2003A) – FROM IPCC 2007 … may therefore have to offer valuable knowledge to learn from for future adaptation to and mitigation of climate …
The Sacred Dimension of Protected Areas: Proceedings of the Second Workshop of the Delos Initiative - Ouranoupolis 2007
… IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas Proceedings of the Second Workshop of the Delos Initiative - Ouranoupolis … design: Pavlina Alexandropoulou Cover photos: Clockwise from top: Holy Convent of Chrysopigi, A. Davydov, K.K. Han, … Opening statements Dimitrios Tziritis Father Gregorios 13 Introduction Thymio Papayannis and Josep-Maria Mallarach 25 …
Protected landscapes and cultural and spiritual values
… and Cultural and Spiritual Values A series published by the Protected Landscapes Task Force of IUCN’s World … and Lee Ellen Carter How protection took the beauty from the land: conflicting values and meanings of Lake Mburo … values that are to be found in protected land- scapes. The introduction to the case studies shows just how varied this …
Principles and Guidelines on Indigenous and Traditional Peoples and Protected Areas
… 1.53 on Indigenous Peoples and Protected Areas, adopted at the World Conservation Congress in Montreal, October, 1996, … territories”. Resolution 1.53 is based on recommendations from the IV World Congress on National Parks and Protected … 169, which has been adopted in this document. Part 1: Introduction IUCN describes a protected area as An area of …
Sacred natural sites: Guidelines for protected area managers
… These Guidelines are one of the Best Practice Protected Area Guidelines series. The … agencies, 800 NGOs, and 10,000 scientists and experts from over 180 countries in a unique worldwide partnership. … . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xii PART I INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . …
Free Prior and Informed Consent - An indigenous peoples' right and a good practice for local communities - Manual for project practitioners
… AND ABBREVIATIONS PAGE 10 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS PAGE 11 INTRODUCTION PAGE 12 SECTION 1 FUNDAMENTALS 1.1. Who are … 12 1.2. What is Free, Prior and Informed Consent? Who has the right to it? PAGE 12 1.3. Key elements in Free, Prior and … Forum on Indigenous Issues has received complaints from hundreds of indigenous communities in many countries who …
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
… + 41 22 999 00 15 E-mail: wcpa@iucn.org www.wcpa.iucn.org The World Conservation UnionThe World Conservation Union … Ashish Kothari and Gonzalo Oviedo with inputs from Marco Bassi, Peter Bille Larsen, Maurizio Farhan … at least in part their aspi ra tions and concerns. Introduction xvi 3 IUCN General Assembly Reso lu tion 19.1 …