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Customary laws: Governing natural resource management in the northern areas
… reflect those of IUCN. Published by: IUCN, Environmental Law Programme. Copyright: ©2003 International Union for … Dr. Huma Haque and Patricia Moore. Customary Laws. IUCN Law Programme. xiii+67 pp. Design & Layout: Azhar Saeed, ECK … reciprocal recognition of customary law and corresponding reform to incorporate many elements of it into statutory law. …
Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security
… 2004, and the 2006 International Conference on Agrarian Reform and Rural Development (ICARRD). At its Thirty-sixth … with States’ existing obligations under international law, including the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and … with existing obligations under national and international law, and with due regard to voluntary commitments under …
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
… in planning and managing tasks is widely accepted, both in law and practice. (Courtesy Jim Barborak); Through pastoral … have begun enshrining these kinds of rights into national law. In the Phil ip pines, for instance, an admin is tra tive … and manage ment of protected areas. It called for policy reform to facil i tate Commu - nity Conserved Areas and …
On dangerous ground _ Global Witness
… under threat must take immediate steps to: ▶ Ensure that law enforcement bodies and the judiciary enforce relevant … defenders in contravention of international human rights law All governments must: ▶ Ensure any future bilateral and … the National Institute of Colonization and Agrarian Reform (INCRA) and the National Indian Foundation (FUNAI), …
Lessons learnt in the establishment and management of protected areas by indigenous and local communities in South Asia. TILCEPA report
… The colonial top-heavy and centralised conservation law and policies ignored the strong history of traditional … town after travelling 150 km and handed them over to law enforcement agencies. Despite legal constraints the … Customs and Conservation: Cases of Traditional and Modern Law in India and Nepal. Kalpavriksh, Pune and International …
Introduction to Human Rights and the Environment - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… status of the environment in international human rights law. Human rights perspective provides three benefits for … a life of dignity, freedom, and equality; Human rights law clarifies and guides governments in their obligations in … in the international legal framework, in both human rights law (article 19 of the UDHR and article 19 of the ICCPR) and …
Sacred natural sites: Guidelines for protected area managers
… vandalism, resource extraction, etc. using zoning, law enforcement, public education, new regulations and laws. … 2005). The Tongariro National Park Act was passed into law in October 1894, making Tongariro the first national park … and informed consent applies, at least in international law, primarily to indigenous communi- ties, but in the case …
Protected landscapes and cultural and spiritual values
… to infringe upon human rights guaranteed by international law, nor to limit their scope” (art.4) (UNESCO 2001). … the place where Moses received the Tablets of the Law, and the Monastery of St Catherine1, one of the … to the ejidos was public, but after the constitutional reform of 1992 it could be privatised and sold. These lands …