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Introduction to Human Rights and the Environment - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… this lesson you will be able to: Explain how environmental harm can interfere with the enjoyment of human rights. … of the close relationship between them, there is yet no international consensus on the legal status of the … respects due process guarantees. While the ICESCR has no provision comparable to article 2(3) of the ICCPR, it has …
Principles and concepts of international environmental law (Part 2) - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… introduced in the marine environment are likely to cause harm even when there is no conclusive evidence to prove a causal relation between … prevention of environmental harm should be the “Golden Rule” for the environment, for both ecological and economic …
Lessons learnt in the establishment and management of protected areas by indigenous and local communities in South Asia. TILCEPA report
… and Action Group in India called Kalpavriksh (Appt. No.5, Shri Dutta Krupa, 908 Deccan Gymkhana, Pune 411004, … 16 Pathak, N. and Gour-Broome, V. (2000). Tribal Self-Rule and Natural Resource Management: Community Based … in Rajasthan in India. Traditionally the farmers do not harm the birds or do not let the birds be harmed as these …
UN Environment Policy : Promoting Greater Protection for Environmental Defenders
… patterns, including in protected and environmental rule of law • Request government and companies’ environmental … Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms; and of the rule of law in environmental matters. on individual cases and … such as the judiciary they can strengthen environmental rule of law and human rights abuses. It is important for UN …
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
… Best Practice Protected Area Guidelines Series No. 11 IU C N IUCN Programme on Protected Areas Rue Mauverney … caste people in Saigata Village, India 82 6.1 Top down rule or local knowl edge? 86 6.2 Decen tral iza tion, dele ga … At very least it means that conser va tion should do no harm to human soci eties – although it may require trade-offs …
Protected landscapes and cultural and spiritual values
… partly assigned to another category, whilst others have no recognition in the IUCN system of management categories. … (deliberate or innocent) may result in individual or group harm. Gazettal Formal dedication of an area of land as a … solitude and later with his brethren, wrote the so-called Rule of the Monks (Regula monachorum), later known as the …
Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security
… the cooperation between the actors mentioned. * There is no international definition of land within the context of … and groups in associated decision-making processes. 7. Rule of law: adopting a rules-based approach through laws … on smallholders. 12.4 Responsible investments should do no harm, safeguard against dispossession of legitimate tenure …
The Sacred Dimension of Protected Areas: Proceedings of the Second Workshop of the Delos Initiative - Ouranoupolis 2007
… is rich in spiritual values. Just as the Yolngu make no distinction between ‘land’ and ‘sea’, there is no sep- … Arnota, who- se members live in monasteries under a common rule, and semi-eremitic com- munities like Pǎtrunsa or … values and practices, as long as these practices do not harm others; • Recognise the universal rights of eve- ry …
Customary laws: Governing natural resource management in the northern areas
… region consisted of small independent states under the rule of the Raja of Skardu. The expansion of villages took … largely illiterate population, however, had very little or no knowledge of the new laws to be enforced on them. Their … system your rights will remain protected. There will be no change in your powers and privileges. You will have …
Sacred natural sites: Guidelines for protected area managers
… as follows: National System Planning for Protected Areas. No. 1. Adrian G. Davey, 1998, x + 71pp. Also available in … adverse effects. Planning will always seek to avoid harm to cultural resources, and consider the values of … which days the forest is closed. Exceptions to this rule can be requested from the elders on a case-by-case …