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Protected landscapes and cultural and spiritual values

… O. Sarmiento, César Cotacachi and Lee Ellen Carter How protection took the beauty from the land: conflicting values … the concept of ’biocultural diversity’ is the one gain- Plant diversity and language distribution. From Stepp et al. … have been recognised as one of the important centres of plant diversity for this region of the Middle East (IUCN …
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Sacred natural sites: Guidelines for protected area managers

… . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Guideline 5.7 Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . … and spiritual leaders. Over wider land- scapes, particular plant and animal species may also be consid- ered as sacred … Case study 5. Kaya sacred forests, Kenya The discovery by plant ecologists in the late 1980s that the small, but …
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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

… also usher a more widespread recognition and much better protection of existing Community Conserved Areas – a … tu tions and tourist oper a tors. 136 See for example Plant and Hvalkof, 2001. Simeón Jiménez, an indig e nous … Protected Areas (see also Oviedo, 2002). 181 Roldan, 2002; Plant and Hvalkof, 2001. 182 Maldidier, 2000. 180 Do …
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The Sacred Dimension of Protected Areas: Proceedings of the Second Workshop of the Delos Initiative - Ouranoupolis 2007

… places can play in envir- onmental conservation, the protection of biodiversity and, ultimately, the sustaina- ble … plans to reclaim the tideland, to build a thermal power plant and to transform the area into a tourist resort. … val- ues which, following Smyth (2007), in- clude: high plant diversity and intact fau- nal assemblages; coastal …
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Lessons learnt in the establishment and management of protected areas by indigenous and local communities in South Asia. TILCEPA report

… Acts and Ordinances such as the Islamabad Wildlife (Protection, Prevention, Conservation and Management) … established in 1948 after the enactment of Fauna and Flora Protection Ordinance (FFPO) in 1937. The Ordinance (through a … harvesting on the regeneration capacity of the concerned plant. Results of this study helped the villagers take …
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Indigenous and traditional peoples and climate change

… are the unpredictable consequences on marine animal and plant species, as they are greatly influenced by water … of major food sources. Coral reefs also play a significant protection role, as they serve as natural barriers to wave … Punan interpretation Alilow (1 night) It is possible to plant Belong kalauw (1 night) Very good period for planting …
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Principles and concepts of international environmental law (Part 2) - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… shall apply a precautionary approach to environmental protection ... when there is reason to believe that wastes or … Examples ITLOS, in its Order of 3 December 2001 in the MOX Plant Case, considered (para. 82) the duty to cooperate in … downstream community can build an adequate water treatment plant at its own cost; (3) the polluter may receive public …
31 May 2026 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

Customary laws: Governing natural resource management in the northern areas

… Quercus ilex Bankhakhri – Podophyllum emodi; a medicinal plant with properties that improve blood flow Begana – … Shigar Lumbardar – village headman Makhuteen – a medicinal plant Malia – revenue; tax on crops G l o s s a ry Maliki – … In some areas, the zaitu is responsible only for the protection of agricultural crops and in other areas, he has …
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Factsheet - Traditional Knowledge, Innovation and Practices

… and agricultural practices, including the development of plant species and animal breeds. Sometimes it is referred to … agriculture as well. Many widely used products, such as plant-based medicines, health products and cosmetics, are …
31 May 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

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

… fishing and subsistence rights. • A project aims to plant some monoculture plantations as a means of reforesting … relevant to international human rights law and the protection of human rights in general. They can be classified … genuine right to consent to such projects, and promote the protection of human rights. The 1987 Philippine Constitution …
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