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Sacred natural sites: Guidelines for protected area managers

… Evaluating Effectiveness: A Framework for Assessing the Management of Protected Areas. No. 6. Marc Hockings, Sue … Yet, unfortunately, many sacred natural sites are at risk. They are subject to a wide range of pressures and … may disturb the authority of Sumana Saman and violators risk getting lost, injury and even death. Every resource is …
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Lessons learnt in the establishment and management of protected areas by indigenous and local communities in South Asia. TILCEPA report

… Page 1 LESSONS LEARNT IN THE ESTABLISHEMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF PROTECTED AREAS BY INDIGENOUS AND LOCAL … 1. Overview of the Engagement of Local Communities in Management of Officially Protected Areas in South Asia 2. … 4.2. Security of tenure 4.3. Site-specific, decentralised management, with varied objectives 4.4. Community initiatives …
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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

… indigenous peoples and local communities in protected area management, little can be richer and more encompassing than … putting tradi tional prac tices and manage ment systems at risk, without substi tuting effec tive new rules. This can … nity insti tu tions playing their roles or is there a risk of raising false expec ta tions? Is the commu nity …
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Indigenous and traditional peoples and climate change

… CURRENT VULNERABILITIES OF FRESHWATER RESOURCES AND THEIR MANAGEMENT; IN THE BACKGROUND, A WATER STRESS MAP BASED ON … consequently belong to the ones who are at greatest risk. However, for these people environmental variability and … such as sustainable water use systems, traditional coastal management or erosion control should be promoted. On a …
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Free Prior and Informed Consent - An indigenous peoples' right and a good practice for local communities - Manual for project practitioners

… With this current path of entrepreneurship and resource management, the world is headed towards self-destruction. I … related to improved agricultural skills as that might risk disrupting their nomadic traditions, while they consent … implementation of their operations and limit the risk of local resistance. Lessons Learned, the “gold …
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Introduction to Human Rights and the Environment - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… InforMEA is steered by the MEA Information and Knowledge Management (IKM) Initiative with the support of UN … resources are the second largest group of defenders at risk of being killed (A/HRC/4/37), and that their situation … and adjudicating abuse by business enterprises, or risk breaching their international obligations” (A/ HRC/4/35, …
01 Mar 2017 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

On dangerous ground _ Global Witness

… with resources to protect defenders under threat, such as risk assessments, legal aid, security provi- sion and … Human Rights Violations18 should address the heightened risk posed by business activities to environmental and land … than we have documented. Killings reflect the most extreme risk faced by land and environmental defenders but last year …
21 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security

… and forests is inextricably linked with access to and management of other natural resources, such as water and … tenure rights of others. They should include appropriate risk management systems to prevent and address adverse … where fragmentation provides benefits, such as risk reduction or crop diversification. Land consolidation …
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Protected landscapes and cultural and spiritual values

… Josep-Maria Mallarach Integrating traditional values and management regimes into Madagascar’s expandedprotected area … tourism. However, this heritage had been put at serious risk from unsustainable development pressures linked to the … The tiny sub-populations of the butterfly are therefore at risk from four separate threats: normal year-to-year climatic …
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The Sacred Dimension of Protected Areas: Proceedings of the Second Workshop of the Delos Initiative - Ouranoupolis 2007

… Ivan N. Bolotov and Galina V. Mikhailova 105 Part Two: Management of monastic lands and facilities 107 Mount Athos … and this precious natural spiritual site is currently at risk from the environmental pressures placed on it by … thinning, especially in Holm oak, which will reduce the risk of wildfires and enhance diversity of spe- cies which …
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