Search results
24 Results
Sorted by relevance
Customary laws: Governing natural resource management in the northern areas
… Governing Natural Resource Management in the Northern Areas C u s t o m a r y … wild grass Gandhak – sulphur Gon – turn at receiving water Haitien – village warden Hanafi fiqha – Hanafi school … fevers in parts of the Settled Areas Khusman – poor Kool – water channel, irrigation channel Kora – strap, whip; a …
Indigenous and traditional peoples and climate change
… 46 4.4.2 Climate change impacts on fresh water resources and … RESOURCES AND THEIR MANAGEMENT; IN THE BACKGROUND, A WATER STRESS MAP BASED ON THE 2005 VERSION OF WATERGAP … measures. It is widely accepted that poor, natural-resource dependent communities in the developing world are …
Protected landscapes and cultural and spiritual values
… able practices in local communities, as models of natural resource management, stewardship and sustainable rural … landscape (when applicable), past and current land- and water-use practices and their links to cultural and spiritual … trade routes, historic settlements, intricate land and water-use systems, and traces of sophisticated social …
Principles and Guidelines on Indigenous and Traditional Peoples and Protected Areas
… of indigenous peoples, and take into account customary resource practices and traditional land tenure systems. While … as well as of the complex interplay of factors driving resource-use patterns. In line with current understanding of … and to local people in particular; · the territorial and resource rights of indigenous and other traditional peoples …
Lessons learnt in the establishment and management of protected areas by indigenous and local communities in South Asia. TILCEPA report
… priority? Box 15: Inter-agency coordination can overcome resource constraints. Box 16: Community conservation does not … the park because their own cattle have no fodder or water outside the forest thanks to a severe drought. … and new community systems of resource management, such as water, forests, and others paving a way for the conflict …
Sacred natural sites: Guidelines for protected area managers
… and communities. Sacred natural site. Areas of land or water having special spiritual significance to peoples and … influence of their network of protected areas; ø natural resource ministries responsible for protected area agencies … Links between faiths and the conservation of land and water were found in every belief system examined by Dudley et …
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
… areas in the Caribbean, the involvement of traditional resource users and local communities in planning and managing … repre sen ta tives of pasto ral ists has so far focused on water points for pastoral use, with no agree ments to date. … city a commu nity? is the sum of all people inhab iting a water shed a commu nity?), it can be further spec i fied that …
Introduction to Human Rights and the Environment - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… to fulfil individual’s human rights to life, health, water, food, work, culture, development, access to … to life, health, an adequate standard of living, food, water, housing, self-determination and means of subsistence, … the CESCR adopted General Comment No. 15 on the right to water. Article 1 states that “The human right to water is …
The Sacred Dimension of Protected Areas: Proceedings of the Second Workshop of the Delos Initiative - Ouranoupolis 2007
… self- evident truth: that nature is our society’s main resource base and that our future well-being depends on the … dugongs, turtles, shellfish, crocodiles and sea and water birds. We can describe and name in detail coastal, … as well as non-monetary terms, is its high quality water. It is the main water source for the city of Flagstaff …
Framework principles on Human Rights and the environment
… standard of living, to adequate food, to safe drinking water and sanitation, to housing, to participation in … rights, including their rights to life, health, food and water. Like directly discriminatory measures, such indirect … surrounding the ope- rations of mining, forestry or other resource extraction companies are unjustifi able (see …