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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 cultural life and to development, as well as the right to a healthy environment itself, which is recognized in … rights, including their rights to life, health, food and water. Like directly discriminatory measures, such indirect …
20 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

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 … development in their area, the communities’ right to participation and right to information are being … to life, health, an adequate standard of living, food, water, housing, self-determination and means of subsistence, …
01 Mar 2017 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

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

… Free Prior and Informed Consent An indigenous peoples’ right and a good practice for local communities 2 ▲ … of these interventions. Desert areas, huge holes in land, water pollution (fresh and sea water), changing the course of rivers, the reduced ability of …
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Customary laws: Governing natural resource management in the northern areas

… 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 … Raja. The Rajas had the authority to withdraw any kind of right or concession as well. During British rule, Rajas …
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Principles and Guidelines on Indigenous and Traditional Peoples and Protected Areas

… IUCN has acknowledged that indigenous peoples have the right "to participate effectively in the management of the … and other traditional peoples' rights, including the right to the full and effective protection of their areas, …
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Sacred natural sites: Guidelines for protected area managers

… one of our jobs here at Devils Tower is to protect that right.” Deborah Liggett, Superintendent (1994–1997) Devils … and communities. Sacred natural site. Areas of land or water having special spiritual significance to peoples and … Links between faiths and the conservation of land and water were found in every belief system examined by Dudley et …
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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

… repre sen ta tives of pasto ral ists has so far focused on water points for pastoral use, with no agree ments to date. … Reso lu tion 1.43 on “public partic i pa tion and the right to know” reit er ates earlier commit ments through … 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 …
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The Sacred Dimension of Protected Areas: Proceedings of the Second Workshop of the Delos Initiative - Ouranoupolis 2007

… dugongs, turtles, shellfish, crocodiles and sea and water birds. We can describe and name in detail coastal, … (b) are entitled by Aboriginal tradition to forage as of right over that land. Wangar: Ancestral beings from the … as well as non-monetary terms, is its high quality water. It is the main water source for the city of Flagstaff …
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Protected landscapes and cultural and spiritual values

… 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 … and adequate water supply is an indisputable basic human right (and the water supply to lo- cal communities must be …
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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 … Mechanisms (CDM) do not respect and guarantee our right to lands, territories, and self-determination. CDM and …
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