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Free Prior and Informed Consent - An indigenous peoples' right and a good practice for local communities - Manual for project practitioners
… also the stewards of natural resources and guardians of biodiversity. This has brought increased interest to … (from replacing instead of improving the remaining forest and its management), and the impacts on the … a precedent-setting directive re-affirming the rights of forest-dwelling indigenous or tribal peoples, including their …
Introduction to International Environmental Governance (IEG) - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… across a wide range of sectors, including air, water, biodiversity, waste management, chemicals, and horizontal … manifested in problems such as deforestation, loss of biodiversity, pollution, soil erosion, decreasing quality and … growing population and extension of agricultural land into forest and other ecologically sensitive areas. Consequently, …
The Aarhus Convention: An implementation guide. Securing the public's rights through access to information, public participation and Access to justice for a healthy environment
… facing our world today, including climate change, biodiversity loss, poverty reduction, increasing energy … non-binding instruments: the Rio Declaration, the UNCED Forest Principles and Agenda 21: Programme of Action for … designated protected areas, but also, for example, a forest, a tree or a park that is of localized significance, …
The Aarhus Convention:An implementation guide. UN/ECE Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-Making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters
… non-binding instruments: the Rio Declaration, the UNCED Forest Principles and Agenda 21. The Rio Declaration … within species, between species and of ecosystems”. Biodiversity includes, but is not limited to, ecosystem … parks if the project may have an impact on parks, or forest authorities if the territory has been allocated for …