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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 …
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
… Agency Austria in 1991 and has worked on ecological risk assessment, monitoring and coexistence of genetically … and currently chairs the Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on Risk Assessment and Risk Management under the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (2009 to …
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, …
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
… specifically encouraged to train people in environmental management. While the Rio Declaration and Agenda 21 might … countries. Through these activities, UN/ECE reduces the risk both of cross-border tensions and of disagreements … economic interests are at stake, persons who take the risk of demanding that the rules should be complied with and …
Introduction to International Environmental Governance (IEG) - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… InforMEA is steered by the MEA Information and Knowledge Management (IKM) Initiative with the support of UN … of sectors, including air, water, biodiversity, waste management, chemicals, and horizontal legislation on areas … the funding basis for the UN Environment Programme may risk to remain uncertain, unstable and unpredictable. As a …