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Conservation with justice - A rights-based approach
… considered as priority issues under the Convention on Biodiversity (CBD), with clearly rights-related challenges. … obligations.4 Conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity and ecosystems generally have to be taken into … not only from drought but from land degradation linked to loss of natural vegetation (Article 1 (f)). Furthermore, …
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 … degradation manifested in problems such as deforestation, loss of biodiversity, pollution, soil erosion, decreasing quality and …
Introduction to Human Rights and the Environment - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… and serious intimidation to community members, and the loss of food security. The NHRCT designated its Subcommittee … on the collective, stating that “Nature and its biodiversity, the environment and the national heritage are …
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
… among those members of the public who have had to suffer a loss as a result of the final decision. In the absence of … within species, between species and of ecosystems”. Biodiversity includes, but is not limited to, ecosystem … as a functional unit83), are considered components of biodiversity.84 Genetically modified organisms are explicitly …
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 demands, rapid … within species, between species and of ecosystems”. Biodiversity includes, but is not limited to, ecosystem …