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Conservation with justice - A rights-based approach
… preservation, maintenance, sustainable utilization, restoration, and enhancement of the natural environment.4 An … as resulting not only from drought but from land degradation linked to loss of natural vegetation … riches. According to the views of many indigenous peoples, land should not be torn open and exploited, which they …
Introduction to Human Rights and the Environment - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… is damaged by development projects that destroy land for farming and growing food, people go hungry or become … and harm is suffered, access to justice can provide for restoration or remediation of the damaged environment. … that the connection between the Endorois people and the land they once lived on were directly related to their human …
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
… at the Second Ministerial Conference in Lucerne, Switzer- land, in April 1993. At that meeting, the Senior Advisers to … environment, which includes housing, urban development, land use and transport”.24 “Environment and Health” The … compensate material and moral damages. If necessary such restoration can be ordered by a superior body, which …
Introduction to International Environmental Governance (IEG) - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… development and livelihood. In many ASEAN countries, land resources and terrestrial ecosystems are under … due to growing population and extension of agricultural land into forest and other ecologically sensitive areas. …
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
… environment, which includes housing, urban development, land use and transport”.31 Health is explicitly referred to … the environment, such as air and atmosphere, water, soil, land, landscape and natural sites, biological diversity and … compensate material and moral damages. If necessary, such restoration can be ordered by a superior body, which …