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Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security

… 2 7 7 6 The guidelines are the first comprehensive, global instrument on tenure and its administration to be prepared … environmental protection and sustainable social and economic development. www.fao.org/nr/tenure VOLUNTARY … cultural and religious practices; and a central factor in economic growth. It is important to note that responsible …
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Responsible governance of tenure and the law - A guide for lawyers and other legal service providers

… The Guidelines also aim to foster sustainable social and economic development, the eradication of poverty and … forms of Discrimination Against Women CESCR Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights CFS Committee on World … the Guidelines) are the most comprehensive global instrument that provides guidance to states and non- state …
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Promoting responsible investment in agriculture and food systems - Guide to assess national regulatory frameworks affecting larger-scale private investments

… CDM   Clean Development Mechanism  CESCR  Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights  CFS  … ICESCR   International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights  ICCPR  … OECD   Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development   OIE   …   Another  important  instrument  …
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Developing gender‐equitable legal frameworks for land tenure

… ICESCR   International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights  LAT  … (VGGT)  introduced  the  first  comprehensive,  global  instrument  on  governance  of  tenure  and  … Women (CEDAW, 1981) and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR,  …
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Legal and institutional aspects of urban and peri-urban foresty and greening

… and institutions in order to address legal, economic, social and environmental issues related to … despite its importance to society in terms of the social, economic, aesthetic and environmental benefits. This is even … community ecosystems for the physiological, sociological, economic and aesthetic benefits trees provide society (Helms, …
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Improving governance of pastoral lands

… Jennifer Mohamed-Katerere IUCN Commission on Environment, Economic and Social Policy Ian Hannam IUCN World Commission … Law Emmanuel Nuesri IUCN Commission on Environment, Economic and Social Policy / University of Potsdam, Faculty … statement of the principal purpose and intent of a legal instrument for the use of pastoral land. It may be expressed …
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Land and water - the rights interface

… harmonization and coordination may have negative social, economic and environmental consequences, particularly in contexts where economic and agricultural transitions are putting natural … rights are mostly now created on the basis of a legal instrument issued by the state agency responsible for water …
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Non-judicial grievance mechanisms in land-related disputes in Sierra Leone

… ontext of National Food Security (VGGT) is an international instrument on the  … has also adversely affected socio‐economic development of the country, at least in the short  … International  Covenant  on  Economic,  Social  and  Cultural  Rights,  a  binding  … implementing the VGGT, an  internationally negotiated  instrument that enshrines  …
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Governing natural resources and the processes and institutions that affect them : North-West Frontier Province. Legislation.

… structures, roads, facilities and works; all social and economic conditions a ffecting community life; and the … to collect and maintain statistical information for socio-economic surveys; (b) to consolidate village and … to contrary contained in any other law or any agreement, instrument, custom or usage or decree, judgment or order of …
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Statutory recognition of customary land rights in Africa - An investigation into best practices for lawmaking and implementation

… to resources vital to their food security, livelihoods and economic survival (World Bank, 2010a). Because most land in … them of access to resources vital to their livelihoods and economic survival. Unfortunately, rural communities often … Tribal Land Act, as originally written, was indeed a legal instrument "capable of accommodating the natural evolution of …
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