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Legal and institutional aspects of urban and peri-urban foresty and greening
… 11, Combating Deforestation .............. 10 3.3 Rio's "forest principles" … within the City of Toronto ........ 17 Box 7: National Forest Act of South Africa, section 32 .................. 18 … Therefore, broadly speaking, the urban forest is an ecosystem that not only includes vegetation1 but also soil, …
Improving governance of pastoral lands
… Ruiz-Mirazo Entretantos Foundation / IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management Jennifer Mohamed-Katerere IUCN … Governing land for women and men, Improving governance of forest tenure, Responsible governance of tenure and the law, … zones, wetlands and oases, riparian areas, woodlands and forest patches, salt pans and many more. Pastoralists use a …
Promoting responsible investment in agriculture and food systems - Guide to assess national regulatory frameworks affecting larger-scale private investments
… sustainable management of forests and enhancement of forest carbon stocks RTFG … resources, and contributing to the restoration of ecosystem functions and services, and in … the provision of desirable ecosystem services will also support responsible … of natural agro‐systems and the diminishment of ecosystem functions. Integrated water …
Governing natural resources and the processes and institutions that affect them : North-West Frontier Province. Legislation.
… Rules 1959 160 5.1.2 Forests/Timber 168 5.1.2.1 NWFP Forest Ordinance 2002 168 5.1.2.2 NWFP Local Government … NWFP Forestry Commission Act 1999 220 5.1.2.4 Hazara Forest (Amendment) Ordinance 1997 226 5.1.2.5 NWFP … the atmosphere; living organisms and inorganic matter; the ecosystem and ecological relationships; buildings, …
Responsible governance of tenure and the law - A guide for lawyers and other legal service providers
… of farmers and small-scale producers, of fishers, and of forest users, by pastoralists, indigenous peoples and other … Rights CFS Committee on World Food Security CFUG Community Forest User Group COFI Committee on Fisheries of the FAO EU … and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FLEGT Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade FPIC free, prior …
Statutory recognition of customary land rights in Africa - An investigation into best practices for lawmaking and implementation
… Angola, Guinea Bissau, 1990 - 1997 RIVER ‘Free’ Forest Common Use Forest Reserve Common Use Now Now + 3 years Now + 6 years Now … to custom. Significantly, because of Botswana's semi-arid ecosystem, among other factors, its average population …
Land and water - the rights interface
… largely unproductive land; elsewhere it is, for example, forest land. Depending on the applicable legislation … time the squatter may eventually acquire legal rights 37 Forest legislation may in particular restrict or prohibit the acquisition of land tenure rights within forest areas. 38 In the United States, for example, although …