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Global biodiversity outlook 4 - A mid-term assessment of progress towards the implementation of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020
… incentives, enforcing rules and regulations, involving indigenous and local commu- nities and stakeholders and the … and negative incentives; engagement with sectoral groups, indigenous and local communities, landowners, other … Biodiversity 2011–2020 into national actions. Traditional knowledge continues to decline as indicated by the loss of …
Managing Natural World Heritage - World Heritage Resource Manual
… and preservation process. They aim to provide knowledge and assistance in ensuring a representative and … (e.g. national parks, nature reserves, wilderness areas, indigenous and community conserved areas, etc.) that contain, … always, the same people as above. 3. Local communities and indigenous peoples engaged in managing or co-managing World …
Evaluating effectiveness : A framework for assessing management effectiveness of protected areas
… Areas. No. 3. Graeme Kelleher, 1999, xxiv + 107pp. Indigenous and Traditional Peoples and Protected Areas: … Middleton, 2003, ix + 79pp. Also available in Chinese. Indigenous and Local Communities and Protected Areas: Towards … providing them with the strategies, services, scientific knowledge and technical support they need to achieve their …
A moving target : Genetic resources and options for tracking and monitoring their international flows
… right” 50 3.1.2 An analogous argument for associated knowledge 53 3.1.3 “Tilted playing fields” and the theory of … or public institu- tion, an ex-situ conservation centre, indigenous or local communities or an individual), contracts … often refers not only to the germplasm, but also to the indigenous knowledge associated with the use of those genetic …
Climate Change and POPs: Predicting the Impacts
… to climate change factors 38 5.4. Conclusions 39 5.5. Data/knowledge gaps 41 5.5.1. Environmental health 41 5.5.2. Human … of these same POP s increase in these harvested species. Indigenous populations such as in the Arctic could be exposed … can also have an impact on human vulnerability to POP s. Indigenous peoples in general, and especially indigenous …
State of Biodiversity in Latin America and the Caribbean
… and Peru). 14. Access and benefit-sharing and traditional knowledge, associated with genetic resources, are issues of … also reaffirmed the importance of respecting the rights of indigenous and local communities over their traditional … the social and economic importance of biodiversity Emberá indigenous community at Panama Chanel river basin, Panama …
State of Biodiversity in Africa
… human populations, charcoal production and the logging of indigenous trees are causing massive deforestation, with … countries. 30. There is a need for continued investment in knowledge creation and sharing, awareness-raising and … crucial to protect the traditional knowledge of local and indigenous communities, and to establish suitable measures …
Identification and gap analysis of key biodiversity areas : Targets for comprehensive protected area systems
… Areas. No. 3. Graeme Kelleher, 1999, xxiv + 107pp. Indigenous and Traditional Peoples and Protected Areas: … 2003, ix + 79pp. Also available in Chinese and Japanese. Indigenous and Local Communities and Protected Areas: Towards … The Union is the world’s largest environmental knowledge network, and has helped over 75 countries prepare …
Voluntary Guidelines on National Forest Monitoring
… forest-related data, and the derivation of information and knowledge at regular intervals to allow the monitoring of … to political decision-making. Such groups may include indigenous communities. Given that women and men use forests … representing different levels and sectors, including from indigenous groups/local communities and women’s groups, to …
Global Mercury Assessment
… . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 9. Major gaps in knowledge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . … for subsistence and recreational fisheries, often among indigenous peoples. Artisanal and small- scale gold mining … organisms higher in the food web. This explains why some indigenous populations that consume top marine predators such …