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Poverty and conservation: Landscapes, people and power
… in mind principles of equity. This implies genuine shared decision-making and participation by local communities in land-use decisions. Participatory decision-making involves the willingness of outsiders to … power to make decisions about resources. Tenure and decision-making power are important factors in successful …
Judges and the rule of law. Creating the links: Environment, human rights and poverty
… the rule of law, the judiciary can also play the part of a decision-maker and opinion-former. However, judicial activism … of government institutions and greater accountability in decision-making. Yet it goes without saying that many laws … Indeed, even measuring the extent to which judicial decision making has improved as a result of training will be …
Poverty, equity and rights in conservation : Technical papers and case studies
… needs as well as principal factors of development, lack of decision making power, depreciation of knowledge and … and territories, capacity building in negotiation and decision-making processes, and making changes in the … institutions regulating access to resources as well as on decision-making systems whose rationale influences the way …
Water as a human right?
… sensitive riparian forest land to a company. In a landmark decision concerning the Eppawela Phosphate Mining Project, … Right to culture The UN Human Rights Committee issued a decision in the Lubikon Lake Band Case63 (1990), that oil and … on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-Making and Access to Justice in Environmental …
Conservation and sustainable development in mountain areas
… on-going process which actively involves local people and decision makers - in both upstream and downstream areas - in … The results of this initiative will be disseminated to decision makers, practitioners and researchers working in … governance, empowerment, and negotiation skills for decision-making. The project area includes the watersheds of …
Global Warming of 1.5°C - an IPPC special report on the impacts of global warming
… global greenhouse gas emission pathways’ contained in the Decision of the 21st Conference of Parties of the United … associated with the underlying chapters of the report. 1 Decision 1/CP.21, paragraph 21. 2 The assessment covers … development, and when local and regional governments and decision makers are supported by national governments (medium …