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Poverty and conservation: Landscapes, people and power
… institutions 101 Institutional arrangements for tenure and access 103 Institutions at the landscape level 106 Devolution … decision-making and participation by local communities in land-use decisions. Participatory decision-making involves the willingness of outsiders to negotiate land-use objectives and ways to meet those objectives. The …
Conservation and sustainable development in mountain areas
… of Lombok, Indonesia 14 Mountains: 24% of the Earth’s Land Surface WCF Theme 3: Biodiversity Loss and Species … areas – global priorities Mountains cover 24% of the land surface of our planet (see page 14). These very diverse … mountain people in developing countries have little or no access to educational opportunities that could improve their …
Water as a human right?
… target of halving the proportion of people who do not have access to basic sanitation by 2015. The WSSD recognised the … natural resources of the earth including the air, water, land, flora and fauna and especially representative samples … by leasing the environmentally sensitive riparian forest land to a company. In a landmark decision concerning the …
Judges and the rule of law. Creating the links: Environment, human rights and poverty
… World Conservation Congress (WCC) held in Bangkok, Thai- land, from the 17th to the 25th of November 2004, the IUCN … (PIL). Nevertheless, insufficient rules on public access to and sharing of environmental information, as well … Service advises FAO member countries – including forestry, land, water, fisheries, wildlife, food, biodiversity and …
Poverty, equity and rights in conservation : Technical papers and case studies
… of nature; • they were elitist, failing to consider the land rights and sophisticated resource management of … of local populations; prohibited or restricted access to livelihood; break-up of communal lands; collapse of … such as the right to access and cultivate a parcel of land. The attribution of certain individual possession rights …
Global Warming of 1.5°C - an IPPC special report on the impacts of global warming
… the global annual average is being experienced in many land regions and seasons, including two to three times higher in the Arctic. Warming is generally higher over land than over the ocean. (high confidence) {1.2.1, 1.2.2, … for SDGs 1 (poverty), 2 (hunger), 6 (water), and 7 (energy access), if not carefully managed (high confidence) (Figure …