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Farmer's Rights in the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
… security, and underscores the need to maintain traditional agricultural practices, so as to ensure continuity in the … issue of generic human rights, such as those related to land tenure, access to water and mineral resources, health … must involve the maintenance and promotion of traditional agricultural systems and the continued conservation of plant …
Wildlife law and the empowerment of the poor
… 5.4 Protecting wildlife from harmful processes and land uses 5.5 Wildlife health 5.6 Human-wildlife conflicts 55 … for example, of wild pastures or forests into agricultural lands – with the accompanying detriment to … ministries (Belize, Brazil, Costa Rica and Ecuador), agricultural ministries (Chile and Peru) or, in some cases, …
Free Prior and Informed Consent - An indigenous peoples' right and a good practice for local communities - Manual for project practitioners
… Informed Consent (FPIC) before enacting projects on their land. This is in defence of their ancestral territories and … changing the course of rivers, the reduced ability of agricultural systems to produce food, disease, hunger, … Free, Prior and Informed Consent Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems Deutsche Gesellschaft für …
Transboundary Water Governance - Adaptation to Climate Change
… from increases in sewage runoff, and industrial and agricultural pollution. These factors will place additional … changes in the composition of the atmosphere or in land-use.” Source: IPCC (2001). Comparatively, climate change … to technologies and infrastructure, land-use patterns, and agricultural activities/irrigation. Disturbingly, such …
Natural Resource Governance. Trainers' Manual
… In Vietnam, for example, the customary community head or land guardian controls rights to access and use of resources … Informal processes in the case include: Pre-1980s, agricultural and fishing communities had set up their own … design of the causeway, there was no consultation with the agricultural and fishing communities, which had set up their …
Framework for Assessing and Improving Law for Sustainability - A Legal Component of a Natural Resource Governance Framework
… and terrestrial ecosystems as well as weather patterns. Land, air, freshwater and marine pollution further threatens … and natural resource management’. 50th Annual Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society Conference in … and natural resource management’. 50th Annual Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society Conference in …
Governance of Shared Waters - Legal and Institutional Issues
… incorrect use of flora will have a negative influence on land resources, causing erosion. This whole process will … to water resources, hydro power, panoramic resources, agricultural land, flora, fauna and geothermal resources, see … poverty and hunger, water is an essential resource for agricultural and industrial production; investments into …
Introduction to International Environmental Governance (IEG) - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… Organization of the UN (FAO) International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) World Health Organization … services, and capital, and also maintain common trade, agricultural, fishery, and regional development policies. By … development and livelihood. In many ASEAN countries, land resources and terrestrial ecosystems are under …
The Aarhus Convention: An implementation guide. Securing the public's rights through access to information, public participation and Access to justice for a healthy environment
… environment, which includes housing, urban development, land use and transport”.31 Health is explicitly referred to … the environment, such as air and atmosphere, water, soil, land, landscape and natural sites, biological diversity and … pest, occurrence of non-target organisms, wild relatives, agricultural practices, etc.). Data gained in a field trial …