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Wildlife law and the empowerment of the poor
… Ababa Principles and Guidelines for the Sustainable Use of Biodiversity 1.4 The Convention on Access to Information, … management. These interests range from the conservation of biodiversity and specific endangered species and their … to more comprehensive goals including sustainable use of biodiversity. A number of ideas have informed these trends, …
Framework for Assessing and Improving Law for Sustainability - A Legal Component of a Natural Resource Governance Framework
… achieving justice and equality, and halting loss of biodiversity. These goals are the most ambitious targets for … or used; • access to and benefit-sharing related to biodiversity and other natural resources; • many forms of … and social justice. The continuing decline in the world’s biodiversity is well documented.6 The secretariat for the …
Major Components of the Cartagena Protocol - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… and national economies dependant on agriculture and biodiversity. Taking into account socio-economic … also allows for the recognition of the value of biodiversity to indigenous and local communities and the … http://www.informea.org/terms/biodiversity http://www.informea.org/terms/indigenous-people/ …
Farmer's Rights in the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
… level for their efforts in environmental and agricultural biodiversity protection, as keepers of traditional knowedge … published about traditional knowledge and relevance to biodiversity and development, e.g. authored by Abramovitz for … Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, the Global Biodiversity Strategy: Policy-makers' Guide produced by the …
Free Prior and Informed Consent - An indigenous peoples' right and a good practice for local communities - Manual for project practitioners
… also the stewards of natural resources and guardians of biodiversity. This has brought increased interest to … PEOPLES THE STEWARDS OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND GUARDIANS OF BIODIVERSITY AND THEIR RIGHT TO DEVELOPMENT AS A BASIC HUMAN … small farmers and landless peasants. The resulting loss of biodiversity (from replacing instead of improving the …
Transboundary Water Governance - Adaptation to Climate Change
… being promoted as a methodology that integrates the use of biodiversity and ecosystem services into an overall strategy … management, energy, agriculture, health, risk management, biodiversity conservation, etc.) and levels (i.e., global, … Forest hydrology changed, leading to loss of forest biodiversity. Higher temperatures increase evaporation from …
Introduction to International Environmental Governance (IEG) - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… across a wide range of sectors, including air, water, biodiversity, waste management, chemicals, and horizontal … manifested in problems such as deforestation, loss of biodiversity, pollution, soil erosion, decreasing quality and … CAN Environmental Agenda Focus Areas are: Climate change, biodiversity, water resources, disaster prevention and …
Governance of Shared Waters - Legal and Institutional Issues
… built and the earth is cultivated using water, soil and biodiversity. In this respect, each one of us lives within a … waste products and spillages, with an impact on coastal biodiversity, • make it impossible to develop sustainable … of ecosystems. In addition to this, the conservation of biodiversity and fight against desertification are essential …