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Natural Resource Governance. Trainers' Manual
… policies, sharing knowledge, and setting up the forest protection team. Customary norms and practices and local … to lift the logging ban for plantations in natural forest protection areas, and another proposal will allow farmers to … a protected area, and must determine what category of protection to assign to it. The options under the Protected …
The Aarhus Convention:An implementation guide. UN/ECE Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-Making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters
… with the financial support of the Danish Environmental Protection Agency UNITED NATIONS UNITED NATIONS New York and … Convention 81 The EC has long been developing a body of consumer law, including access-to-information, … Since the entry into force of theMaastricht Trea- ty, consumer protection has been a full Community policy.117 One …
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
… It links government accountability and environmental protection. It focuses on interactions between the public and … be further developed by Governments when implementing it. Consumer protection has been a core EU policy since 1993. To this end, the EU has developed a body of consumer law, including provisions on access to information, …
Framework for Assessing and Improving Law for Sustainability - A Legal Component of a Natural Resource Governance Framework
… related to, inter alia, contract, property, civil rights, consumer protection, or financial regulation. d) International … against acts such as environmental pollution, harm of the consumer’s legitimate interests and rights and other acts …
Free Prior and Informed Consent - An indigenous peoples' right and a good practice for local communities - Manual for project practitioners
… relevant to international human rights law and the protection of human rights in general. They can be classified … genuine right to consent to such projects, and promote the protection of human rights. The 1987 Philippine Constitution … oil industry – oil palm producers, processors, traders, consumer goods manufacturers, retailers, banks/ investors, …
Wildlife law and the empowerment of the poor
… generations. Thus, this concept looks beyond hunting and protection of individual species and focuses holistically on … wildlife management. It sets the parameters for protection and use of wild animals. Over time, both the … and Natural Resources Act, 1977, as consolidated in 2002 Consumer Protection (Export Control) Regulations, 2000 …
Accountability through Civic Participation in the Post-2015 Development Agenda
… information-based initiatives, which range in subject from consumer rights and corruption to budget allocations and … (Chile) was designed to provide an online space for consumer complaints but ultimately ended up becoming “one of … education, leisure and cultural activities, and special protection measures. See CRC Committee, Treaty- specific …
Transboundary Water Governance - Adaptation to Climate Change
… – the Genevese Aquifer, (See Convention relative a la protection, a l’utilisation, a la realimentation et au suivi … Ventura River. Prepared for the Ventura County Watershed Protection District by Daniel B. Stephens & Associates, Inc. … international organisations have been widely promoting the protection and rehabilitation of coastal areas.69 In …
Governance of Shared Waters - Legal and Institutional Issues
… appropriate concept would be one of overall environmental protection. This is due to the management of water resources … the easiest to put into practice but does not ensure full protection of the water resources, especially with regard to … Examples of this are the Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer, the Montreal Protocol on …