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Wildlife law and the empowerment of the poor
… Wild Flora and Fauna (CITES) 1.1.2 The Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS) 1.2 … and use rights and obligations, links with land and forest tenure), public participation in wildlife … future policymaking. In Burkina Faso, for instance, the Forest Code requires that the national forestry policy …
Natural Resource Governance. Trainers' Manual
… on the part of IUCN, the International Union for Conservation of Nature, RECOFTC – The Center for People and … in capacity building for community forestry and devolved forest management in Asia - Pacific. Beginning as a knowledge … forestry, address the impacts of climate change, transform forest conflict and secure sustainable livelihoods for …
Transboundary Water Governance - Adaptation to Climate Change
… or the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety (BMUB) concerning … categories of ecosystems: marine, coastal, inland water, forest, dryland, island, mountain, polar, cultivated, and … cycle. This can be illustrated particularly in forest, mountainous, and dryland ecosystems. Forests are …
Framework for Assessing and Improving Law for Sustainability - A Legal Component of a Natural Resource Governance Framework
… Bonn, Germany Copyright: © 2016 International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources Reproduction of … Each year we are losing over 5 million hectares of forest, and an estimated 10,000 distinct species. Climate … managing the process. 69 Joint ANZECC / MCFFA National Forest Policy Statement Implementation Sub-committee (1997). …
Free Prior and Informed Consent - An indigenous peoples' right and a good practice for local communities - Manual for project practitioners
… (from replacing instead of improving the remaining forest and its management), and the impacts on the … a precedent-setting directive re-affirming the rights of forest-dwelling indigenous or tribal peoples, including their … for the participatory research on indigenous biodiversity conservation practices. It has proven to be an adequate tool …
Governance of Shared Waters - Legal and Institutional Issues
… Bonn, Germany Copyright: © 2011 International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources Reproduction of … naturally established between water, flora (mostly forest), soil, subsoil and fauna, and among these resources … of Germany. Facts The Danube, has its source in the Black Forest in Germany, and flows through the Jura Mountains in …
Farmer's Rights in the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
… of local and indigenous communities and farmers to the conservation and development of PGRFA, 2. Describe the … promotes a complementary approach to strategies for the conservation and sustainable use of PGRFA, for both in situ and ex situ conservation. Over the past 50 years, there has been growing …
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
… and Law Association (EMLA), Hungary), Lyle Glowka (World Conservation Union (IUCN)), Ralph Hallo (Stichting Natuur en … non-binding instruments: the Rio Declaration, the UNCED Forest Principles and Agenda 21. The Rio Declaration … parks if the project may have an impact on parks, or forest authorities if the territory has been allocated for …
Introduction to International Environmental Governance (IEG) - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… by four UN organizations and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Geneva, March 2017 … example of an IGO which was not founded to work on the conservation of nature, but which has been of major … growing population and extension of agricultural land into forest and other ecologically sensitive areas. Consequently, …
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
… for Standardization IUCN International Union for Conservation of Nature MEA multilateral environmental … non-binding instruments: the Rio Declaration, the UNCED Forest Principles and Agenda 21: Programme of Action for … designated protected areas, but also, for example, a forest, a tree or a park that is of localized significance, …