Search results
11 Results
Sorted by relevance
Dramatic growth in laws to protect environment, but widespread failure to enforce, finds report
… defenders. Between 2002 and 2013, 908 people — including forest rangers, government inspectors, and local … law, by promoting a rights-based-approach to environmental management, and by strengthening capacities to enforce …
Wildlife law and the empowerment of the poor
… from it, particularly through community-based wildlife management schemes; recognizing and supporting sustainable … 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 …
Free Prior and Informed Consent - An indigenous peoples' right and a good practice for local communities - Manual for project practitioners
… With this current path of entrepreneurship and resource management, the world is headed towards self-destruction. I … (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 …
Transboundary Water Governance - Adaptation to Climate Change
… xv Chapter One Sustaining Ecosystems through Better Water Management for Climate Change Adaptation . . . . . . . . . . … 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
… . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Coordination of MPA participatory management with other decision-making bodies . . 49 Stronger … 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). …
Governance of Shared Waters - Legal and Institutional Issues
… 63 4.1 The institutional framework for the management of shared waters ................................ … 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
… including customary institutions for agro-ecological management, festivities and associated knowledge systems. In … in particular, laws and regulations governing the management of crop production, as well as seed regulations … responsible for a range of different tasks, including the management of seeds and planting materials. The important …
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
… non-binding instruments: the Rio Declaration, the UNCED Forest Principles and Agenda 21. The Rio Declaration … specifically encouraged to train people in environmental management. While the Rio Declaration and Agenda 21 might … parks if the project may have an impact on parks, or forest authorities if the territory has been allocated for …
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
… Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on Risk Assessment and Risk Management under the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (2009 to … 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, …