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Free Prior and Informed Consent - An indigenous peoples' right and a good practice for local communities - Manual for project practitioners
… PROJECT PRACTITIONERS Free Prior and Informed Consent An indigenous peoples’ right and a good practice for local … ©FAO/Munkhbolor Gungaa COVER PHOTO: Engaging with indigenous peoples in Bolivia. ©FAO/Andre Arriaza 3 Table of … lands, natural resources, territories, livelihoods, knowledge, social fabric, traditions, governance systems, and …
Farmer's Rights in the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
… acknowledge the immense contribution made by farmers and indigenous communities in developing and conserving the plant … 9 includes measures for the protection of local and indigenous communities’ and farmers’ traditional knowledge relevant to PGRFA, their right to share in …
Wildlife law and the empowerment of the poor
… of the poor to varying extents by granting local and indigenous communities clear and secure rights to conserve … legal tools that empower the poor, particularly local and indigenous communities. Several experts have contributed in … levels using scientific, technical and traditional knowledge. Sustainable wildlife management adds the aim of …
Transboundary Water Governance - Adaptation to Climate Change
… . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 4.4.3 Adaptive knowledge and information management . . . . . . . . . . . . … local level, villagers also have the opportunity to use indigenous knowledge to conduct participatory research for … including women, youth, elderly, cultural minorities, indigenous peoples, and so on. Giving a “voice” these groups …
Framework for Assessing and Improving Law for Sustainability - A Legal Component of a Natural Resource Governance Framework
… natural resource governance in diverse contexts. NRGF is a knowledge basket, comprising different standards, processes, … or supply chain standards, and with traditional and indigenous norms and practices for conserving and using the … in relation to natural resources. Customary rules of indigenous and traditional communities may also be legally …
Major Components of the Cartagena Protocol - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… allows for the recognition of the value of biodiversity to indigenous and local communities and the protection of traditional knowledge, innovations and practices relevant for the … http://www.informea.org/terms/indigenous-people/ …
Framework principles on Human Rights and the environment
… business enterprises, civil society organizations, indigenous peoples and all others committed to safeguarding … most at risk, and the risks are particularly acute for indigenous peoples and traditional com- munities that depend … resources; C Respecting and protecting their traditional knowledge and practices in relation to the conservation and …
Natural Resource Governance. Trainers' Manual
… forest management in Asia - Pacific. Beginning as a knowledge hub in 1987, RECOFTC has actively supported the … examples of customary laws that govern natural resources. Indigenous and ethnic groups may have customary laws that … no data to prove the degree to which local communities and indigenous peoples apply their customary law. It is often the …
Introduction to Human Rights and the Environment - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… Project. InforMEA is steered by the MEA Information and Knowledge Management (IKM) Initiative with the support of UN … the context of the right to food, the right to health, and indigenous rights to property, natural resources, and … the context of the right to food, the right to health, and indigenous rights to property, natural resources, and …
Women’s participation and gender considerations in country representation, planning and reporting to the BRS Conventions
… By providing new evidence-based information and knowledge products, the EGI platform guides action toward a … change in the family. Canada recognises the key role of indigenous women in environmental health and supports their … and women and must be taken in all regions of the country. INDIGENOUS PEOPLES OF THE ARCTIC Despite the small population …