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Wildlife law and the empowerment of the poor

… 5.4 Protecting wildlife from harmful processes and land uses 5.5 Wildlife health 5.6 Human-wildlife conflicts 55 … (ownership and use rights and obligations, links with land and forest tenure), public participation in wildlife … a joint project of the FAO Development Law Service and the Land Tenure and Management Unit. Blaise Kuemlangan Officer in …
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Free Prior and Informed Consent - An indigenous peoples' right and a good practice for local communities - Manual for project practitioners

… Informed Consent (FPIC) before enacting projects on their land. This is in defence of their ancestral territories and … exhausted, there has been no thought to the state of the land in the aftermath of any of these interventions. Desert areas, huge holes in land, water pollution (fresh and sea water), changing the …
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Framework for Assessing and Improving Law for Sustainability - A Legal Component of a Natural Resource Governance Framework

… and terrestrial ecosystems as well as weather patterns. Land, air, freshwater and marine pollution further threatens … biocapacity – the amount of biologically productive land and sea area that is available to regenerate these … for Indigenous people’s access to government resources or land. These can further expand the interpretation of the …
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Natural Resource Governance. Trainers' Manual

… In Vietnam, for example, the customary community head or land guardian controls rights to access and use of resources … that govern the use of forests, wildlife, water, pasture land, and other natural resources. Discuss participants’ … be governed by other types of laws. These may include: ƒ Land law ƒ Agriculture law ƒ Protected areas law ƒ …
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Framework principles on Human Rights and the environment

… conducted with due respect for the customs, traditions and land tenure systems of the peoples or communities …
02 Aug 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Introduction to Human Rights and the Environment - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… is damaged by development projects that destroy land for farming and growing food, people go hungry or become … that the connection between the Endorois people and the land they once lived on were directly related to their human … defenders has found that human rights defenders working on land rights and natural resources are the second largest …
01 Mar 2017 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

Transboundary Water Governance - Adaptation to Climate Change

… changes in the composition of the atmosphere or in land-use.” Source: IPCC (2001). Comparatively, climate change … cycle together, connecting the earth’s atmosphere, land masses, and oceans. Furthermore, water provides … of an “ecoregion”, which it defines as a “large unit of land or water containing a geographically distinct assemblage …
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Governance of Shared Waters - Legal and Institutional Issues

… incorrect use of flora will have a negative influence on land resources, causing erosion. This whole process will … Argentina, page 95. 10 11 This specifically includes all land and smaller rivers that supply the main river with … the water from this river is used for, as well how the land associated with the basin is used and what the …
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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

… at the Second Ministerial Conference in Lucerne, Switzer- land, in April 1993. At that meeting, the Senior Advisers to … environment, which includes housing, urban development, land use and transport”.24 “Environment and Health” The … Impact Assess- nt in a Transboundary ntext, done at Espoo, land, on 25 February 91, and the Convention the Transboundary …
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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

… environment, which includes housing, urban development, land use and transport”.31 Health is explicitly referred to … the environment, such as air and atmosphere, water, soil, land, landscape and natural sites, biological diversity and … list include “air and atmosphere”, “water”, “soil, land, landscape and natural sites”, and “biological diversity …
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