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Transboundary Water Governance - Adaptation to Climate Change
… xv Chapter One Sustaining Ecosystems through Better Water Management for Climate Change Adaptation . . . . . . . . . . … the most adequate administrative unit and outplaying the risk of harming due to non-coordinated adaptation efforts. … (e.g., water management, energy, agriculture, health, risk management, biodiversity conservation, etc.) and levels …
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 … debate about the principles. Transparency reduces the risk of political manipulation or unfair criticism. The … may reproduce social inequities, of course, is a risk that evaluators cannot ignore. Finally, the framework …
Wildlife law and the empowerment of the poor
… from it, particularly through community-based wildlife management schemes; recognizing and supporting sustainable … specifically affect biological diversity. If there is a risk of significant harm to biodiversity, they should apply … List is to highlight those taxa that are facing a higher risk of global extinction (i.e. those listed as "critically …
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 … related to improved agricultural skills as that might risk disrupting their nomadic traditions, while they consent … implementation of their operations and limit the risk of local resistance. Lessons Learned, the “gold …
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
… Agency Austria in 1991 and has worked on ecological risk assessment, monitoring and coexistence of genetically … and currently chairs the Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on Risk Assessment and Risk Management under the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (2009 to …
Introduction to Human Rights and the Environment - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… InforMEA is steered by the MEA Information and Knowledge Management (IKM) Initiative with the support of UN … resources are the second largest group of defenders at risk of being killed (A/HRC/4/37), and that their situation … and adjudicating abuse by business enterprises, or risk breaching their international obligations” (A/ HRC/4/35, …
Governance of Shared Waters - Legal and Institutional Issues
… 63 4.1 The institutional framework for the management of shared waters ................................ … to a supranational authority, or that they run the risk of having changes being made to their international … or harm to the aquatic environment whenever there is the risk of such adverse effects, including situations where …
Women’s participation and gender considerations in country representation, planning and reporting to the BRS Conventions
… of how gender equality is incorporated into environmental management remains limited. Insufficient data on gender gaps … in the fatty tissue of humans and wildlife, posing a risk to their health. The effects of POPs can cause cancer, … and vulnerable groups, including women, to evaluate the risk posed by these hazardous chemicals. 29 Tajikistan …
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
… specifically encouraged to train people in environmental management. While the Rio Declaration and Agenda 21 might … countries. Through these activities, UN/ECE reduces the risk both of cross-border tensions and of disagreements … economic interests are at stake, persons who take the risk of demanding that the rules should be complied with and …