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Factsheet on Human Rights and the Environment
… political rights, such as the rights to life, religion and property; and cultural and social rights such as rights to … On occasion, human rights mechanisms have addressed the right to a healthy environment directly, but mainly they have … imply recognition of legally recognizable interests in property and health. Both human rights law and environmental …
Guidebook for policy and legislative development on conservation and sustainable use of freshwater resources
… availability of water. Water quality reveals everything, right or wrong, that we do. Its abundance is an indicator of … natural habitats; forests; pest management; cultural property; involuntary resettlement; indigenous peoples; … around the world, states that each person should use their property in a way that avoids foreseeable harm to others. And …
Draft International Covenant on Environment and Development - Implementing Sustainable Development - Fifth Edition: Updated text (4th Revision)
… . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 ARTICLE 11: RIGHT TO DEVELOPMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . … TRIPS Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights UKTS United Kingdom Treaty Series UN United … to provide compensation for personal damage and damage to property including compensation of economic loss; (c) the …
UNEP’s Compendium of Innovative Laws: promoting Green Economy & Sustainable Development
… Grow Act Box 17: Waste minimization design Tables Table 1: Right to a clean and healthy environment and obligation of … Given the country's large rural expanses, rural property receives special constitutional consideration. Rural property is given a social function, which is met when its …
Case studies on bioenergy policy and law: options for sustainability
… utilization of natural resources to ensure the fundamental right of everyone to be free from hunger. In addition, … Article 27 on the right of the nation to restrict private property rights when necessitated by public interest, as well … (Art. 21(1)) which guarantees the right to own property and prohibits illegal seizure of property without …
Sustainably Investing in Rangelands - Jordan
… plants, ploughing of rangelands to establish ownership and property rights, urbanization, uprooting of bushes for use as … use rights granted by the state (miri) and private property rights (molk). Hold- ers of property rights have … of rangelands in Jordan are treasury lands where the right of use is guaranteed or secured for local communities …
Pastoralism and the Green Economy - a natural nexus?
… ...... Community Conservation Agreement CPR: ...... Common Property Regime DDT: ....... dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane … requires better recognition and legitimization of common property regimes. Efforts must be made to strengthen property … and governance over rangeland resources, recognising the right to manage resources. In many cases this will require …
3rd UNCCD Scientific Conference: Book of abstracts
… 207 ADOPTION OF GREEN ECONOMY AS A RIGHT STRATEGY TO ADDRESS DESERTIFICATION: AN AFRICAN … to eight climatic variables (GIS layers), three soil property layers, one altitude layer, and one grazing pressure … of pastoralism and expand green niche markets; Strengthen property rights and governance over rangeland resources; …
Freshwater Law and Governance: Global and Regional Perspectives for Sustainability
… 3.4.1. Human right to water … prohibits pollution that would cause “injury of health or property” across the boundary.73 The waters covered by the … does prohibit pollution that causes “injury of health or property”122). 3.2.3 Notification and consultation regarding …
Energy law and sustainable development
… at < www.ipcc.ch> This paper does not focus on the property law regime for the ownership of natural resources, … and gas or hard minerals such as coal or uranium, or the property regimes providing access to land sites or water … As an Observer in the UN General Assembly, IUCN has a right and duty to participate in such meetings to provide its …