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The greening of water law: Managing freshwater resources for people and the environment
… certainty, conventional wisdom suggests that all peoples and nations have breaking points and may resort to … include the needs and demands of communities, ecosystems, peoples, and species that are dependent on specific bodies of … condition, including alleviating poverty and improving peoples’ health and access to freshwater resources, by …
Climate Change and the Human Rights to Water and Sanitation Position Paper
… difficulties in exercising this right include indigenous peoples, refugees, asylum seekers, internally displaced … with disabilities, elderly persons, migrants, indigenous peoples, internally displaced persons and migrant workers. …
GEO yearbook 2003
… on UN- Civil Society Relations releases its report, We the Peoples: Civil Society, the United Nations and Global … The four main themes are: endangered species; indigenous peoples and their healing ways; oceans, rivers and waterways; … high risk of extinction in the wild. ● Arctic Indigenous Peoples will face major economic and cultural impacts from …
Groundwater in international law: Compilation of treaties and other legal instruments
… environment in the heart of Europe, shared by numerous peoples and countries; … Being aware of the fact that efforts … shall be guided by the following: 1. the right of all peoples to a satisfactory environment favourable to their … taking into account the social and economic needs of the peoples concerned, the importance of the vegetation cover for …
Water as a human right?
… of this planet”31, but also to provide that “all peoples, whatever their stage of development and their social … Human and People’s Rights, which notes broadly that “[a]ll peoples shall have the right to a general satisfactory … 39 Art. 24 of the African [Banjul] Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights, adopted June 27, 1981, OAU Doc. CAB/LEG/67/3 …
Law for water management: a guide to concepts and effective approaches
… impacts on the poor – particularly women and indigenous peoples – who may not be able to successfully navigate … for the local communities, particularly for indigenous peoples (see FAO, 2003). EIAs may include measures to … from traditionally disadvantaged groups such as indigenous peoples and both large-scale and small-scale farmers. …
Transboundary Water Governance - Adaptation to Climate Change
… women, youth, elderly, cultural minorities, indigenous peoples, and so on. Giving a “voice” these groups in … of the U.N. Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples by the General Assembly of the U.N. in 2007, although … in 2005, which was arguably in violation of indigenous peoples’ right to Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC), …