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On dangerous ground _ Global Witness
… DEADLY ENVIRONMENT: THE KILLING AND CRIMINALIZATION OF LAND AND ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENDERS WORLDWIDE ON DANGEROUS … environmental campaigner and activist on indigenous land rights. Last year she was awarded the Goldman … in-line with the Voluntary Guidelines on the Governance of Tenure of Land, Forests and Fisheries, in the context of …
D1 - Ecosystem Approach and Ecosystem Services
… V/6 of 2000 Principle 1: The objectives of management of land, water and living resources are a matter of societal … Convention for the Prevention of Marine Pollution from Land-Based Sources (Paris Convention), the 1979 Convention on … services, enable PES contracts, secure ownership and tenure rights, and ensure monitoring and enforcement (UN, …
Transitioning to a pollution-free planet
… hazardous pollutants, and pollution of air, water and land that emanates from man-made activity and that degrades … ii. Areas of pollution (air, water, marine and coastal, land/soil) including the cross-cutting categories of … the Aichi Biodiversity Targets; and efforts to secure land tenure under the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible …
Mr. Michael Frost, Analysis on the situation of Environmental Human Rights Defenders
… future with dignity and respect, and to their traditional land and livelihood. They spoke truth to power, and were … groups who strive to defend and promote environmental and land rights. My observations and recommendations aim to … and decision-making on business concessions and land tenure. Some corporations have developed social …
Managing Natural World Heritage - World Heritage Resource Manual
… an outstanding example of a traditional human settlement, land-use, or sea-use which is representative of a culture (or … often led to communities being forcibly relocated from land that had in some cases been their traditional homelands … of Natural Protected Areas (SERNANP). However, land tenure continues to be debated, and the legitimacy of the …
Farmer's Rights in the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
… issue of generic human rights, such as those related to land tenure, access to water and mineral resources, health care, … diverse farming systems have been shaped by physical land limitations, the combination of varied topographies and …
Defenders of the Earth
… Colombia Global Witness documented the murder of 200 land and environmental defenders in 2016. This report is … lives, and to all those around the world who stand up for land rights and the protection of the environment. You are … of the United Nations, (FAO) (2014), FAO Governance of Tenure Technical Guide No.3, ‘Respecting free, prior and …
Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders_2016 Report
… future with dignity and respect, and to their traditional land and livelihood. They spoke truth to power, and were … groups who strive to defend and promote environmental and land rights. His observations and recommendations aim to … and decision -making on business concessions and land tenure. 45. The range of actors that stand to gain from …