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Rule: Reforming water governance

… of natural ecosystems. Effective management links land and water uses across the whole of a catchment area or … first the basic right of all human beings to have access to clean water and sanitation at an affordable price. … the coordinated development and management of water, land and related resources to maximize economic and social …
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Energy, Ecosystems and livelihoods: Understanding linkages in the face of climate change impacts

… (MDGs). Currently, 1.6 billion people in the world lack access to electricity and over 2.5 billion people depend on … and processing. As coconut grows in coastal areas valuable land is not removed from agriculture. Ecosystem preservation … initiative, 2005). Drylands—covering 40% of the world’s land mass and inhabited by only one-third of the world’s …
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Introduction to Human Rights and the Environment - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… obligations used to protect the environment, including access to information, public participation, and access to … 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 …
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Integrating mining and biodiversity conservation: Case studies from around the world

… step towards a more strategic and integrated approach to land use planning and management that helps societies make … has taken many different forms, including setting aside land for national parks or sacred sites and imposing use … botanical gardens. They have also aimed to ensure adequate access to genetic resources for the research and development …
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The Ecosystem Approach: Island voices Island choices

… Approach – a strategy for the integrated management of land, water and living resources that places human needs at … an on-line questionnaire. For those with limited internet access, the questionnaire was also distributed by e-mail or … of wastes n Coastal and marine resources n Freshwater n Land n Energy n Tourism n Biodiversity resources n National …
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Crossing Borders for Nature. European examples of transboundary conservation

… relevance to this region, spanning 13,000 km of the land behind the former Iron Curtain, from the Barents Sea in … Areas Sandwith et al. (2001) define a TBPA as “an area of land and/or sea that straddles one or more borders between … to disintegrate in the late 1980s, it put an end to access restrictions in dead- end border areas that had caused …
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Wetlands, water and the law. Using law to advance wetland conservation and wise use

… and Institutions 62 5.2.3 Poorly-adapted Legal Regimes for Land Tenure and Resource Use 64 5.2.4 Jurisdictional and … 180 13 Integrating Wetland Conservation and Wise Use into Land-use Planning 183 Box 2. Wetlands and Regional Planning … many different groups of users and stakeholders may seek access to and use of wetland biological resources. Pressure …
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Assessing the international forest regime

… of UNCED ... 19 1.1 Progress through National Forest and Land-Use Programmes ........................... 19 1.2 … causes of deforestation are not covered: e.g. agrarian land reform in relation to landless peasants, environmental … of trade patterns, including current trade barriers and access to markets. It also includes quantification of the …
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IUCN Knowledge Products. The basis for a partnership to support the functions and work programme of IBPES

… highlights opportunities to firmly embed conservation in land use planning and development. Continu- ously increasing … spatial distribution of biodiversity information on the land and in the sea. Such knowledge is used to underpin … and as- sociated tools are: 1. Accessible via open-access, online tools delivered via maps, online search …
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Wildlife and Forest Crime Toolkit (Revised Edition)

… in protected species of wild flora and fauna and illicit access to genetic resources”, report of the … protection, in contrast, refers to the protection of human land use, including the sustainable development, … the Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air, and the Protocol against the Illicit …
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