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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 …
25 May 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Guidelines for applying protected area management categories

… spiritual value. Covering almost 12 percent of the world’s land surface, the global protected area system represents a … be a general term that can embrace a very wide range of land and water management types that incidentally have some … of human use activities; To interpret or clarify land tenure and governance – some ● indigenous and local …
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Guidelines on Biofuels and Invasive Species

… of an invasion by an introduced species. These include land tenure agreements, long term economic profitability, labour … more susceptible to invasion due to disturbances from land use change, agriculture or construction, changing …
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Compilation of Internationally agreed environmental Goals and Objectives

… 9. Soil, land use, land degradation and desertification … binding » » Focus Goals, objectives Source B* or NB* Land tenure “Promote equitable access to land and clear and secure land tenure, in particular for women, indigenous peoples and other …
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Framework principles on Human Rights and the environment

… conducted with due respect for the customs, traditions and land tenure systems of the peoples or communities concerned.31 …
25 May 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Collaboration for resilience: How collaboration among business, government and NGOs could be the key to living with turbulence and change in the 21st century

… • environmental stress – from worsening damage to land, water, forests and fisheries, and • climate stress – … north-west Tanzania to eradicate tsetse fly and to open land for agricultural cash cropping. By 1985, the region was … reduced. Before the intervention, a complex land tenure system was causing delays in the transfer of rights …
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Managing Natural World Heritage

… 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 …
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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 …
25 May 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

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 …
25 May 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

An introduction to the African Convention on the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources

… and sustainable use of renewable resources 8 2.1 Land, soil and water 8 2.2 Species and genetic diversity 9 … management of natural resources such as soil and land, air and water, and biological resources. It also … emphasizing people’s rights to land and security of tenure, advocating integrated resource management, it …
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