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Drafting legislation for sustainable soils: A guide
… managing soils is not only critical for food production, but also for biological diversity conservation and poverty … communal rights or individual property and use rights; Common property rights regimes include: access, communal … to global soil degradation, States have common but differentiated responsibilities. The developed coun- tries …
Guidelines for the application of IUCN Red List of Ecosystems Categories and Criteria (Version 1.0)
… The IUCN Red List of Ecosystems also shines a light on common species, which define the identity of many ecosystems, … Threatened when it has been evaluated against the criteria but does not qualify for Critically Endangered, Endangered or … 1990). Ecoregions and biomes are areas that share common macro-environmental or biogeographical features and …
Food and Agriculture Organization (2016), The guide to National Reporting Obligations
… that they deem beneficial to other Contracting Parties, but meeting NROs should be given priority. As regards the … The report should contain a description of functions and responsibilities (i.e. who is responsible for which area and … them before the data entry will help in avoiding the most common errors in data entry. https://www.ippc.int/en/ …
Wildlife law and the empowerment of the poor
… globe, singling out innovative legal solutions as well as common challenges to ensure environmental sustainability and … and initiatives not only address environmental matters but also legal empowerment of the poor, in particular with … categories of protected species are clearly linked to differentiated protective regimes. Laws should make clear the …
Enforcement of Environmental Law: Good Practices from Africa,Central Asia, ASEAN Countries and China
… and regulations suited to country- specific conditions – but much of the law-making in many countries seems to be ad … in importance of principles such as the principle of common but differentiated responsibility, have provided new avenues to …
Introduced Non-native Waterbirds - Status within the African-Eurasian Flyways
… last 20 years and another 45 species had been introduced, but were not thought to have bred. 3 IMPACTS ON NATIVE … range of the same species. This is an indirect effect, but can result in imprecise data and population counts of … F. & Macdonald, D.W. (2001). The sustainability of common crane (Grus grus) breeding in Norfolk: insights from …
Effective planning strategies for managing environmental risk associated with geophisical and other imaging surveys - A resource guide for managers
… here, can be incorporated into them. Risk assessment is a common practice in many aspects of the energy industry. The … in shallow areas may interact with numerous species, but those that occur around shelf breaks, seamounts, or other … • Dedicated effort during operations: ° Personnel with responsibilities to implement mitigation are sufficiently …
Special Rapporteur on the Environment_2016 Report
… that climate change necessarily violates human rights law, but it stressed that States nevertheless have obligations to … human rights. After acknowledging that climate change is a common concern of humankind, the preamble to the Agreement … immediately adds: “in accordance with their common but differentiated responsibilities and respective capabilities …
Farmer's Rights in the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
… capacity regarding Farmers’ Rights, as well as a lack of common understanding of what these mean, and how to implement … is very vital for sharing not only seed and varieties, but also the associated knowledge in conservation and the … attention is being paid during this BSF project to gender differentiated knowledge of local landraces and cultivation …
A guide to designing legal and institutional frameworks on alien invasive species
… 4.2 Common Weaknesses of National Regimes … shot’ of the current international regime as a whole but does not purport to evaluate its effectiveness or to make … been genetically modified); • flexibility: support for differentiated assessments of risk (to avoid generalisations …