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The greening of water law: Managing freshwater resources for people and the environment
… 12 D. Michel, A River Runs Through It: Climate Chance, Security Challenges, and Shared Water Resources, in Troubled … adhere to sediments, and be transmitted through the food chain.34 The unsustainable use of water is an especially … Over-harvesting of inland waters, including fisheries for food, recreation or trade, is also a major threat and leads …
Global Warming of 1.5°C - an IPPC special report on the impacts of global warming
… Box 3.4} B5. Climate-related risks to health, livelihoods, food security, water supply, human security, and economic growth … rice and wheat (high confidence). Reductions in projected food availability are larger at 2ºC than at 1.5°C of global …
Wildlife and Forest Crime Toolkit (Revised Edition)
… European Union Trade in Wildlife Information Exchange FAO Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FATF … offences may destabilize governments and threaten regional security.5 Despite many suggestions that wildlife and forest … For example, wildlife and forest products are used for food, fuel, construction, furniture, medicine, as collectable …
National Strategy for Combating Wildlife Trafficking
… forms of illicit trade, wildlife trafficking undermines security across nations. Well-armed, well-equipped, and … trafficking of fisheries products, among others, threatens food supplies and food security. Many species decimated by illegal trade and …
A moving target : Genetic resources and options for tracking and monitoring their international flows
… Network for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights FAO Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations GATT … International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture MTA material transfer agreement MTDS … Given the importance of these species for our global food security and the mutual interdependence of countries with …
Illicit wildlife trafficking: An environmental economic and social issue
… are the implications of illicit trafficking for peace and security in a number of countries where organized crime, … fisheries contribute to poverty alleviation, livelihoods, food security and to national GDPs. However, there is an … illegal fishing, directly impacting marine biodiversity, food security, livelihoods and economies (see above), but …
Free Prior and Informed Consent - An indigenous peoples' right and a good practice for local communities - Manual for project practitioners
… cultures. They typically have higher rates of poverty, food insecurity and malnutrition than non-indigenous … peoples, incorporating their views into programmes on food security, nutrition, forestry, fisheries, and climate …
The burden of proof in natural resources legislation: Some critical issues for fisheries law
… expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations … should be addressed to the Director, Information Division, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, … released upon the posting of a reasonable bond or other security. Second, the penalties for violations of fisheries …
Advancing the Species Conservation Agenda. An overview of the IUCN SSC Network 2009 2012
… ‘chambo’ by locals, forms an extremely important source of food. Of these, Oreochromis karongae, an Endangered species, … intervention these species, some of which are important food sources, may be lost forever. Fish are clearly important … carrying out work that is critical to the future of food security, and this we be a growing priority for IUCN in the …
Large-scale marine protected areas - Guidelines for design and management
… in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park 36 Case Study 5 Food security benefits of the Phoenix Islands Protected Area 38 … rights, benefit-cost sharing, poverty, gender equity, food security and livelihoods. The history of most individual …