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Promoting responsible investment in agriculture and food systems - Guide to assess national regulatory frameworks affecting larger-scale private investments

… evidence, arrest offenders and stop illegal activities need to be well defined under the law. It  …  Are  available  sanctions  sufficient  to  deter  illegal  or  undesirable activities related to the  …  Sanctions  for  forestry  infractions such as  illegal  logging, non‐payment of  forest  fees,  royalties  and  …
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Biodiversity offsets: Views, experience, and the business case

… of conservation legislation. For instance, by making it illegal to harm endangered species, one effect of laws such … thus making the economic exploitation of such land illegal. The opportunity cost for landowners to offer land … is genuinely threatened. A common example is where illegal logging is making incursions into protected area, but the …
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Speaking a common language: The uses and performance of the IUCN system of management categories for protected areas

… the Amman mining recommendation but also with respect to logging and hunting Sustainable use: a smaller but growing … from the presence of new roads and immigrant workers. Illegal mining in protected areas is already a serious issue … implemented and are already being degraded as a result of illegal activity (including sometimes illegal mining). – Are …
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Responsible governance of tenure and the law - A guide for lawyers and other legal service providers

… controls over the forest sector, VPAs are meant to reduce illegal logging. VPAs also contain provisions for access to … of people displaced by palm oil companies had been illegal. The court ordered a reassessment of the eviction …
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Marine protected areas and climate change - Adaptation and mitigation synergies, opportunities and challenges

… and market controls have significantly reduced illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing that undermines … placed 830 ha of mangroves under strict protection against logging, with 1877 ha of mangroves harvested by the community …
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Sharing Information with Confidence. “The Biodiversity Commons”: past experience, current trends and potential future directions

… impacts on biodiversity (which will often relate to illegal use) should also be considered in the development of …
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The impact of disasters and crises on agriculture and food security

… à Studies on ecosystem services and risk assessments of illegal unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing and the … d.B., Burton, p.J. & Franklin, J.F. 2008. Salvage Logging and its Ecological Consequences. Washington, DC, … B., Zmihorski, M. & Müller, J. 2017. Impacts of salvage logging on biodiversity – a meta analysis. Journal of Applied …
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Guidelines for Protected Areas Legislation

… area boundaries, for example, from poor management, illegal logging, the introduction of invasive alien species, on-site … threats such as pests, invasive alien species (IAS) and illegal extraction, which will weaken the ability of natural …
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Green Infrastructure Guide for Water Management: Ecosystem-based management approaches for water-related infrastructure projects

… kg per hectare per year, despite some tree losses due to logging and extreme weather events. Harmful pollutants … Hong and Tien’e Zhou have been seasonally re-opened and illegal and uneconomic aquaculture facilities and other … (such as replanting mangroves, reducing upland logging and replanting stream buffers) were several times …
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Non-judicial grievance mechanisms in land-related disputes in Sierra Leone

… One  response  claimed  to  have  handled  a  case  of  “illegal  demonstration”  by  communities  against  a  … in Sierra Leone to grow eucalyptus, teak and pine for  logging. Miro submitted responses to  … rights  of  the  secret  society  and  carried  out  an  illegal  activity.  The  family was  fined  Le  800,000  …
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