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Change : Adaptation of water resources management to climate change
… style that is inclusive and innovative. Only by thinking, working and learning together can we tackle the impacts on … and invests in managing conflicts. IUCN looks forward to working with water professionals and other partners in … also participated. Rarely does such a diverse group come together, and we are grateful to these individuals …
Cost and benefits of ecosystem based adaptation: The case of the Philippines
… challenges and achieve sustainable development. Working with many partners and supporters, IUCN implements a … the benefits and costs might go to the same person or group of people and if the benefits outweigh the costs, they … and Coastal Wetlands: Impacts and Costs. Policy Research Working Paper 6277, November 2012. The World Bank Development …
Legal and institutional frameworks for sustainable soils: A preliminary report
… on Environmental Law (CEL) Sustainable Soils Specialist Group. Furthermore, it demonstrates in a very tangible way … of the report by the members of the CEL Sustainable Soils Working Group (SSWG), Professor Antonio Herman Benjamin and … (CEL) initiated the establishment of a Sustainable Soils Working Group (SSWG)1 to investigate the national and …
Governance of Protected Areas: From understanding to action
… community organisations, and civil society organisations working closely with them. Its Honorary members are … www.iucn.org/publications v Foreword A group of villagers sit around a camp fire talking. Men and … product of several institutions and groups that have been working on governance of protected areas in recent years, …
Pay : Establishing payments for watershed services
… specified interventions. It also helps to narrow down the group of stakeholders to be involved in the scheme and the … urgently need new and innovative ideas, tools and ways of working to finance the protection of our water resources. We … day by generously shar- ing their ideas and experiences on working with payment schemes for ecosystem services with the …
Bio-Cultural Community Protocols: A community approach to Ensuring the Integrity of Environmental Law and Policy
… Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change WGABS Working Group on Access and Benefit Sharing 07 INTRODUCTION The next … communities’ ways of life and how, in contrast, the Working Group on Access and Benefit Sharing (WGABS) has …
Conservation with justice - A rights-based approach
… between rights, either across groups or within a single group. The right to property, e.g., may be asserted to limit … (New York, 16 December 1966) speaks primarily to the working environment, guaranteeing the right to safe and healthy working conditions (Article 7 b) and the right of children …
Environmental Governance
… and regional environmental cooperation and governance. Working with States and all major groups and stakeholders, … 2010-2013 UNEP’s Environmental Governance sub-programme is working to make this vision a reality during the 2010-13 … policies, and make full use of the UN Development Group platform. UNEP also helps governments to understand and …
Share - Managing water across boundaries
… They can be as informal as unwritten understandings or working arrangements; or very formal, embodied in … of water. Once the water is divided, each country (or user group) then seeks to optimize management within its borders … of public information • Local and regional authorities working with private sector contractors on infrastructure …
Review of Statutory and Customary Law in the Xe Champhone Ramsar Site, LAO PDR - Implications for a rights-based approach to conservation
… and participation in the surveys, workshops and group discussions. Finally, we are very grateful to the … of the provincial secretariat and implementation working team for the management of Xe Champhone wetland, … appointing a provincial secretariat and an implementation working team. The secretariat created by this decision is …