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A critique of transboundary natural resource management in Southern Africa
… 23 Privatization and Market Failures 24 Poor Devolution of Rights 25 The Complexity of Multiple Resources 25 TBNRM and … Yet these resources are under increasing pressure from human population growth, poverty resulting from inequitable … and services; • Industry, trade, investment and finance; • Human resources development, science and technology; • …
A Global Register of Competences for Protected Area Practitioners
… also possibly geological/ geomorphological features, where human visitation, use and impacts are controlled and limited … character and influence, without permanent or significant human habitation, protected and managed to preserve their … laws and regulations Ensuring that laws, regulations, and rights affecting protected areas and biodiversity are upheld. …
Flow : The essentials of environmental flows
… levels will be necessary to implement a successful regime. Rights over access to and use of water will need to be accom- … held and managed on behalf of the public to sustain basic human and ecological requirements. In the mountains of … it is accepted that removal of water from the river for human uses, such as public supply, irrigation and industrial …
Legal aspects of Connectivity Conservation Volume 1 - A Concept Paper
… change, maintain essential ecosystem processes, and meet human needs, including water production, soil conservation, … of the Philippines. He is co-founder of the Legal Rights and Natural Resources Center – Friends of the Earth … University with majors in natural resource management and human ecology, and was a recipient of the 2008 MR Jacobs …
Legal and institutional frameworks for sustainable soils: A preliminary report
… to Improve National Soil Legislation 41 4.1 Natural Rights for Soil 41 4.2 The Public Trust Doctrine 42 4.3 The … the conservation of biodiversity and the maintenance of human life. Also taken into account are the objectives of the … in the conservation of biodiversity and the maintenance of human life”. The dilemma for soil is that, on the one hand, …
Assessing the international forest regime
… • The forest and forestry-related programmes and the human and financial resources for these programmes; • The … limited in scope. A strong basis for defining equitable rights for indigenous peoples who are forest dwellers or … ecological values of forests not associated with direct human use and consumption. The UN Environment Programme …
Energy law and sustainable development
… laws are only dimly perceived, however, by the utilitarian human laws that govern how short-term energy is supplied to our human economy. As contemporary energy law has developed over … providing access to land sites or water bodies. Property rights often are a basic element of the costs determinative …
Guidelines for Protected Areas Legislation
… Convention 169 94 4.5 United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples 95 Contents vii IUCN-EPLP No. 81 … the basic ecosystem services and functions that sustain human life as we know it. They complement other land uses, … as one of the most significant indirect threats to human and natural systems. According to some protected areas …
Restoring Forest Landscapes - An introduction to the art and science of forest landscape restoration
… functioning of a landscape and the well-being of the human communities that reside in that landscape. FLR takes a … 12.1 How agroforestry enhances ecological integrity and human well-being at a landscape … 54 7.1 The 4Rs framework: stakeholders’ rights, responsibilities, returns and relationships linked to …
From the MDGs to Sustainable Development for All - Lessons from 15 years of practice
… Copyright © 2016 United Nations Development Programme All rights reserved. UNDP partners with people at all levels of … on ecosystems and least able to exercise their rights to human security, development, voice and dignity. Against this … lives, leading in some cases, to remarkable leaps in human development. the gap between the ambitions of the …