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Mainstreaming Gender Equality and Equity in ABS Governance
… use of biodiversity, including their leading role in farming and forest conservation, as well as in the … work away from their lands and resources, women’s role in farming and in the management of family and community … countries won out and, almost before the ink was dry on the Bonn guidelines, the WSSD in Johannesburg (2002), …
Negotiate: reaching agreement over water
… all power, control floods in wet times and store water in dry times. Yet, in the last century, large dams also … about maintaining flow levels in the mainstream during the dry season and advanced the position that the use of water … of conditions on water use from the mainstream during the dry season. Article 6 of the Agreement details requirements …
Legal aspects of Connectivity Conservation Volume 1 - A Concept Paper
… mountains surrounded by deserts, lakes surrounded by dry land, forests in agricultural landscapes, and even … are semi-natural lands that may be managed primarily for farming, timber, recreation or other human uses, but provide … heaths, bogs, humid permanent grasslands and uncultivated dry meadows. Protected zones include beaches and zones around …
Customs and Constitutions: State recognition of customary law around the world
… to facilitate the acquisition, by these inhabitants, of farming equipment and other inputs. The land owned by … land by customary law in a prescribed area for purposes of farming and commenced farming within 8 years of acquisition, provided it has not …
World Wildlife Crime Report - Trafficking in protected species
… of the world. - -- Farm laundering. Captive breeding, or farming, opera- tions can be used to launder illegally … international controls are designed to protect the wild, farming would appear to be one answer. But in some cases, … legal trade in caviar comes from farmed sources currently. Farming represents yet another point of vul- nerability. …
Global biodiversity outlook 4 - A mid-term assessment of progress towards the implementation of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020
… will succeed. Solutions for achieving sustainable farming and food systems include sustainable productivity … for production towards incentives intended to reward farming practices that safeguard the environment (see Figure … negative impacts from aquaculture114 Aquaculture, the farming of fish and other aquatic species, is forecast to …
Compendium of Summaries of Judgments in Environmen Related Cases
… to its land for irrigated floricultural and horticultural farming and water storage reservoirs thereby extinguishing … climate from beyond Trail on the United States boundary is dry, but not arid. The smelter had been built under U.S. … of hillsides and construction of irrigation works in dry zones, the goal being always the same - better …
Groundwater in international law: Compilation of treaties and other legal instruments
… means land degradation in arid, semi-arid and dry sub- humid areas resulting from various factors, … the integrated development of land in arid, semi-arid and dry sub-humid areas for sustainable development which are … (i) improve soil conservation and introduce sustainable farming and forestry practices, which ensure long-term …