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Addressing pollution: Governance frameworks, challenges and oppotunities in the context of the 2030 Agenda
… Stockholm and 1992 Rio Declarations focus on the human right to a safe and clean environment. The Stockholm … to ownership and control over land and other forms of property, financial services, inheritance and natural … ownership and control over land and other forms of property, inheritance, natural resources, appropriate new …
Issues o compliance: Considerations for the international Regime on access and benefit sharing
… sovereignty, Governments may in some cases have the right to refuse or postpone the participation of outside … legal systems, including those related to intellectual property rights, need to be assessed and understood carefully … resources, including appropriate provision of intellectual property rights, research funding, publishing or ex-situ …
3rd UNCCD Scientific Conference: Book of abstracts
… 207 ADOPTION OF GREEN ECONOMY AS A RIGHT STRATEGY TO ADDRESS DESERTIFICATION: AN AFRICAN … to eight climatic variables (GIS layers), three soil property layers, one altitude layer, and one grazing pressure … of pastoralism and expand green niche markets; Strengthen property rights and governance over rangeland resources; …
Guidelines for applying protected area management categories
… are established as protected areas in application of the right of self-determination, exercised mainly through: … surrender of legal rights to land use on private ● property, sometimes to realize advantages (for example in … the outstanding universal value, or the integrity … of the property. States Parties should also assure the full and …
Building Resilience to climate change - Ecosystem-based adaptation and lessons from the field
… is a sector that requires adaptation strategies in its own right. Vulnerability Assessments Vulnerability is defined by … channel sedimentation, loss of fertile crop lands, loss of property, impacts on river health and biodiversity, … subject to relatively frequent flooding, the damage to property and the economy will increase. The rise in global …
National Blue Carbon Policy Assessment Madagascar
… forest and agricultural land is considered state property or “non-titled” land. Government-owned forest land … forests (forets des établissements public). Individual property only exists as “titled land”, and this is rare. … to state and trace the land, the origin of the land right, and the nature of the transaction by which it was …
Women as change-makers in the governance of shared waters
… Cover photo: Top left: Haseeb Md Irfanullah/IUCN; top right: Adriana Faria/IUCN; bottom left: Wanda Villeda/IUCN; … ownership and control over land and other forms of property, financial services, inheritance and natural … to ownership and control over land and other forms of property, financial services, inheritance, and natural …
Biodiversity, the next challenge for financial institutions ? A scoping study to assess exposure of financial institutions to biodiversity business risks and identifying options for business opportunities
… types of environmental liability claims included 1) property or liability loss on the basis of sudden or accidental pollution; 2) product liability loss; or 3) property loss during an operational breakdown. However, the … objectives. Recourse/non-recourse. Refers to the right, in an agreement, to demand payment from the person who …
An Explanatory Guide to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety
… to keep seed from one season to the next; � intellectual property claims on gene or nucleic acid sequences without a … and that in such circum- stances countries should have the right to adopt precautionary measures to protect bio- … of a particular herbicide or a particular pesticidal property. These genes are abstracted from the “donor …
An explanatory guide to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety
… to keep seed from one season to the next; � intellectual property claims on gene or nucleic acid sequences without a … and that in such circum- stances countries should have the right to adopt precautionary measures to protect bio- … of a particular herbicide or a particular pesticidal property. These genes are abstracted from the “donor …