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Assessing environmental impacts - A global review of legislation

… SEA legislation regarding public participation, including access to information. 5. Many national EIA laws leave high … to concerns of a potential conflict between EIAs and the right to development, no agreement could be reached and the … 10, provides that each individual shall have appropriate access to information concerning the environment that is held …
25 May 2026 Literature

Climate Change Vulnerability of Migratory Species

Right Whale, Addax,  Blue Whale, Snow Leopard    - … Shearwater, Kemp's Ridley  Turtle, North Pacific Right Whale, Northern Atlantic Right Whale, Relict Gull,  Loggerhead  … online  for  all  CMS  Parties  and  public  to  access  through  BioClimate  …
25 May 2026 Document

MEA Negotiator’s Handbook

… me that it would have been very helpful to have had access to this handbook back in 1972. At that time we still … and the principles of international law, the sovereign right to exploit their own resources pursuant to their own … between provisions of the Biodiversity Convention on access and benefi t-shar- ing to the WTO TRIPs agreement; the …
25 May 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Depend on nature: Ecosystem services supporting human livelihoods

… equity, in natural resource management • Improve women’s access to natural resources and participation in … by 2015, the proportion of people without sustainable access to safe drinking water Target 11: By 2020, to have … not only be granted access and use rights but also the right to trade in the natural resource commodity that they …
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Restoring Forest Landscapes - An introduction to the art and science of forest landscape restoration

… Cover photos Top: A. Compost/ITTO Bottom left, bottom right: A. Sarre/ITTO Bottom second from left, bottom second … events such as periodic flooding but that they also have access to contingency livelihood alternatives when disasters … with their own understanding of land tenure, including access and use rights. Maps are also very useful when …
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ITTO/IUCN guidelines for the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity in tropical timber production forests

… both negative and positive impacts on biodiversity. The right of local populations to benefit from the biodiversity … 5: Decentralization, forest tenure and natural resource access rights Decentralized management and improved … both the large-scale allocation of land and the resource access and land tenure rights of local people. Principle 6: …
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Community - based incentives for nature conservation

… according to factors such as wealth, gender, age or access to other resources; http://economics.iucn.org … drought, market monopolies, agricultural policy or open access to resources. For example in Case Study 1 a clear need … nature under these circumstances, because people have no right to benefit from them. Conversely, if they have no …
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Pay : Establishing payments for watershed services

… Making watershed services in everyone’s interest With the right ingredients, good design and effective agreements, a … a potential scheme should be identified. Property, access and use rights relating to land tenure and water … broker. • Third, it is important to ensure that property, access and use rights are well established. This relates to …
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Wetlands, water and the law. Using law to advance wetland conservation and wise use

… many different groups of users and stakeholders may seek access to and use of wetland biological resources. Pressure … detail: this is a highly specialised subject in its own right. The aim of this book is instead to clarify the … Declaration affirms inter alia the importance of public access to environmental information and participation in …
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Case studies on bioenergy policy and law: options for sustainability

… poor or vulnerable segments of the population from access to natural resources needed for their livelihoods. … groups, employment and income generation, equitable access to land and other natural resources, and fair labour … utilization of natural resources to ensure the fundamental right of everyone to be free from hunger. In addition, …
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