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Forest fires and the law: a guide for national drafters based on the fire management voluntary guidelines

… 3.8.1 Offences and sanctions 3.8.2 Disincentives 3.8.3 Compensation and insurance 3.8.4 Funding, research, training … dissuasive; create incentives; and address issues of compensation and insurance, financing, research, training and … and � criminal law and civil law (sanctions and compensation). Specialized terms, such as "forest" or …
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Wetlands, water and the law. Using law to advance wetland conservation and wise use

… Net Loss Policies 230 18.3 Options for Wetland Mitigation, Compensation and Restoration 231 18.4 Future Development of … to Combat Desertification). For a discussion of wetland compensation and mitigation banks, see Chapter 18.3 below. … expendable and may be converted, subject to appropriate compensation. However, as discussed in Part I, replacement …
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Legal frameworks for REDD: design and implementation at the national level

… by government, without some form of due process and compensation, and only when this is necessary for overriding … be revoked for public purpose, even without the payment of compensation. This kind of arrangements blurs the distinction … to the sequestered carbon, and could only seek to obtain compensation from the land owner with whom he had originally …
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Legal aspects of Connectivity Conservation Volume 1 - A Concept Paper

… so strong, another approach is for the government to pay compensation for the effect of restrictions which it imposes … in regulating its future development without having to pay compensation. This includes not only urban and industrial … connectivity conservation, without at least providing compensation. At the same time, it would appear legitimate to …
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A Gateway to Payments for Ecosystem Services. Using Payments for Ecosystem Services for Livelihoods and Landscapes

… Offsets Programme CDM Clean Development Mechanism CES Compensation for Ecosystem Services CGD Computable General … CIFOR Center for International Forestry Research CRES Compensation and Reward mechanisms for Ecosystem Services … evaluates the effectiveness of the European financial compensation scheme for conservation – which is directed …
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Statutory recognition of customary land rights in Africa - An investigation into best practices for lawmaking and implementation

… land rights were generally exclusive and permanent. No compensation was required for an allocation of land, but … there were no land sales, there were no rules forbidding compensation for improvements made to the land being … on customary land rights is in the different levels of compensation paid for land that the state has compulsorily …
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Modern water rights : Theory and practice

… to a water right is prima facie subject to the payment of compensation and the right to such compensation is enforceable in the courts. The corollary is … water. In a recent decision the Federal Court found that compensation was payable to farmers for breach of such …
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Farmer's Rights in the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

… strictly on their contributions of germplasm. We speak of ‘compensation’ because it implies a relationship with … concept of Farmers’ Rights may include several dimensions: compensation for innovation in the development of farmers’ varieties; compensation to farmers for making plant genetic resources …
17 Jun 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

Judicial handbook on environmental law

… on tort/delict. Such cases commonly include claims for compensation for damage. Causes of action may include private … pays principle, the Court ordered the motel to pay compensation for the restitution of the environment and … who is guilty of causing pollution has to pay damages (compensation) for restoration of the environment and ecology. …
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Regulation of Freshwater at the Regional and Subregional Levels - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… Water and Health and the Protocol on Civil Liability and Compensation for Damage caused by the Transboundary Effects … on Civil Liability The Protocol on Civil Liability and Compensation for Damage caused by the Transboundary Effects … to bring a legal claim for adequate and prompt compensation. Companies can be held liable for accidents at …
17 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Marine and Freshwater