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Biodiversity: My hotel in action - A guide to sustainable use of biological resources in the Caribbean

… major damage to ecosystem functions and populations of indigenous species through predation or by out-competing for … plant and animal species. Hotel grounds and gardens: Using indigenous plants for landscaping and minimizing light and … as part of such a scheme can be purchased safe in the knowledge that good practice was being followed and …
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Negotiate: reaching agreement over water

… use and share the best available information and build the knowledge base. Good facilitation is essential. Practical … makers and youth in Europe,39 and for much longer by indigenous people grappling with water sharing in the High … independent scientific experts all have specialized or ‘indigenousknowledge as well as political sensitivities that …
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African solutions in a rapidly changing world: nature-based solutions to climate change by African innovators in protected areas

… UNEP, provides a platform to collate, share and generate knowledge and capacity for the sustainable management and … fields in mangroves areas. Rural exodus is leaving the indigenous people community of Guinea-Bissau with a lack of … of mangroves, it was important to rely on empirical knowledge of the affected people about their environment and …
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Raising awareness of climate change: A handbook for government focal points

… that needs to be solved? Are we trying to give people knowledge, change their attitudes or alter their behavior? Do … governments and civil society including local communities, indigenous people, women’s groups and the private sector; 16 … have been used to govern resource use, especially among indigenous peoples, and ethical concerns influence resource …
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Identification and gap analysis of key biodiversity areas : Targets for comprehensive protected area systems

… Areas. No. 3. Graeme Kelleher, 1999, xxiv + 107pp. Indigenous and Traditional Peoples and Protected Areas: … 2003, ix + 79pp. Also available in Chinese and Japanese. Indigenous and Local Communities and Protected Areas: Towards … The Union is the world’s largest environmental knowledge network, and has helped over 75 countries prepare …
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Biodiversity offsets: Views, experience, and the business case

… 1996) International Waterways (OP 7.50, November 1998) Indigenous Peoples (OD 4.20, September 1991) 7. Indigenous Peoples and Natural Resource Dependent Communities … Not all hectares are created equal. Given our imperfect knowledge of biodiversity and its complexity, it is difficult …
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Croatia and marine protected areas: Legal and insituttional framework assessment for conservation of coastal and marine biodiversity and establishment of MPAs

… both non-profit and for-profit); • Management by the indigenous peoples and local communities. In accordance with … protected areas)? • Recognition of local communities and indigenous peoples. Are there any (special policy provisions … a “research and educational project that aims to disperse knowledge and educational models to Zadar surroundings, …
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Mekong River Basin. Mobilising grassroots engagement and facilitating high-level dialogue for transboundary water management

… challenges in the Mekong River Basin through supporting knowledge- based approaches and emerging dialogue and … achieved through focusing on the interlocking themes of knowledge, ecosystem services, negotiation and … actors. By mobilizing local communities to record their indigenous knowledge, Tai Baan research has enabled …
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Compendium of Summaries of Judgments in Environmen Related Cases

… Canada 6 Illegal Mining Antigua and Barbuda 1 India 19 Indigenous Peoples Australia 4 Brazil 3 Canada 8 Chile 1 New … Plaintiff claimed that it conserved nature by maintaining indigenous vegetation. The boundary of the land was the … owned the property on which the drums were buried. To the knowledge of Goodyear, Burprom, with whom the contract was …
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Albania and marine protected areas: Legal and insituttional framework assessment for conservation of coastal and marine biodiversity and establishment of MPAs

… both non-profit and for-profit); • Management by the indigenous peoples and local communities. In accordance with … protected areas)? • Recognition of local communities and indigenous peoples. Are there any (special policy provisions … could thus be “tuned to the special threats, scientific knowledge and man- agement challenges involved by MPAs” as …
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