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Customs and Constitutions: State recognition of customary law around the world

… as the goal, with customary principles of natural resource management as instruments for achieving it. Particularly in … people, the backcountry people (montubios) of the inland coastal region, and communes are part of the single and … instruments. Art 59: The collective rights of the coastal back-country people (montubios) are recognized to …
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Biodiversity offsets: Views, experience, and the business case

… of Nature and Natural Resources and Insight Investment Management (Global) Ltd, London, UK Reproduction of this … that once covered 74-92 million acres across the southern coastal plain. IP's conservation bank also addresses another … concerned with the fate of one particular songbird, the coastal California gnatcatcher. Because of increased …
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International environmental governance: An international regime for protected areas

… on all those areas, does not seek to address targeted management. 4. IUCN defines a protected area as ‘An Area of … used on land, the requirement to create protected areas in coastal and marine areas has become standard; n standard also … areas and can be described as areas of terrestrial and coastal/marine ecosystems where, through appropriate zoning …
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Towards Networks of Marine Protected Areas: The MPA Plan of Action for IUCN’s World Commission on Protected Areas

… standards, criteria, tools, best practice guidelines, and management effectiveness • Increase visibility, understanding … global system, and inte- grate them with all other sea and coastal uses and maritime sectors; • Ensuring better … are well man- aged and integrated into broader ocean and coastal management. • Build a wide constituency with …
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Global Mercury Assessment

… by enterprises that hold permits for hazardous waste management. The amounts that may be emitted or released … higher than in other regions of the Northern Hemisphere. Coastal cities in China have lower levels than inland sites, … settings reach 30% of total mercury. In freshwater and coastal environments, inorganic mercury is transformed into …
19 Jun 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste

Manual of Compliance with and Enforcement of Multilateral Environmental Agreements

… Implementation and Enforcement ....... 299 Environmental Management Tools To Implement … for cooperation in preventing pollution of the marine and coastal environment in the region. The two current protocols … planning, including at the integrated river basin and coastal zone scales. This is necessary since broad-scale …
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Culture and wetlands: A Ramsar guidance document

… strategic actions 25 2.1 General, conservation and management objectives 25 2.2 Guidance on the general … simplistic, as water in aquifers can remain static, while coastal lagoons can experience a very dynamic water re- gime … Wetlands Initiative and WacoWet, the West African Coastal Zones Wetlands Network), as well as its International …
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Solutions in focus: Transboundary protected area solutions

… transboundary conservation can lead to a juridical common management structure 25 Czech Republic and Germany: … Replicating Protected area solutions Marine and coastal solutions ABC solutions XYZ solutions … and includes a vast range of landscapes from forests to coastal habitats. The European Green Belt Initiative is a …
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Collaboration for resilience: How collaboration among business, government and NGOs could be the key to living with turbulence and change in the 21st century

… technological change to include changes in governance, management regimes and the ways social and natural capital … resilience in vulnerable parts of the city, including coastal protection actions, amendments to zoning and building … and mangroves, reefs and barrier islands that protect coastal communities and cities (Krchnak et al., 2011). • …
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Climate Change and the Human Rights to Water and Sanitation Position Paper

… Nairobi Work Programme (NWP) o Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) • International aid and financing for … develop and elaborate appropriate and integrated plans for coastal zone management, water resources and agriculture, and … water. Areas particularly sensitive to climate change are coastal zones and cities, estuaries and deltas, watersheds, …
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