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Statutory recognition of customary land rights in Africa - An investigation into best practices for lawmaking and implementation
… of common property resources such as grazing, forests and water. They are thus both 'communal' and 'individual' in … and building construction from common areas. Rights to surface waters flowing naturally (springs, rivers, pans, … found that: The Tribal Grazing Land Policy brought to the surface the insecurity of tenure faced by minority ethnic …
Handbook 4: Avian influenza and wetlands
… at low tide, as well as human-made wetlands such as waste-water treatment ponds and reservoirs. About this series of … AIVs aids epidemiological investigations. Hemagglutinin HA Surface antigen on the influenza virus. Together with the … avian influenza LPAI See avian influenza. Neuraminidase NA Surface antigen on the influenza virus. Together with the …
Guidelines for species conservation planning - version 1.0
… closest to the species on the ground (or in the water) who may provide critical information about the … are unique is that their skin is a respir- atory surface and, therefore, they generally require a moist … laterally (rivers and their floodplains) and vertically (surface and groundwater). These connections are critical to …
Special Issue on Wildlife Trafficking II
… a poultry processor pleaded guilty to violating the Clean Water Act and the ESA after it discharged polluted storm … masking the sometimes dire situation lurking below the surface and causing fishery management schemes to fail. … any African elephant tusk, and any piece thereof, the surface of which, polished or unpolished, is unaltered or …
Identification and gap analysis of key biodiversity areas : Targets for comprehensive protected area systems
… priority issues for sustainable develop- ment (“WEHAB” Water, Energy, Health, Agriculture and Biodiversity). The CBD … region where cool, nutrient-rich currents well up to the surface and temperate rather than tropical conditions … currently covering about 1% of the earth’s land surface (Figure 5a). The number of restricted-range species …
Lessons learnt in the establishment and management of protected areas by indigenous and local communities in South Asia. TILCEPA report
… the park because their own cattle have no fodder or water outside the forest thanks to a severe drought. … and new community systems of resource management, such as water, forests, and others paving a way for the conflict … 11.11% (8,939,319 square km.) of the country’s land surface. The present status of protracted areas varies from …
Legal and institutional aspects of urban and peri-urban foresty and greening
… product supply (agricultural products, wood energy and water), erosion, sand encroachment and floods. On the other … level, such as those relating to air quality and drinking water standards, have impacts on sub-national level … that not only includes vegetation1 but also soil, water, animals, utilities, buildings, transportation systems …
Legal aspects in the implementation of CDM Forestry Principles
… and timber) and services (recycling of nutrients, water retention, and soil protection) that it provides.13 … directly distributed to landowners, will be based on the surface brought to the project by each landowner. In the … and the right to CERs, taking after Law 25.509 (the Law on Surface Rights for Forestry) which created a new and specific …
Addressing pollution: Governance frameworks, challenges and oppotunities in the context of the 2030 Agenda
… by regional agreements looking at specific transboundary water basins, while land and soil pollution is indirectly … had legally binding controls on lead in paint. In water pollution management, 41 per cent of 130 countries … (1990), Oder (1996), Rhine (1999)) seek to ensure that surface waters and groundwater within river basins are …
European Union overseas coastal and marine protected areas - overview of coastal and marine conservation efforts in the European Union's overseas countries and territories and outermost regions
… measuring the breadth of the territorial sea) is the low-water line along the coast as marked on large- scale charts … of the blue planet! governing over 5% of the global ocean surface the eU overseas are key players for global ocean … Guadeloupe, Martinique, French Guiana and Mayotte This surface area corresponds to a quarter of all French Overseas …