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Climate Change- International Legal Regime - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… Project. InforMEA is steered by the MEA Information and Knowledge Management (IKM) Initiative with the support of UN … promote: human rights; the right to health; the rights of indigenous peoples, local communities, migrants, children, … and, as appropriate, traditional knowledge, knowledge of indigenous peoples and local knowledge systems, with a view …
01 Mar 2017 Course lesson in Climate and Atmosphere

Helping nature help us - Transforming disaster risk reduction through ecosystem management

… remains a need for further research and translation of knowledge into actions on the use of the ecosystem approach … thus providing an opportunity for an emblematic indigenous species found in the grassland of Corrientes to … Africa is conducting an inventory of the potential use of indigenous plants as crop wild relatives that can be used for …
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European models of good practice in protected areas

… half a century. The system is strongly based on scientific knowledge and is undertaken in a col- laborative way with all … built houses. Instead, it has encouraged small-scale indigenous developments for tourism in the villages, through … delight the visitor in spring. A farmer with his herd of indigenous cows. M in o rc a B io sp h er e R es er ve , S p …
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Law for water management: a guide to concepts and effective approaches

… countries, and should exchange information and knowledge. IV. BOOK OVERVIEW The ten chapters of this book … Today, new technologies are being devised whilst old and indigenous techniques are being explored and renewed to … or leave some under private ownership or control. For indigenous communities, the government may establish forms of …
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IUCN Policy on Biodiversity Offsets

… of the offset action is highly uncertain due to a lack of knowledge;  Where there is a substantial risk that … and Recommendation 4.136 Biodiversity, protected areas, indigenous peoples and mining activities, adopted at the 4th … by clearly documenting data sources, assumptions, and knowledge gaps (and how they might be overcome through …
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Montenegro and marine protected areas: Legal and insituttional framework assessment for conservation of coastal and marine biodiversity and establishment of MPAs

… PAs can be revised depending on the state of scientific knowledge. Article 54 related to protection zones regulates … both non- profit and for-profit); Management by the indigenous peoples and local communities. 66 Items for … protected areas) Recognition of local communities and indigenous peoples. Are there any (special policy provisions …
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A guide to the complementarities between the Convention on Migratory Species and the Convention on Biological Diversity

… to CBD’s annex I; $ Developing indicators; $ Building knowledge on the processes that affect biodiversity of dry … and monitor biodiversity (art. 7) x x x x x x x x 5.3 Indigenous and local communities 5.3.1 Respect, preserve and … innovations and practices (art. 8(j)) 5.3.2 Exchange indigenous and local knowledge (art. 17(2)) 5.3.3 Protect and …
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Development of an analytical tool to assess national biosecurity legislation

… regulations on personnel, such as employees’ health and knowledge of hygiene and food safety principles. National … acquiring new germplasm from other countries, documenting indigenous community knowledge and establishing field gene … It may be stated that currently, there is no clear indigenous understanding of the concept of Biosecurity. The …
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Share - Managing water across boundaries

… human resource capacity is also complex as circumstances, knowledge and priorities rapidly evolve. 6. Implementing … Case 4.1). Further, riparian states should not overlook indigenous forms of resource conflict negotiation already in … western scientific tradition to the informal knowledge of indigenous peoples.44 Chapter 40 of Agenda 21 underlines the …
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Institutional Arrangements

… another Working Group that deals with issues related to indigenous and local communities and traditional knowledge in the context of Article 8(j) and related …
19 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Biological Diversity