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ITTO/IUCN guidelines for the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity in tropical timber production forests

… both negative and positive impacts on biodiversity. The right of local populations to benefit from the biodiversity … There have been moves to recognize the intellectual property associated with local and Indigenous knowledge about … (Indigenous) land, other types of state land, or private property. Guyana’s tropical rainforests are home to a rich …
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Regulation of Freshwater at the Regional and Subregional Levels - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… by the Protocol includes physical damage, damage to property, loss of income, the cost of reinstatement and …
25 May 2026 Course lesson in Marine and Freshwater

At a glance: Minamata Convention on Mercury

… the Convention, the adoption and amendment of annexes, the right to vote, signature, ratification (or acceptance, …
25 May 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste

Development of an analytical tool to assess national biosecurity legislation

… and health, respectively. The SPS Agreement recognizes the right of countries to take emergency measures based on … of Health, VSD, KEBS, KEPHIS, the Kenya Industrial Property Institute, the Kenya Wildlife Service, PCPB and … sanctions in fisheries law, 2003 (E) 83. Legislating for property rights in fisheries, 2004 (E) 84. Land and water – …
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The status of natural resources on the high-seas

… United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea have the right for their nationals to engage in fishing on the … whales include Blue, Gray, Humpback, Minke, Bowhead, and Right whales. Of the toothed whales, Sperm whales are the … to collisions with ships. Almost 40% of all known Northern Right whale mortality is caused by ships. Noise pollution in …
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Ramsar Convention Manual, 6th Edition

… Iran, 1971) 78 5. Any Contracting Party shall have the right to add to the List further wetlands situated within its … designating entries for the List and when exercising its right to change entries in the List relating to wetlands …
25 May 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

European models of good practice in protected areas

… Reserve (Spain). Photos by Hugh Synge except bottom right by Bialowieza National Park Photo credits: All … 14, 15 by Bialowieza National Park, photo page 17 (lower right) and page 24 (lower inset) by Grazia Borrini-Feyerabend … adding urgency to the issue. Since the whole area is state property, only the State can decide. In the area outside the …
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Policy implementation and fisheries resource management: Lessons from Senegal

… to the resource, what would be the criteria defining that right, and should there be a charge for access to the re- … there is a positive perception of the payment of access right for small-scale fishing as a means of regulating … part of the fleets with nets exceeding 1000 meters. The property structures show that these units are generally of …
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Feed-in tariffs and a policy Instrument for promoting renewable energies and green economies in developing countries

… or auction processes, developers typically bid for the right to sell electricity at a given price, whereas FIT … system qualifying for the Feed-In-Tariff shall be the property of the utility.‖ Ordinance No. 0-08-88 (C.C.C.G. … costs include fuel costs, operations and maintenance, property taxes, insurance, and other costs that occur on an …
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Crossing Borders for Nature. European examples of transboundary conservation

… among these 23 countries, the rights of use, i.e. property and land use, also vary. As a consequence, the … Although this is a cultural landscape, the World Heritage property has strong natural values and thus was evaluated by … The Austrian administration is the owner of the fishing right which authorises it to define strict regulations. The …
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