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Compendiums on Human Rights and the Environment - Selected International legal materials and cases (Advanced Version)
… degradation. Air and water pollution, loss of biodiversity, land degradation, climate change, and other … erosion, as sources of clean water, food, wood and other forest products as well as having spiritual, cultural and … equitable access to and sharing of benefits derived from forest resources, including but not limited to genetic …
Avoiding extinction in limestone karst areas
… International (FFI), IUCN and WWF paper on Extraction and Biodiversity in Limestone Areas (2014) and its accompanying … how extraction can be made more compatible with conserving biodiversity in limestone areas; RECOGNISING that many … factor in the survival and preservation of their unique biodiversity; RECOGNISING that it has been shown …
Promoting ecosystem-based adaptation
… adaptation RECALLING Resolution 2.16 Climate change, biodiversity, and IUCN’s Overall Programme, adopted by the … ecosystems; protection of species, and maintenance of forest quality; FURTHER RECALLING Resolution 4.075 Climate change mitigation targets and actions for biodiversity conservation adopted by the 4th IUCN World …
CBD: Mechanisms for Implementation - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… Strategic Plan Strategic Plan 2011-2020, including Aichi Biodiversity Targets Thematic programmes of work … exchange relevant to conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity and improved international technical and … Biodiversity Dry and Sub-humid Lands Biodiversity Forest Biodiversity Inland Waters Biodiversity Island …
Climate Change Vulnerability of Migratory Species
… laying plans for ‘Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation’ as well as … be taken to address climate change impacts on biodiversity. This is being picked up at an international … swamps as well as erosion due to forest clearance upstream. This increases sedimentation …
Water as a human right?
… the key role of water in agriculture, energy, health, biodiversity and ecosystems as well as in combating poverty. … trust by leasing the environmentally sensitive riparian forest land to a company. In a landmark decision concerning … energy, petrol, and gas, rocks and sand, gems, forests and forest products, wildlife, fish and aquatic resources. Cape …
Review of Statutory and Customary Law in the Xe Champhone Ramsar Site, LAO PDR - Implications for a rights-based approach to conservation
… to work towards ensuring that the protection of rights and biodiversity conservation become and remain mutually … of Understanding NA National Assembly NTFP Non-timber forest products NW North-West PM Prime Minister Ramsar Ramsar … hunting; fishing; cutting trees; collecting non-timber forest products (NTFP); taking water; using a boat; and …
Explanatory guide to the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
… and action groups, focusing in particular on species and biodiversity conservation and the management of habitats and … tertiary gene pools somewhat fuzzy (see Maynard, C. 1996. Forest Genetics Glossary). The paragraph acknowledges that … of genetically important wild crop relatives situated in forest habitats (for exam- ple, the Mazatlan Biosphere …
Beyond access : Exploring implementation of the fair and equitable sharing commitment in the CBD
… addressing ownership and benefit sharing in the field of biodiversity and genetic resources. This book is well in line … mational) are primary in each situation. 292 FAO, 1995, “Forest Management Legislative Development in Tonga” (FAO) … Financial Mechanisms for Water Services from Forests” (Forest Trends). 78 5.2.2 Excludability of the micro-physical …
Spring: Managing groundwater sustainability
… economic development. Many aquatic ecosystems and their biodiversity depend on groundwater. Failure to manage … hydrological services – for example the contribution that forest, wetland or grassland ecosystems make to water runoff … water sector investments, as ecological protection of the forest and grassland in this area has a direct link to the …