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Climate Change and the Human Rights to Water and Sanitation Position Paper
… efforts (pages 41-43). 18. Build on local and traditional knowledge to increase the likelihood of adaptation measures … faced difficulties in exercising this right include indigenous peoples, refugees, asylum seekers, internally … persons with disabilities, elderly persons, migrants, indigenous peoples, internally displaced persons and migrant …
The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and overseas environmental crimes: How did we get here and what happens next?
… extracted illegally from such places as national parks, indigenous territories, or other public lands.8 One of the … or suspects one is likely, or if it deliberately avoids knowledge of a corrupt act. For instance, Halliburton/KBR …
Towards Networks of Marine Protected Areas: The MPA Plan of Action for IUCNs World Commission on Protected Areas
… system; • Generating, synthesising and disseminating knowledge on MPAs, often in the form of best practice advice, … and run by local communities and traditional peoples Indigenous bio-cultural areas and territories – de- clared … marine conservation. It utilizes current scientific knowledge, institutional experience and global case studies …
The burden of proof in natural resources legislation: Some critical issues for fisheries law
… Forest legislation, passed to address the problem of indigenous people barricading forest roads to hinder the … none of the traditional requirements of mens rea or guilty knowledge. In the first instance there was some reluctance in … the exercise of reasonable care be, peculiarly within bis knowledge" Much of the discussion concerned the question …
FAO's work on Climate Change
… REDD+ processes supported by FAO, involving civil society, indigenous peoples and other forest-dependent communities, … resilience to climate change and variability. FAO advances knowledge through global, regional and national assessments … is also ensured through the development of guidelines, knowledge products and field manuals. MAKING LIVESTOCK …
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
… private and non-governmental organisations with the knowledge and tools that enable human progress, economic … NGOs, scientists, businesses, local communities, indigenous peoples organisations and others can work together … category II extractive use is usu- ally only allowed for indigenous people (traditional fishing) and managed research …
Mapping the linkages between oceans and other Sustainable Development Goals: A preliminary exploration
… on oceans, in particular for assessing the status of knowledge on the various linkages, as well as identifying … under SDG 14, which can be used to document the state of knowledge that exists on different linkages, both from the … community development and empower- ment (FAO, 2005b). Many indigenous peoples and their communities also rely on …
Advancing the Species Conservation Agenda. An overview of the IUCN SSC Network 2009 2012
… systems build on existing programmes (notably the IUCN knowledge products), and do not wastefully compete with … Mission is to achieve conservation and sustainable use of indigenous freshwater fishes and their habitats through gene- … the IUCN system for all of South Africa’s 20 689 recorded indigenous vascular plant taxa. Species accounts include …
International trade rules and the agriculture sector: selected implementation issues
… the most efficient manner. This study seeks to fill that knowledge gap. I would like to take this opportunity thank … sale in the 1930s, it was used for many years by the indigenous peoples of the South African Cape region. Besides … to biodiversity) requires the authorities to protect the indigenous property rights of local communities. Section 43 …
Ecosystems protecting infrastructure and communities - Lessons learned and guidelines for implementation
… private and non-governmental organisations with the knowledge and tools that enable human progress, economic … NGOs, scien- tists, businesses, local communities, indigenous peoples organisations and others can work together … of gender balance and empowerment 5.3 Status of indigenous and local knowledge and institutions 5.4 Long-term …