Search results
399 Results
Sorted by relevance
Beyond access : Exploring implementation of the fair and equitable sharing commitment in the CBD
… relationship between a genetic resource’s uniqueness, its ecosystem and its value 92 5.5.2 The CBD – an obligation to … 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 …
Conservation of the East Asian-Australasian Flyway and its threatened waterbirds
… of land use in the EAAF (faster than the rate of tropical forest loss), thus generating an urgent need for specific … an in- depth study that: a. investigates the benefits of ecosystem services provided by intertidal wetlands, … of their intertidal wetlands for biodiversity and ecosystem services, halting further approval of intertidal …
A2 - Integrating Environmental Concerns in National Water Law
… groundwater extractions to safeguard groundwater’s ecosystem-support function 5.10. Downscaling the limits of … “Greening” of domestic water laws implies recognising the ecosystem-support function of water resources, quantity- and … water resources from pollution and (b) insulating the ecosystem-support function of water resources from …
A moving target : Genetic resources and options for tracking and monitoring their international flows
… say, in many tropical regions it is easier to cut a forest than to study it.”31 That salvo is immediately … systems are those relating to the certification of forest and marine products – both of which ultimately result … in con- sumer products that are easily identified. If forest- product certification (or marine-product …
Chemicals for a sustainable future; Report of the EEA Scientific Committee Seminar (Copenhagen, 17 May 2017)
… continue to affect the long-term human health and ecosystem resilience, in Europe and globally. Pollution is … the overall environmental burden of chemicals on human and ecosystem health, broader approaches are needed. Assessing … the Minamata convention (xlviii), and acid rain affecting forest vitality and ecosystem health. The replacement …
Free Prior and Informed Consent - An indigenous peoples' right and a good practice for local communities - Manual for project practitioners
… (from replacing instead of improving the remaining forest and its management), and the impacts on the … a precedent-setting directive re-affirming the rights of forest-dwelling indigenous or tribal peoples, including their … their forests and natural resources, as recognized in the Forest Rights Act of 2006. The directive emphasized the …
Customary laws: Governing natural resource management in the northern areas
… water Nullah – stream, and the surrounding pasture and forest land Numberdar/Lumbardar/Trangpa – village headman … in them; forests, including timber and non-timber forest products; wildlife; and water. x i i C u s t o m a ry … Commercial exploitation of natural resources, particularly forest resources, is now subject to majority consensus. 2. …
The Role of legal instruments to support Green low-emission and climate-resilient development - A guidebook on assessing, selecting and implementing legal instruments
… their Climate Change State Action Plans and Programmes on forest and coastal conservation and promot- ing the … National Strategy on Biological Diversity and the National Forest Strategy) in cooperation with German Federal State … Scheme and Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation schemes. …