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Champions of Water Governance - Leadership building for local to transboundary water cooperation
… integrate watershed management into local economic and land use plans, and to support the establishment and oper- … body and partner to advocate for the preservation and restoration of the Lake Chad Basin’s water resources. The … at the borders of the three countries about sustainable land and water use. In doing so, they could support the …
Introduction to International Environmental Governance (IEG) - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… development and livelihood. In many ASEAN countries, land resources and terrestrial ecosystems are under … due to growing population and extension of agricultural land into forest and other ecologically sensitive areas. …
UNEP Policy and Strategy for Gender Equality and the Environment 2014-2017, February 2015
… resources, including access to ownership and control over land and other forms of property, credit, inheritance and … in redressing environmental imbalance: insecure land and tenure rights; obstructed access to natural resource … and public life, representation, nationality; rights to land and water, education; employment; health; and economic …
Indigenous and traditional peoples and climate change
… traditional peoples to the use of certain resources and land, to knowledge, technology, power, decision making, … and which secure their entitlements to self determination, land, natural resources, information, education, health … a wide range of participatory ecosystem management and restoration activities, including modern approaches, which …
Climate Change Vulnerability of Migratory Species
… still opportunities for bounce back if good management and restoration practices are put in place and adhered to. A high … in combination with conservation, restoration and sustainable management strategies.” …and … 87 List of Conservation Actions: • Land/water protection & management • …
The development of international environmental law at the Multilateral Environmental Agreements Conference of the Parties and its validity
… five thematic clusters: • Biodiversity;6 • Atmosphere;7 • Land;8 • Chemicals and hazardous wastes;9 and • Oceans, seas … waste into or under the seabed from the sea but not from land by tunnelling.81 The procedure for adopting decisions … with Article XV;4 (c) review the progress made towards the restoration and conservation of the species included in …
Special Issue on Wildlife Trafficking II
… of the species are proven. See Palila v. Hawaii Dep’t of Land & Natural Res., 649 F. Supp. 1070, 1075 (D. Haw. 1986), … and Wildlife Foundation for the creation, enhancement, restoration, and acquisition of wetlands and for endangered … agency, such as FWS, EPA, U.S. Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Natural …
The Aarhus Convention: An implementation guide. Securing the public's rights through access to information, public participation and Access to justice for a healthy environment
… environment, which includes housing, urban development, land use and transport”.31 Health is explicitly referred to … the environment, such as air and atmosphere, water, soil, land, landscape and natural sites, biological diversity and … compensate material and moral damages. If necessary, such restoration can be ordered by a superior body, which …
Conservation and Sustainable Use under the International Treaty
… to agriculture, the most important ones include changes in land use, replacement of traditional varieties by modern … intensification, increased population, poverty, land degradation and environmental change (including climate … 1.6). Gene banks can also provide germplasm material for restoration of lost crops after natural or man-made …
Customary laws: Governing natural resource management in the northern areas
… Settled Areas to be eaten by the ibex Kanal – measure of land equivalent to 605 square yards Kasabgar – artisan Khabo … Nullah – stream, and the surrounding pasture and forest land Numberdar/Lumbardar/Trangpa – village headman Opoom – a … is further constrained by the scarcity of arable land and a short growing season. The mountainous terrain …