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Customary laws: Governing natural resource management in the northern areas
… Areas Chaksi – musk Charbo – person responsible for making public announcements on behalf of a Raja Chari dar – 12-bore … Kashmir. The Maharaja then decided to join India despite public opinion. This gave rise to dissension amongst the … in development work; iii) organizing meetings for creating awareness about wildlife; 3 9 C u s t o m a ry Laws Governing …
Counting coastal ecosystems as an economic part of development infrastructure
… which are highly distorted, or have characteristics of public goods which mean that they are not adequately … which determine the trade-offs and decisions faced by public policy-makers, private landholders and resource users … of planning and carrying out economic activities. Both public and private investment in ecosystem conservation …
Water in drylands - Adapting to scarcity through integrated management
… government and civil society organisations. It provides public, private and non-governmental organisations with the … is needed on how to integrate water management across public sectors in drylands. When put in practice, an … are relatively well-known and projects show good awareness of the appropriate solutions in different dryland …
National Implementation of the Montreal Protocol: Brazil
… created a CFC and then a HCFC Working Group composed of public and private institutions to involve the private sector … be considered and the training respectively adapted. • Awareness raising and educative activities in several … is a permanent dialogue between the interested parties, public and private. • The servicing sector structure is …
Explanatory guide to the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
… is aimed at gov- ernments, international institutions, public in- stitutions, civil society organizations, and pri- … to biodiversity (Article 12); • promote programs for public education and awareness (Article 13); • require environmental impact …
Linkages in the landscape : The role of corridors and connectivity in wildlife conservation
… are intended to produce the following outcome: Better awareness amongst protected area managers, and protected area … in the landscape and seascape will bring to a wider public the need to set protected areas in context, and make … (Mansergh and Scotts 1989). The tunnel has had a high public profile and is known colloquially as the ‘tunnel of …
State of Biodiversity in Africa
… continued investment in knowledge creation and sharing, awareness-raising and institutional capacity for the … areas. 32. These gains notwithstanding, the general public and decision makers remain insufficiently aware of the … of biodiversity decline. Governments need also to mount public awareness campaigns and capacity-building initiatives, …
Biodiversity for Business: A guide to using knowledge products delivered through IUCN
… over 1,000 staff in 50 offices and hundreds of partners in public, NGO and pri- vate sectors around the world. The World … targeted at companies, and aims to expand busi- ness awareness and understanding on the use of these knowledge … the classi- fication of knowledge products as glo- bal public goods. Global public goods are non-rival (use by one …
Ridding the world of POPs - A guide to the Stockholm Convention on POPs
… of the Stockholm Convention. This book is intended for public information purposes only and is not an official … of the Stockholm Convention. This book is intended for public information purposes only and is not an official … and other efforts, the Convention seeks to increase public awareness of the dangers of POPs, provide up-to- date …