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Freshwater Law and Governance: Global and Regional Perspectives for Sustainability
… are reliant on the Basin water resources and to conserve biodiversity.”69 The agreement’s purpose is to “promote and … upon water by its various users, and the rate of loss of biodiversity in them surpasses that from other major biomes … including the least developed countries and small island developing States, to improve their understanding and …
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
… facing our world today, including climate change, biodiversity loss, poverty reduction, increasing energy … within species, between species and of ecosystems”. Biodiversity includes, but is not limited to, ecosystem … as a functional unit),114 are considered components of biodiversity.115 While genetically modified organisms are …
Women as change-makers in the governance of shared waters
… Governance BSWC Black Sea Women’s Club CBD Convention on Biodiversity ccGAP Climate Change Gender Action Plans CSO … collecting domestic water from flooded fields, Majuli Island in Brahmaputra River © SaciWATERS / Mitu Kathaniar Box … thematic networks on e. g.protection of water resources, biodiversity conservation, cross-border cooperation, …
Review of the Legal and Policy Framework for Transboundary Natural Resource Management in Southern Africa
… Law defines “environment … in terms of … a combination of biodiversity of different organisms as well as the … and monitoring systems and the control of threats to biodiversity and other livelihood choices. Secondly, given … surprising as the focus of legislation has been to prevent biodiversity loss and environmental degradation and not to …
Review and Analysis of specific Transboundary Natural Resources Management (TBNRM) Initiatives in the Southern African Region
… Law defines “environment … in terms of … a combination of biodiversity of different organisms as well as the … and monitoring systems and the control of threats to biodiversity and other livelihood choices. Secondly, given … surprising as the focus of legislation has been to prevent biodiversity loss and environmental degradation and not to …
Report Advisory Body 'Our common dignity initiative on Rights-based Approaches in World Heritage'
… of India campus with focus on nature conservation, biodiversity, and relations between forest, city, and people … Switzerland, and the IUCN, ICCROM, ICOMOS meetings on the island of Vilm, Germany - as well as the Pilot Training …
Document - Freshwater Law and Governance: Global and Regional Perspectives for Sustainability
… (last visited Oct. 10, 2014). 29 resources and to conserve biodiversity.”69 The agreement’s purpose is to “promote and … upon water by its various users, and the rate of loss of biodiversity in them surpasses that from other major biomes … including the least developed countries and small island developing States, to improve their understanding and …
Law, Policy and Dryland Ecosystems in the People's Republic of China
… sedimentation, deforestation, grassland degradation, and biodiversity loss. Erratic rainfall and prolonged periods of … agricultural output and lower stock productivity, loss of biodiversity, more frequent natural disasters, worsening … countries, in particular, the least developed and small island developing States, and countries with economies in …
International trade rules and the agriculture sector: selected implementation issues
… role as the source of our food, to its unique relevance to biodiversity and the environment at large, to the cultural … from and/or the injury caused or threatened by small island economies. 4.4 National legislation 4.4.1 Jamaica … provisions on issues of particular interest for small island developing countries where appropriate, for instance …