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Improving access to forest resources - Experiences in informal tenure reform from IUCN’s Livelihoods and Landscapes Strategy

… concerning the legal status of any country, territory, or area, or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation … result the Doi Mae Salong has become highly degraded. The area is hilly with important watershed functions; … effects on livelihoods and forest condition, since it has protected large trees and has not adequately promoted …
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Regional Seas Agreements

… Asian Seas, Eastern Africa, South Asian Seas, ROPME Sea Area, Mediterranean, North-East Pacific, Northwest Pacific, … processes. The Protocol concerning Mediterranean Specially Protected Areas was adopted on 2 April 1982 and entered into … was amended and renamed the Protocol concerning Specially Protected Areas and Biological Diversity in the …
18 May 2026 Course lesson in Marine and Freshwater

Flow : The essentials of environmental flows

… concerning the legal status of any country, territory, or area, or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation … The amount of water (‘conserved water’) that is legally protected in-stream must be propor- tional to the amount of … flows when rivers and wetlands constitute the habitat of protected species and the maintenance of water flows is …
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The rise of environmental crime - A growing threat to natural resources, peace, development and security

… legal status of any country, territory, city, com- pany or area or its authority, or concerning the delimitation of its … Another proposal is to designate illicit trafficking in protected species of wild fauna and flora involving organized … resolution 23/1’s calls for making illicit trafficking in protected species and forest products into a serious crime as …
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Legislating for property rights in fisheries

… or development status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of … the ultimate ownership title, which can be legally protected as such and which contrasts with mere possession. … which is the open-ended relationship supported and protected by the trespassory rules. There is no universal …
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Large Marine Ecosystems: Status and Trends (Summary for Policy Makers)

… major concern in LMEs. Twenty per cent of global mangrove area was lost from 1980 to 2005. Loss continues at about 1 … projected threats from climate change); increase in marine protected areas since 1983 INTEGRATION OF MULTIPLE INDICATORS … Conservation measures such as establishing marine protected areas (MPAs) may enhance ecosystem resilience in …
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Document - Freshwater Law and Governance: Global and Regional Perspectives for Sustainability

… assembly and participation in decision-making were protected via the transparency and public participation good … These basins include nearly half of the world’s land area and 40% of the world’s population. Moreover, there are … in the area “had inflicted serious damage on the protected wetlands.”259 Each of the countries had listed one …
18 May 2026 Document in Marine and Freshwater

UNEP Global Judges Programme

… of all countries in the pursuit of the rule of law in the area of environment and sustainable development. I wish to … Judges Symposium focusing on capacity-building in the area of environmental law. Klaus Toepfer Executive Director … of work for strengthening judicial capacity in the area of environment and sustainable development. Several …
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Enforcement of Environmental Law: Good Practices from Africa,Central Asia, ASEAN Countries and China

… levels of government convene to share problems in each area and reach collaborative solutions. China: Federal … are used for monitoring in environmentally sensitive area. Tanzania: Guidelines are provided showing the … so as to increase the number of experts interested in the area of environmental protection. School curricula place …
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Indigenous and traditional peoples and climate change

… 29 FIGURE 6 FOREST AREA, 2005 (SOURCE: FAO, 2007) … OF FOREST RESOURCES AND FOREST CHANGE RATE BY COUNTRY OR AREA 2000 – 2005 (FAO, … OF FOREST RESOURCES AND FOREST CHANGE RATE BY COUNTRY OR AREA 2000 – 2005 (FAO, … farming methods that are practiced by the local villagers protected the upper catchment and only 10% of crops were …
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