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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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …