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… of conversion of intertidal wetlands to other forms of land use in the EAAF (faster than the rate of tropical forest … in relation to the benefits arising from the reclamation (land claim) or conversion of such habitats; b. includes case … further approval of intertidal mudflat reclamation (land claim) at priority sites for biodiversity, irrespective …

… in the sea to celebrate the pro- tection for the waters, land, and people of this region. Sometimes the sacred value …

… maintaining safe water supplies relies on the health of land and ecosystems and thus requires the integrated management of water, land and coastal areas; ALSO CONVINCED of the vital role of … attention to the integrated management of water resources, land and coastal ecosystems; and c. strengthen governance …

… to Aboriginal people for some 50,000 years, during which land and culture have become inextricably intertwined. In recent years, closer collaboration between traditional land-management techniques and western science have seen … annually (2005–2007 averages) in the Kakadu and Arnhem Land region of Australia’s Northern Territory. Most of these …

… a lack of access to production inputs, support services, land, facilities and decision-making processes over the … manage carefully the expansion of industrial agricultural land in such a way as to avoid compromising the integrity of …

… reflecting basic human rights to clean water, air, land, and environmental opportunity.9 Courts have even read … report that private interests were seeking to buy coastal land for dumping nuclear and highly hazardous waste51 and ordered the environmental regulator to monitor land allocation in the area and forbid such use.52 In West …

… (decision V/6)15. They advocate integrated management of land, water and living resources for promoting the … and society 3.1.1 Rationale: Human decisions that change land-use and affect species are influenced by regulatory and … special regulatory challenges in guiding local use of land and wild living resources to retain diverse ecological …

… on mires and peatlands, launched by the Finnish Peat- land Society in 1998 which elicited almost one thousand …

… 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 …

… parks. We celebrate one of the greatest collective land-use commitments in the history of humankind – a … realm. We voice concern that while 11.5% of the world’s land area now enjoys protection, less than 1% of the world’s …