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The Tacaná Watersheds - Developing untapped potential: Strengthening resilience through cross-sectoral collaboration

… soils that originate from volcanic sand rocks. Unregulated land use change is especially damaging in steep catchments … rates, very high population growth, and a complex land tenure rights situation. Unlike other places in …
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Bio-Cultural Community Protocols: A community approach to Ensuring the Integrity of Environmental Law and Policy

… to access TK or any other intended activity on their land, such as the establishment of a REDD project or a … rather an understanding of the self as integrated with the land and embedded within an ethical relationship. TK then is … to uphold that way of life, including rights to land tenure, manage their natural resources, have their customary …
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The Futures of Privately Protected Areas

… between 2000 and 2010, including ownership type 22 4. Land ownership of the NABU-Stiftung Nationales Naturerbe, … from partial data in 2012) 82 18. Options and tools for Land Stewardship: a roadmap towards a full property transfer … non-governmental organizations. De facto or de jure tenure should be clearly defined (even if the package of …
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Guidelines for Protected Areas Legislation

… categories 95 5.2 Good governance principles 96 5.3 Tenure and governance 99 5.4 Agreements with the government … 102 6.1 Easements and covenants attached to the land 102 6.2 Land trusts 103 Part III, Chapter 1: Generic elements of …
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RAMSAR Handbook 3: Laws and institutions

… between: • wetlands, people and human institutions; • land and water use within and beyond national boundaries; • … areas, environmental impact assessment and audits, land-use planning, coastal management, water resource … Ministerial technical / planning guidelines Rules on land tenure and resource use Contracts and concessions Customary …
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Depend on nature: Ecosystem services supporting human livelihoods

… constraints (e.g. inaccessible credit markets, inequitable tenure arrangements) that limit poor people’s sustainable use … with a poor or bad EWI cover almost half of the planet’s land and inland water surface. Those with a medium EWI cover a further 43%. Only 8.6% of land area is covered by countries with a fair EWI. Combining …
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Linkages in the landscape : The role of corridors and connectivity in wildlife conservation

… . . . . . . . . . . . . 174 9 Case Studies of Linkages in Land-use Planning and Conservation . . . . . . . . 177 … they are insufficient in scale and number – either on the land or in the sea – to significantly address this gap in … issues Biological purpose of the linkage Status and tenure of the land Ecology and behaviour of species …
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Poverty, equity and rights in conservation : Technical papers and case studies

… in South Asia Richard Matthew 67 Chapter 4 Addressing Tenure and Rights in Pro-poor Conservation: The Masoka … of nature; • they were elitist, failing to consider the land rights and sophisticated resource management of … such as the right to access and cultivate a parcel of land. The attribution of certain individual possession rights …
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Sacred natural sites: Guidelines for protected area managers

… from The Christensen Fund, LTS International, The Sacred Land Film Project, UNESCO and WWF International. Published … the Dhimurru Indigenous Protected Area (IPA) in Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia, are asked to respect … . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Guideline 6.5 Tenure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . …
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The Social Dimension of Ecosystem-based Adaptation

… approach as “a strategy for the integrated management of land, water and living resources that promotes conservation … in the sustainable management of natural resources [18]. Land uSe conFLIctS In some cases, implementing EbA may … their access to forest resources. Establishing secure land tenure can help to alleviate such conflicts and provide …
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