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Free Prior and Informed Consent - An indigenous peoples' right and a good practice for local communities - Manual for project practitioners

… Free Prior and Informed Consent An indigenous peoples’ right and a good practice for local communities 2 ▲ … resources. From what we have seen, despite having access to these resources, this development does not reach … or other so-called development initiatives. Without access to the land on which they depend, many end up in …
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Farmers' Rights in the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… protection of traditional knowledge relevant to PGRFA; The right to participate in the sharing of benefits arising from … Certain provisions linked to the Multilateral System of Access and Benefit-sharing and to the Benefit-sharing Fund … national measures affecting Farmers’ Rights; 5. Promoting access by smallholder farmers to genetic material under the …
25 May 2026 Course lesson in Biological Diversity

Review of Statutory and Customary Law in the Xe Champhone Ramsar Site, LAO PDR - Implications for a rights-based approach to conservation

… unaware of the country’s statutory laws and do not have access to them. Customary rules and practices, which have … of the formal and informal systems, as needed; and improve access to justice, legal awareness, and legal empowerment at … land use rights (Article 22). Land titles give people the right to develop their land and land title can be …
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Defenders of the Earth

… to stifle environmental activism and land rights defence right across the world, including in ‘developed’ countries … before national parks are created, and face restricted access to their lands and resources, upon which their lives … in languages and formats which the local community can access and understand, and violence is often used to force …
25 May 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

On dangerous ground _ Global Witness

… and Tribal Peoples13 and recognise and implement the right of affected communities to reject investment and … them to operate freely, participate in decision-making and access information on land and natural resource governance ▶ … establish robust, legally binding regional instruments on access to information, public participation and justice in …
25 May 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Explanatory guide to the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

… and food security 2 The interdependence of countries on access to plant genetic resources 4 Box 1. Interdependency … of PGRFA 14 Farmers’ Rights 14 Multilateral System of Access and Benefit Sharing 15 Supporting Components 16 … Genetic Resources Institute IPR – Intellectual Property Right MTA – Material Transfer Agreement PGR – Plant Genetic …
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Community Protocols for Environmental Sustainability: A Guide for Policymakers

… beyond 6 Protection of traditional knowledge 7 Regulating access to the traditional territories, natural and other … formally with the adoption of the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit Sharing under the Convention on Biological … Park ICA includes articles from human rights law, the right to food, the Food and Agricultural Organization of the …
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Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security

… to contribute to the progressive realization of the right to adequate food, poverty eradication, environmental … by promoting secure tenure rights and equitable access to land, fisheries and forests. The eradication of … large measure on how people, communities and others gain access to land, fisheries and forests. The livelihoods of …
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Customs and Constitutions: State recognition of customary law around the world

… Press. 7 Nkonya, L. K. (2006). ‘Customary Laws for Access to and Management of Drinking Water in Tanzania’. Law, … this context, ‘common-pool’ is not used to refer to open access resources but rather a system of communal property. In … and agreements more specifically guarantee the right to own property.26 UNDRIP also calls for the …
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Improving governance of pastoral lands

… poverty by promoting secure tenure rights and equitable access to land, fisheries and forests. This technical guide … Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAR fuzzy access rights FPIC free, prior and informed consent ICCA … security and supporting the progressive realization of the right to adequate food; (2) improving social and development …
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