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Issues in water law reform
… distributed surface water collecting or falling on private land; • groundwater percolating through land. Arid conditions, comparable to South Africa, and the … immediate effects of which appear to be confined to one land owner, but also reflects uncertainty about what common …
Conservation and sustainable development in mountain areas
… of Lombok, Indonesia 14 Mountains: 24% of the Earth’s Land Surface WCF Theme 3: Biodiversity Loss and Species … areas – global priorities Mountains cover 24% of the land surface of our planet (see page 14). These very diverse … may necessitate the payment of incentives to upstream land managers (see pages 6 and 23). Most centres of greatest …
Protected landscapes and cultural and spiritual values
… Lee Ellen Carter How protection took the beauty from the land: conflicting values and meanings of Lake Mburo National … other ways. We explained too that, while the Protected Land- scapes Task Force had begun to document these values1, … the publication of this series on the values of Protected Land- scapes and Seascapes, in which each volume will explore …
Governance of Protected Areas: From understanding to action
… reduction of the impact of chemicals and prevention of land degradation, while generating sustainable livelihoods. … priorities, formal and informal protected areas and land uses in South Africa 87 Figure 13 Overlaps between incompatible land uses in The Philippines 88 Figure 14 Key Biodiversity …
Improving access to forest resources - Experiences in informal tenure reform from IUCN’s Livelihoods and Landscapes Strategy
… ensure local confidence about continued access to land and encourage investment of labour and resources; from the Andaman coast of Thailand, where negotiated land use has benefitted communities and acted as a ‘policy … from the Miyun watershed in China, where negotiated land- use changes have encouraged local people to become …
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 … a Sacred Gift for a Living Planet . . . . . . 33 3. Sacred land zoning in Japan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . …
Integrated coastal management law: Establishing and strengthening national legal frameworks for integrated coastal management
… Convention for the Prevention of Marine Pollution from Land-Based Sources (Paris), UKTS 64 (1978), Cmnd. 7251; 13 … Protection of the Mediterranean Sea Against Pollution from Land-Based Sources (Athens), 19 ILM (1980), 869. In force on … of the South-East Pacific Against Pollution from Land-Based Sources (Quito): Burhenne, 983:53. In force on 23 …
Review of the Legal and Policy Framework for Transboundary Natural Resource Management in Southern Africa
… conflicts between traditional law and general law, land tenure, land use and planning may place significant constraints on … of TBNRM. Several areas are of concern. These include land and natural resource tenure regimes, exclusionary legal …
Review and Analysis of specific Transboundary Natural Resources Management (TBNRM) Initiatives in the Southern African Region
… conflicts between traditional law and general law, land tenure, land use and planning may place significant constraints on … of TBNRM. Several areas are of concern. These include land and natural resource tenure regimes, exclusionary legal …
Compendiums on Human Rights and the Environment - Selected International legal materials and cases (Advanced Version)
… Honduras Land Administration Project (iDA Credit No. 3858-HO) … unsustainable extraction of natural resources, denial of land title, among other Human rights and the environment … people are forcibly removed from their ancestral land, discussing the implications of such displacement on …