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Review of Statutory and Customary Law in the Xe Champhone Ramsar Site, LAO PDR - Implications for a rights-based approach to conservation
… ethnic groups and government agencies at the central and local levels, Lao PDR experts on national ethnic groups, a … of regulations for the Ramsar site, integrating local customary law to the extent possible. The current … of the Xe Champhone Ramsar site, which falls under the administration of two districts. There are 40 villages and …
Poverty, equity and rights in conservation : Technical papers and case studies
… of both technology (selection of techniques according to local know-how and cultural values) and finances (criteria … 34 3.3 Strengthening the negotiation capacities of local populations _____________________ 36 3.4 Two problems … Whose Common Future? (Ecologist, 1992) note, the colonial administration was in the habit of appropriating all …
Payments for Ecosystem Services - Legal and Institutional Frameworks
… beyond basic contract law, but they are usually limited to local water problems. However, scaling their positive results … Legislation PES legislation at all levels – from local to national – can play an important role in the further … ensure institutional performance. As far as management and administration of PES schemes are concerned, national …
Spring: Managing groundwater sustainability
… with surface water management for conjunctive use and that local groundwater users, technical specialists and policy … makers work together. Each has a role to play, whether at local, basin, national or international levels, to implement … Economic instruments must complement effective public administration of water resources, in a framework of public …
The green belt of Europe: From vision to reality
… . . . . . . . . . . .77 8. Combining nature protection and local development in the southern part of the Green Belt of … opportunities for the socio-economic development of local communities. We hope that the Green Belt will serve to … definition or legal formulations. Since the National Park administration started its work in the Thayatal, it …
Values of protected landscapes and seascapes: protected landscapes and agrobiodiversity values
… in 1979, Ashish taught at the Indian Institute of Public Administration, and has participated in several grass- roots … to field application. She works with groups ranging from local communities to United Nations agencies in countries … deserve special protection. Where effective national or local conservation measures are in place, many of these …
Issues in water law reform
… and timed so as to provide a comparative water law and administration input to the drafting of a National Water … transition to a more sophisticated system, as pressures on local water resources increase. __________ 15 Such a scheme … usually supplied from irrigation channels operated by the local water authority. Transfers of such interests thus …
Legal frameworks for REDD: design and implementation at the national level
… impact on biodiversity, watershed and soil protection, and local climate regulation.5 The loss of the world’s tropical … and use rights, and the recognition and protection of local and indigenous communities’ rights and interests. 3.2 … in pilot projects, as well as to build capacity of the administration and relevant stakeholders. A preliminary …
Customary laws: Governing natural resource management in the northern areas
… Law In Northern Areas Today A. Rajgiri Areas 13 1. Local Perceptions about Nature, Natural Resources and … Resources in Rajgiri Areas 27 B. Settled Areas 31 1. Local Perceptions about Nature, Natural Resources and … The study received the full support of the Northern Areas Administration. Many officials provided information, guidance …
Law for water management: a guide to concepts and effective approaches
… rapidly – doubling in the last 20 years. As a result, local pressures to continue developing hydropower potential … habitats and harm the livelihoods and food security of local delta populations (WCD, 2000). Poorly managed … National water legislation has traditionally focused on administration and enforcement efforts, for example by …