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Human rights and the Environment: Rio + 20 - Joint Report OHCHR and UNEP

… deteriorated. Sustainability must be incorporated into an accounting system that measures the currently unaccounted for … toward clean, renewable, and sustainable forms of resource use. Indeed, the proposition that the world needs to … I N D E V E L O P I N G T H E G R E E N E C O N O M Y 2 3 resource depletion or the degradation of these resources. …
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Global biodiversity outlook 4 - A mid-term assessment of progress towards the implementation of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020

… deep within our systems of policy- making, financial accounting, and patterns of production and consumption. �e 20 … national accounts of biodiversity-related natural resource stocks (such as forests and water) and where … limits 2 All measures show an increase in natural resource use TA R G ET 5 The rate of loss of forests is at …
17 Jun 2026 Literature

UNEP Policy and Strategy for Gender Equality and the Environment 2014-2017, February 2015

… 5: Chemicals and Waste 32 vi. Sub-programme 6: Resource Efficiency 36 vii. Sub-programme 7: Environment … political, economic and environmental decision-making and resource allocation and to removing any barriers that prevent … Goal7 12. To catalyse a transition towards low carbon, resource efficient, fully equitable and non- discriminatory …
17 Jun 2026 Document

Groundwater in international law: Compilation of treaties and other legal instruments

… law has paid relatively little attention to this resource. Groundwater represents about ninety-seven percent … are leading to ever increasing levels of use of this resource, and to growing reliance on it. Largely as a result … non-binding instruments and interstate compacts, from a resource management as well as an environmental perspective. …
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Rule: Reforming water governance

… today – bringing rivers back to life and maintaining the resource base for many. www.waterandnature.org … Laws should form the backbone of Integrated Water Resource Management (IWRM). Well drafted laws offer … increased risk of infectious disease and premature death, accounting for more than US$4.8 billion, or US$12 per capita …
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Improving governance of pastoral lands

… apart, or which they only use in certain years. Different resource patches that are geographically distant, such as … variability (e.g. extreme cold or dry seasons) that limit resource access or availability, but rangelands also show … can, in turn, be attributed to a combination of weak resource rights and governance, weak influencing capacity of …
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Blue Carbon Policy Framework: Based on the discussion of the International Blue Carbon Policy Working Group

… of the carbon value of coastal ecosystems in 35 the accounting of ecosystem services Annex 1 List of recent … under the Convention paras 48-67. 30 http://unfccc.int/resource/docs/2011/awglca14/eng/inf01.pdf 31 Draft decision … and innovative funding mechanisms under its strategy for resource mobilization in support of the achievement of the …
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Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

… the development progress made in recent decades. Natural resource depletion and adverse impacts of environmental … development assistance (ODA), is to catalyse additional resource mobilization from other sources, public and private. … services 8.4 Improve progressively, through 2030, global resource efficiency in consumption and production and …
17 Jun 2026 Literature

Governance of Protected Areas: From understanding to action

… Protected Area Guidelines are the world’s authoritative resource for protected area managers. Involving collaboration … with associated cultural values and traditional natural resource management systems. Generally large, mainly in a … financial planning, management, fundraising, reporting and accounting skills; • inadequate capacities, including …
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Statutory recognition of customary land rights in Africa - An investigation into best practices for lawmaking and implementation

… are quantified and measures taken to encourage sustainable resource use while minimizing the risk/magnitude of negative … the creation of community bylaws and land and natural resource management plans. 16. Create new technical advisory … must provide the general auditor and minister with a full accounting of all expenditures and revenues collected …
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