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Gaps in international environmental law and environment-related instruments: towards a global pact for the environment - Report of the Secretary-General
… D. Human rights instruments … degree of coordination and coherence. Examples include the human rights covenants, international trade law and the …
Developing a Global Soil Regime
… of a host of goods and services integral to ecosystems and human well-being. The maintenance or enhancement of global … is to be met’.2 As a basic terrestrial foundation of human development, soil sustains societies around the world … appropriate legal frameworks, the issues of human rights, population dynamics, poverty, human health, food …
Covering ABS: Addressing the need for sectoral, geographical,legal and international integration in the ABS regime - papers and studies of the ABS Project
… Equitable benefit sharing 37 4.3.1.4 Intellectual property rights of local communities 37 4.3.2 Implementation problems … 57 PART III Social Issues: ABS and Livelihoods 59 7 The Human Rights Implications of Access to Genetic Resources and … Utilization Annalisa Savaresi 61 7.1 Introduction 61 7.2 Human rights obligations 62 7.2.1 Self-determination 62 7.2.2 …
Sacred natural sites: Guidelines for protected area managers
… . . . . . . . . . 28 Guideline 1.2 Ecosystem services and human well-being . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . … . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Principle 6 Respect the rights of sacred natural site custodians within an … 15 3. Linkages among biodiversity, ecosystem services and human well-being . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . …
Perspectives and guidelines on food legislation, with a new model food law
… the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. All rights reserved. Reproduction and dissemination of material … United Nations UNHCHR United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights US United States Abbreviations vii USDA United … among national and international bodies to better protect human, animal and plant life and health, as well as the …
Judicial handbook on environmental law
… every person, the biosphere may become unable to sustain human life. At the least, coming generations will suffer … to do their part to ensure the long-term sustainability of human activity. In this regard, it was determined that a … 23 2.5.2 Public trust 23 Chapter 3. Environmental Rights 27 3.1 Introduction 27 3.2 Right to Information 27 …
Judges and Environmenal Law: a Handbook for the Sri Lankan Judiciary
… All Sri Lankans, as custodians of the environmental rights of future generations, share a common goal and … to mean ’the physical factors of the surroundings of human beings including land, soil, water, atmosphere, … Development Authority UNDHR United Nations Declaration on Human Rights UN United Nations UNCCD United Nations …
The Aarhus Convention:An implementation guide. UN/ECE Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-Making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters
… participation access to justice . . . securing citizens’ rights through for a healthy environment . . . ECONOMIC … which will face us in a new and more interdependent era in human history. While many of our current preoccupations may … agreement. It links envi- ronmental rights and human rights. It acknowledges that we owe an obligation to …
Drafting legislation for sustainable soils: A guide
… of biological diversity and the maintenance of human life”. Less than a year later, the UNEP Montevideo III … as well as the major part of its foundation. Without soil, human and many other forms of life on earth could not exist. … directly express, create or invoke circumstances of “use rights” or “user rights”. 24 Goals and objectives: Includes a …