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Compendium of Good Practices on Human Rights and the Environment
… environmental situation in Spain, increases the country’s knowledge about the environment, provides specific data, … of Youth, the National Commission for the Development of Indigenous Peoples, and the National Institute for Women. … Awareness Raising, Environmental Human Rights Defenders, Indigenous, Network, Support Description: For the past 25 …
Strengthening the implementation of Farmers' Right in Guatemala
… farmers over their plant genetic resources and traditional knowledge, also known as farmers’ rights, can best be … 21 ethnicities of the mayas, xinca, garífuna and ladina indigenous communities. Around half of the population of Guatemala is indigenous people, who mostly live in rural areas. Guatemala …
Conservation with justice - A rights-based approach
… forest degradation SATIIM Sarstoon Temash Institute for Indigenous Management UNDP United Nations Development … to take into account the adequate participation of indigenous and local communities and the respect for their … local communities and individuals and organizations with knowledge and experience in conservation and human rights. • …
Intellectual property rights in plant varieties: International legal regimes and policy options for national governments
… the products they create enrich a society’s culture and knowledge and thus increase its welfare. Perhaps the most … utilization of genetic resources and the preservation of indigenous knowledge. (art. 1) The CBD also recognizes that … Such conservation occurs, for example, where farmers and indigenous communities safeguard traditional plant varieties …
Integrating mining and biodiversity conservation: Case studies from around the world
… restoration processes, together with improved scientific knowledge, can help conserve biodiversity. They also show … or evolutionary functions; or their continued use by indigenous peoples who are still pursuing ‘traditional’ … ie w Perspectives on Mining and Biodiversity Conservation Indigenous peoples and the heritage of future generations The …
Safe Havens: Protected Areas for Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation
… adaptation possibilities for protecting traditional knowledge of a local community Chapter 5 – … Establishment of diverse agricultural systems, where using indigenous knowledge of specific crop and livestock … commercial fishing, recreation, scientific research and Indigenous traditional use. It is also used extensively as an …
Protected Areas in East Asia: Evaluating and strengthening implementation of the CBD Programme of Work on Protected Areas and the East Asian Regional Action Plan
… priorities, involving all relevant stakeholders including indigenous and local communities, for the implementation of … areas (by 2008) 2.2 Full and effective participation of indigenous and local communities, in full respect of their … programmes and initiatives are implemented to develop knowledge and skills at individual, community and …
Compendiums on Human Rights and the Environment - Selected International legal materials and cases (Advanced Version)
… Convention Concerning indigenous and Tribal Peoples in independent Countries … Declaration on the Rights of indigenous Peoples 2007 … the execution of intentional attacks on civilians despite knowledge that such an attack will lead to injury, the loss … Preamble recognizes that “respect for indigenous knowledge, cultures and traditional practices contributes to …
RAMSAR Handbook 3: Laws and institutions
… out the legal and institutional review 11 3.1 Establish a knowledge base of relevant legal and institutional measures … sector and the general public, specifically including indigenous and local communities7. Team members should have … for establishing and strengthening local communities’ and indigenous people’s participation in the management of …
Policy Brief - Bioscience at a Crossroads: Implementing the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit Sharing in a Time of Scientific Technological and Industry Chang
… cultures. Photograph: Rachel Wynberg; Right – Growing indigenous Jugo beans in South Africa. Photograph: Rachel … did, in fact, ‘prospect’ for new compounds and traditional knowledge, if in ways different from higher-technology … understanding of biodiversity, or by negatively impacting indigenous and local communities rather than enhancing benefi …