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Guidebook for policy and legislative development on conservation and sustainable use of freshwater resources
… like climate change, droughts and floods as well as with human phenomena like the growing and competing demands on a … extreme poverty by improving health and promoting peace, human rights, gender equality and environmental sustainability. It …
World Heritage, Wilderness and Large Landscapes and Seascapes
… organisations with the knowledge and tools that enable human progress, economic development and nature conservation … From natural allies to governance specifics and rights … ever more apparent for both biodiversity conservation and human wellbeing. On a planet where destruction, degradation …
Legal frameworks for REDD: design and implementation at the national level
… 15 1.2 Land and forest ownership and use rights … surface,1 and provide services and resources supporting human subsistence and well-being. Forest ecosystems are … forest management”. Global Environmental Change - Human and Policy Dimensions 18(3): pp. 468–478. 6 Deo, R. et …
Indigenous and local communities and protected areas: Towards equity and enhanced conservation. Guidance on policy and practice for co-managed protected areas and community conserved areas
… (Courtesy Jim Barborak); Through pastoral practices, human communities have been shaping their living landscapes … of protected areas 1 Conser va tion and equity 4 The rights of indig e nous peoples and of local and mobile commu … Equity and Protected Areas UDHR Universal Decla ra tion of Human Rights UNEP United Nations Envi ron ment Programme …
An Explanatory Guide to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety
… 34 Article 2 General provisions 35 Box 11. Navigational rights and freedoms and transboundary movements of LMOs 37 … Declaration Declaration of the UN Conference on the Human Environment, June 16, 1972, UN Doc. A/CONF.48/14/Rev.1 … be summed up in the analysis of single articles (e.g. human health); and � to give an overview of the Protocol’s …
An explanatory guide to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety
… 34 Article 2 General provisions 35 Box 11. Navigational rights and freedoms and transboundary movements of LMOs 37 … Declaration Declaration of the UN Conference on the Human Environment, June 16, 1972, UN Doc. A/CONF.48/14/Rev.1 … be summed up in the analysis of single articles (e.g. human health); and � to give an overview of the Protocol’s …
Non-judicial grievance mechanisms in land-related disputes in Sierra Leone
… All requests for translation and adaptation rights, and for resale and … forestry and on cross‐cutting issues such as gender, human rights and access to justice. A multi‐stakeholder … population was judged to be multi‐dimensionally poor (Human Development Report 2014). The country’s economy …
Wilderness Protected Areas: Management Guidelines for IUCN categories 1b protected areas
… also possibly geological/ geomorphological features, where human visitation, use and impacts are controlled and limited … character and influence, without permanent or significant human habitation, protected and managed to preserve their … for practical reasons, for political expediency, for the rights of Indigenous Peoples, for competing legislative …
Principles and concepts of international environmental law (Part 2) - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… is essential to protecting the environment (including human health) and is accordingly one of the most commonly … of a species of fauna or flora, erosion, loss of human life and the dumping of persistent pollutants into the … it is clear from Rio Principle 10 and international human rights norms that these communities and the individuals …
Poverty and conservation: Landscapes, people and power
… 7 Box 5. Effects of irrigation in Cameroon 9 Box 6. Human actions and biodiversity 32 Box 7. CAMPFIRE, Zimbabwe … are reasons for doubting that many of the improvements to human well-being can be maintained. The underlying principles … o n : L a n d s c a p e s , p e o p l e a n d p o w e r 8 rights to low value forest products. Whenever products become …