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Improving access to forest resources - Experiences in informal tenure reform from IUCN’s Livelihoods and Landscapes Strategy

… to tenure laws, more modest locally negotiated changes and local ‘informal’ arrangements can lead to improved access to … Thailand, where negotiated informal arrangements ensure local confidence about continued access to land and encourage … China, where negotiated land- use changes have encouraged local people to become involved in forest conservation and …
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Compendium of Summaries of Judgments in Environmen Related Cases

… Town Board & Others, Case No. 4645/93 Durban & Coast Local Division, South Africa 21 4. Wildlife Society of … Gauteng Region; High Court of South Africa (Witwatersrand Local Division) Case No. 97021011 (1997), South Africa 25 8. … a written objection with the Secretary of the Provincial Administration. He also organized a petition with 4000 …
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Assessing environmental impacts - A global review of legislation

… the full and effective participation of indigenous and local communities during EIA processes (CBD COP decision … the safeguard policies helped fill the gaps left by the local regulatory frameworks, and safeguard the sustainability … the safeguard policies helped fill the gaps left by the local regulatory frameworks, and safeguard the sustainability …
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Technology Transfer and Cooperation under the Convention on Biological Diversity

… but also those developed and used by indigenous and local communities. Thus, there is a strong link between … the knowledge, innovations and practices of indigenous and local communities. Recent studies undertaken by UNEP (2009) … learn from technologies used and shared by indigenous and local communities. UNEP has compiled a set of 365 …
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Protected landscapes and cultural and spiritual values

… nised such landscapes in which effective national or local conservation measures are already in place as Category … many protected landscapes are of great importance to local communities and to the countries and 1 Notably in … number will not be allowed to increase any further. Public administration is performed by the Holy Community and the …
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Transboundary protected areas for peace and co-operation

… support global alliances to safeguard natural resources at local, regional and global levels. Cardiff University The … promoting common values 17 3.2 Involving and benefiting local people 19 3.3 Obtaining and maintaining support of … Institute of Israel under the joint conservation administration of the NRA and ARA. Coordination of the …
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Special Issue on Wildlife Trafficking II

… occupied by an endangered or threatened species. Ideally, local enforcement agencies should identify the most common … Resources Conservation Service, or a state/county or local agency. The case agent should be able to identify … a component of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). NOAA is responsible for implementing …
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A critique of transboundary natural resource management in Southern Africa

… Inequities 21 Liberalization, Resource-Raiding and Loss of Local Control over Resources 22 The Global Commons Discourse … increase, it is assumed that other stakeholders such as local communities will benefit through employment and trade … additional demands on national institutions in terms of administration and policy analysis that go beyond project …
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The Sacred Dimension of Protected Areas: Proceedings of the Second Workshop of the Delos Initiative - Ouranoupolis 2007

… and therefore merit protection status, whether local, national or international. Such sites are usually part … bodies –whether governmental services or NGOs– or even local communities1. 1 As is often the case in Community … burden on the free exercise of religion”. The Federal Administration and land management agencies under- stand, as …
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Legislating for property rights in fisheries

… 6. A fisheries rights system brings increased costs of administration, data collection and collation, research, … Europe and North America. In a common property regime, a local community rather than an individual holds the exclusive … such as the establishment of the national TAC, whereas the local community devises the local rules that must be …
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