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Final: Gaps in international environmental law and environment-related instruments: towards a global pact for the environment

… C. Intellectual property instruments … dealing with international trade, investment, intellectual property rights, human rights, peace and securit y, migration … l’environnement, Draft International Covenant on the Human Right to the Environment (CIDCE Draft Covenant), arts. 4 …
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Rule: Reforming water governance

… this principle, it is vital to recognize first the basic right of all human beings to have access to clean water and … and well drafted laws reduce transac- tion costs, clarify property rights, and allow citizens to get involved and … by government per- mit has produced an interface with property law, which is particularly poignant at two …
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The Sacred Dimension of Protected Areas: Proceedings of the Second Workshop of the Delos Initiative - Ouranoupolis 2007

… of a Tibetan Buddhist perspective in the management of the property of the Sakya Tashi Ling Monastery in Garraf Park, … their re- search and addressing issues of Intel- lectual Property Rights (IPR). The agree- ment also enforces cultural … (b) are entitled by Aboriginal tradition to forage as of right over that land. Wangar: Ancestral beings from the …
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Mainstreaming Gender Equality and Equity in ABS Governance

… the Competi- tion and the Protection of the Intellectual Property of Peru MAT Mutually Agreed Terms PIC Prior Informed … Institute of Advanced Studies WIPO World Intellectual Property Organization WFP United Nations World Food Programme … and women’s knowledge, skills and practices and their right to benefit from the fruits of their labour. • Sound and …
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Legal aspects in the implementation of CDM Forestry Principles

… that involve land and trees, which are regulated as property, natural resources, and components of the … Decision 17/CP.7 stipulates that it is the host country’s right to approve a project on the grounds that it contributes … owner of the land or the owner of the trees. In this case, property law would have to guide these owners in deciding on …
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An introduction to the African Convention on the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources

… should be guided by three principles, including the right to a satisfactory environment and the right to … unnecessary suffering on people and damaging their property, the scope has gradually broadened to include … technology. This might mean the protection of intellectual property rights, which is generally considered to serve as an …
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Non-judicial grievance mechanisms in land-related disputes in Sierra Leone

… components  of  the  above‐mentioned project, under  the  “right  to  food”  theme,  aimed  at mapping  and  evaluating  … statutes  that  provide  better  protection  for  women’s  property  rights,  choosing  instead  to  enforce  customs  … which  protects a host of  relevant  rights  such as  the  right of everyone  to adequate  food and  the  …
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A critique of transboundary natural resource management in Southern Africa

… transboundary re- sources, based on the theory of common property and the so-called “tragedy of the commons.” The … (Goldman 1998). Still, there is no doubt that common property re- sources have in many cases been overexploited as … progress to date but rather to ensure that its design is right. There remain numerous but pertinent issues that need …
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International System of Protection of Natural and Cultural Heritage

… the national and international level. Cultural and natural property that forms part of the world heritage remains … where it is located. Thus, territorial sovereignty and property rights over elements of the world natural heritage … Criteria The Committee considers a property as having Outstanding Universal Value if the …
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Forest fires and the law: a guide for national drafters based on the fire management voluntary guidelines

… all stakeholders concerned with the protection of lives, property and resources from the effect of unwanted, damaging … use objectives, together with the safeguarding of life, property, and resources through the prevention, detection, … (art. 48(2)), while forest protection within so-called "right forests" (i.e. forests subject to private ownership …
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