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Putting nature on the map: a report and recommendations on the use of the IUCN system of protected area categorisation in the UK

… others on species or habitat protection; most owning land, but often leasing it too, or advising on land management. We have engaged with these and other … especially state bodies and NGOs who own a great deal of land, has increased the level of interest about this …
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Safe Havens: Protected Areas for Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation

… vulnerability of people and property, wise management of land and the environment, and improved preparedness for … promotes the sustainable use of ecosystems through better land use planning and development planning, however it … values”. Globally protected areas cover less than 12% of land and just over 1% of oceans. However, they provide …
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Mr. Michael Frost, Analysis on the situation of Environmental Human Rights Defenders

… future with dignity and respect, and to their traditional land and livelihood. They spoke truth to power, and were … groups who strive to defend and promote environmental and land rights. My observations and recommendations aim to … are directly or indirectly related to the environment and land use. Such future and those goals are doomed to failure …
03 Aug 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

The economic lives of smallholder farmers - An analysis based on household data from nine countries

… 8 3 Labour, land and other capital … in about 475 million small farm households, working on land plots smaller than 2 hectares.1 Many are poor and food … Their choices are constrained, but they farm their land and produce food for a substantial proportion of the …
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Guidelines for Applying Protected Area Management Categories. Best Practice Guidance on Recognising Protected Areas and Assigning Management Categories and Governance Types

… spiritual value. Covering almost 12 percent of the world’s land surface, the global protected area system represents a … be a general term that can embrace a very wide range of land and water management types that incidentally have some … areas system Today roughly a tenth of the world’s land surface is under some form of protected area. Over the …
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Customary laws: Governing natural resource management in the northern areas

… Settled Areas to be eaten by the ibex Kanal – measure of land equivalent to 605 square yards Kasabgar – artisan Khabo … Nullah – stream, and the surrounding pasture and forest land Numberdar/Lumbardar/Trangpa – village headman Opoom – a … is further constrained by the scarcity of arable land and a short growing season. The mountainous terrain …
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Regional Action Plan on Marine Litter Management for the wider Caribbean Region 2014

… of Action for the Protection of Marine Environment from Land- based Activities GPA/IGR-2 - Global Programme of Action for the Protection of Marine Environment from Land-based Activities/Second Intergovernmental Review Meeting … Action Plan LBS - Protocol Concerning Pollution from Land-Based Sources and Activities MALFF/PU/E/MNIB - Ministry …
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Promoting responsible investment in agriculture and food systems - Guide to assess national regulatory frameworks affecting larger-scale private investments

… ntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and  … t of foreign direct investment (FDI) involving transfers of land. Yet domestic investors,  … these  investments go far beyond those related to land acquisition and FDI (FAO, 2012c). It is clear  that  …
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Integrating Economics into Resource and Environmental Management Some Recent Experiences in the Pacific

… work in progress on the likely impact of climate change on land rent values, or Ricardian rent. Among the other … irreplaceable items (e.g. business and financial records, land titles, passports, school or work and/or items of … peak, had over 23,000 registered growers with registered land area of almost 181,976 ha. In recent years, particularly …
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The environmental impact of economic incentives for agricultural production: a comparative law study

… Richards P., Ecological Change and the Politics of African Land Use, African Studies Review, June 1983, pp. 1-59. - 3 - … not be understood in the limited sense of produce from the land, but should also encompass fishery and forestry … measures with a different objective, for example, that of land settlement for agricultural purposes. Such settlement …
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