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Global Land Outlook

… of Change 106 7 Food Security and Agriculture 124 8 Water Resources 160 9 Biodiversity and Soil 190 10 Energy and … urbanization, migration, and conflict to food, energy, and water insecurity. In all its dimensions, human security is … Goals. Smart land use planning is about doing the right thing in the right place at the right scale: a …
18 Jun 2026 Literature

Addressing pollution: Governance frameworks, challenges and oppotunities in the context of the 2030 Agenda

… Stockholm and 1992 Rio Declarations focus on the human right to a safe and clean environment. The Stockholm … by regional agreements looking at specific transboundary water basins, while land and soil pollution is indirectly … had legally binding controls on lead in paint. In water pollution management, 41 per cent of 130 countries …
18 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Patents and clean energy technologies in Africa

… have introduced wind- powered applications such as water pumping for potable water and irrigation. In addition, research estimates … however also be relevant for technology transfer. Copy- right and industrial designs are two cases in point. Copy- …
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Sacred natural sites: Guidelines for protected area managers

… one of our jobs here at Devils Tower is to protect that right.” Deborah Liggett, Superintendent (1994–1997) Devils … and communities. Sacred natural site. Areas of land or water having special spiritual significance to peoples and … Links between faiths and the conservation of land and water were found in every belief system examined by Dudley et …
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The Aarhus Convention:An implementation guide. UN/ECE Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-Making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters

… 144 Article 11. Right to vote … Senior Advisers to ECE Governments on En- vironmental and Water Problems (which later became the Committee on … matters to human rights and set out the fundamental right to “an environ- ment of a quality that permits a life … Convention on the Protection and Use of the Transboundary Water- courses and International Lakes, adopted at Helsinki …
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Law, Policy and Dryland Ecosystems in the People's Republic of China

… 66 4.4.6 Managing water resources … 107 6.3.6 Establishing a water and soil conservation system … techniques in favor of land protection. It includes the right that persons enjoy a healthy natural environment, … relating to IEM. It includes public interest groups’ right to information, an organizational system of public …
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Special Rapporteur on the Environment_2016 Report

… economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development Report of the Special Rapporteur on the … human rights, including the rights to life, health, food, water, adequate housing and self-determination (A/HRC/10/61). … the Special Rapporteur on the human right to safe drinking water and sanitation, and the Independent Expert on human …
18 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

An introduction to the African Convention on the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources

… use of renewable resources 8 2.1 Land, soil and water 8 2.2 Species and genetic diversity 9 2.3 Conservation … of natural resources such as soil and land, air and water, and biological resources. It also considers processes … should be guided by three principles, including the right to a satisfactory environment and the right to …
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Integration of groundwater management into transboundary basin organizations in Africa - Training manual

… for Economic Cooperation and Development ■■ GWP – Global Water Partnership ■■ IGRAC – International Groundwater … Centre ■■ imawesa – Improved Management of Agricultural Water in Eastern and Southern Africa ■■ IWMI – International … in groundwater management) ■■ Water as a free human right and a chargeable, tradeable commodity or service. …
18 Jun 2026 Literature

International ocean governance: Using international law and organisations to manage marine resources sustainably (revised)

… a series of relationships between large marine ecosystems, water- sheds, national boundaries, and regional ocean … and seventies over the encroachment by foreign, distant-water vessels on coastal harvests have been replaced by … coastal state exercises full sovereignty subject to the right of inno- cent passage for foreign ships; • a contiguous …
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