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Wetlands, water and the law. Using law to advance wetland conservation and wise use
… capacity of natural systems to ensure the subsistence and settlement of human populations. The 1992 Rio Declaration on … they are subject to review by the Courts in the event of a dispute. However, the law may explicitly state that new maps … transboundary groundwater and, in the event of any dispute, consider resolving the dispute in accordance with …
Climate Change and the Human Rights to Water and Sanitation Position Paper
… bodies, Special Procedures, and courts, tribunals and dispute resolution bodies dealing with human rights, climate … or produced by humans) climate change is no longer in dispute in the peer-reviewed scientific literature. It is … of adaptation to climate change, governments will limit settlement and farming in sensitive watersheds, which could …
Speaking a common language: The uses and performance of the IUCN system of management categories for protected areas
… there is no evident or immediate shift towards cash-crops, settlement building, and commercial exploitation of … for integrated land-use planning, codes of conduct and dispute resolution systems; adherence to existing laws; and … area/IUCN category assignment process including a dispute resolution mechanism (i.e., industry and other …
Developing gender‐equitable legal frameworks for land tenure
… 3.8 Gender‐equitable implementation, dispute mechanisms and access … 1.2.7 Gender‐sensitive implementation, dispute mechanisms and access to justice Decentralized … to judicial systems and statutory or customary dispute resolution … well as in dispute resolution committees. Establishing female …
Legislating for property rights in fisheries
… proprietary to the purely possessory. At common law, the dispute concerns who has the better seisin: at Roman law, the … in maintaining the resource. But the social scientists31 dispute this, seeing the argument for increased property … Act 1991, and the Treaty of Waitangi Fisheries Claim Settlement Act 1992, which allocated quota to Maori …
Governance of Ecosystem Services. Lessons Learned from Cameroon, China, Costa Rica and Ecuador
… In 2002, the Grasslands Law was amended to include a dispute-resolution process, mechanisms to prevent … zones. Population management policy should encourage the settlement of people with jobs and • residences in the … $54 million.62 This indebtedness led to a serious dispute between land owners and the State. An analysis of the …
An introduction to the African Convention on the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources
… of the Convention 17 1.1 Convention bodies 17 1.2 Dispute settlement 19 1.3 Compliance mechanism 19 1.4 Financial … international organizations for certain issues. 1.2 Dispute settlement The Convention provides for the resolution …