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Transitioning to a pollution-free planet
… planet seeks to eliminate the waste, hazardous pollutants, and pollution of air, water and land that emanates from … and citizens have a clear responsibility to act. (ii) Access for all to environmental information and data, … the impacts of pollution. At the same time, cities can benefit from efficiencies related to density and economies A …
Community - based incentives for nature conservation
… World Conservation Union Eastern Africa Regional Office and Economics Unit http://economics.iucn.org COMMUNITY-BASED … most strategies for nature conservation now involve and benefit local communities in some way. Both development and … according to factors such as wealth, gender, age or access to other resources; http://economics.iucn.org …
UNEP Policy and Strategy for Gender Equality and the Environment 2014-2017, February 2015
… 1 POLICY AND STRATEGY FOR GENDER EQUALITY AND THE ENVIRONMENT 2014 – … Women and Gender Equality (UN Women). We appreciate the benefit that UNEP derives from the leadership and support of … laws and the removal of formal barriers, ensuring equal access to environmental justice, the reform of institutions …
Indigenous and local communities and protected areas: Towards equity and enhanced conservation. Guidance on policy and practice for co-managed protected areas and community conserved areas
… Conservation UnionThe World Conservation Union Indigenous and Local Communities and Protected Areas In d ig e n o u s a … conser va tion 94 6.7 The Aarhus (UN/ECE) Conven tion on Access to Infor ma tion, Public Partic i pa tion in Deci … lish co-manage ment agree ments and secure equi table benefit sharing. Through its policy on social equity35 the …
Transboundary protected areas for peace and co-operation
… Union Trevor Sandwith, Clare Shine, Lawrence Hamilton and David Sheppard Adrian Phillips, Series Editor … nomic development. I hope that conservation managers will benefit from these guidelines that bring together important … (iv) Preventing and/or resolving tension, including over access to natural resources; (v) Promoting the resolution of …
The economic lives of smallholder farmers - An analysis based on household data from nine countries
… data from nine countries George Rapsomanikis Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Rome, 2015 … Many are poor and food insecure and have limited access to markets and services. Their choices are … household expenditure 25 not progressive, as they will benefit larger farmers more than those with little capital. …
Lessons learnt in the establishment and management of protected areas by indigenous and local communities in South Asia. TILCEPA report
… Page 1 LESSONS LEARNT IN THE ESTABLISHEMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF PROTECTED AREAS BY INDIGENOUS AND LOCAL … of CCAs. Box 7: Examples of awareness and empowerment as a benefit to the community. Box 8: Community efforts lead … and national reserves which severely restricted the access of people living in and around these protected areas …
Sacred natural sites: Guidelines for protected area managers
… No. 3. Graeme Kelleher, 1999, xxiv + 107pp. Indigenous and Traditional Peoples and Protected Areas: Principles, … managing and monitoring impacts arising from rainforest access and visitation; conservation principles and … engagement and support of a broader community, and so benefit the protected area as a whole. Official recognition …
Flow : The essentials of environmental flows
… explains how to assess flow requirements, change the legal and financial framework, and involve stakeholders in … to participate, as well as defi- ning how the poor can benefit from change. It also serves to establish the required … be necessary to implement a successful regime. Rights over access to and use of water will need to be accom- modated or …
International trade rules and the agriculture sector: selected implementation issues
… 978-92-5-105885-5 ISSN 1014-6679 International trade rules and the agriculture sector Selected implementation issues FAO … as "tariffication" is a central feature of the market access pillar of the agreement, though there have always been … minimum.69 These reduction commitments would also benefit from a longer implementation period – ten years as …