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Water as a human right?
… Union brings together States, government agencies and a diverse range of non-governmental organizations in a … target of halving the proportion of people who do not have access to basic sanitation by 2015. The WSSD recognised the … the earth including … water … must be safeguarded for the benefit of present and future generations…”29 2. Mar del …
International environmental governance: An international regime for protected areas
… Environmental Governance Edited by John Scanlon and Françoise Burhenne-Guilmin The World Conservation … covers the rules of decision-making, including who gets access to information and participates in the decision-making … area management, and providing incentives i.e. through benefit sharing to their interest in achieving the purpose …
Technology Transfer and Cooperation under the Convention on Biological Diversity
… State Of Biodiversity In Africa | 1 Technology Transfer and Cooperation under the Convention on Biological Diversity … of genetic resources1. The Convention recognises that both access to and transfer of technology among contracting … as the further development of principles for access and benefit sharing – has a lot to learn from technologies used …
Pay : Establishing payments for watershed services
… payment schemes. It explains what watershed services are and what their value is. It then highlights the technical, … ‘drainage basins’ or ‘river basins’. Watershed services benefit people and nature The various components that make up … a potential scheme should be identified. Property, access and use rights relating to land tenure and water …
Human rights and the Environment: Rio + 20 - Joint Report OHCHR and UNEP
… Human Rights and the Environment Rio+20: Joint Report OHCHR and UNEP UNEP … role in achieving sustainable development and equality of access to basic needs such as freshwater food and employment … guarantee that the Saramakas will receive a reasonable benefit from any such plan within their territory; and (3) …
Role of Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs) in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
… Goals (SDGs) NO POVERTY ZERO HUNGER GOOD HEALTH AND WELL-BEING QUALITY EDUCATION GENDER EQUALITY CLEAN WATER … discussions on how sustainable development could benefit the implementation of individual multilateral … Target-related indicator21 Target 14.b Provide access for small- scale artisanal fishers to marine resources …
The Futures of Privately Protected Areas
… Sue Stolton, Kent H. Redford and Nigel Dudley, with the assistance of: William (Bill) M. … Earth’s biodiversity and ecological processes for the benefit of humanity, by raising the quantity and improving … rights in a single area of land or water, such as for access, to use resources or for settlement. The extent to …
Voluntary Guidelines on National Forest Monitoring
… ON VOLUNTARY GUIDELINES ON NATIONAL FOREST MONITORING FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS ROME, 2017 … of eradicating hunger and eliminating poverty for the benefit of present and future generations. To achieve these … also use the information, for example, to track equitable access to forest benefits between men and women or between …
Text of the Standard Material Transfer Agreement
… International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (hereinafter referred to as “the Treaty”)1 … have established a Multilateral System both to facilitate access to Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture … property rights to a third party, shall transfer the benefit-sharing obligations of this Agreement to that third …
Responsible governance of tenure and the law - A guide for lawyers and other legal service providers
… OF TENURE TECHNICAL GUIDE Responsible governance of tenure and the law A guide for lawyers and other legal service … the Guidelines. . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 5.2.1 Improving access to courts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 5.2.2 … the applicant and the holders of the right of land use and benefit acquired by occupancy shall be governed” (Land Law …