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Freshwater Law and Governance: Global and Regional Perspectives for Sustainability

… 5.7.4. Indigenous people and Aboriginal heritage ........................................106 5.7.5. … ICESCR International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights ICPDR International Commission for the … UN-Water, UNDP, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), UNEP, UN conferences such as …
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Compilation of Internationally agreed environmental Goals and Objectives

… to our planet, human well-being and to the livelihood and cultural integrity of people. However, biodiversity is … » » Focus Goals, objectives Source B* or NB* Natural and cultural heritage “Considering that, in view of the magnitude and …
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Free Prior and Informed Consent - An indigenous peoples' right and a good practice for local communities - Manual for project practitioners

… for the discussions among the indigenous peoples, the cultural appropriateness of the way the information is … Prior and Informed Consent Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale … International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights International Federation of Red Cross and Red …
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The precautionary principle in biodiversity conservation and natural resource management. An issues paper for policy-makers, researchers and practitioners

… (OSPAR Convention), Article 2(2)(a); and Scottish Natural Heritage (2001). the broader debate on precaution and … and include not just biodiversity considerations but also cultural and social values. FSC Principle 9 incorporates the … with uncertainties in the economic, political, social and cultural realms. In the scenarios within which the …
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International ocean governance: Using international law and organisations to manage marine resources sustainably (revised)

… 35 vii Wetlands Convention (Ramsar) World Heritage Convention Man and the Biosphere Programme (MAB) The … economic, technological, institutional, finan- cial, cultural and environmental conditions of a contracting party … (Protecting objects of archaeological, historical, or cultural signifi- cance is not considered in this report.43) …
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Conservation with justice - A rights-based approach

… of a protected area, or the exercise of certain cultural rights may appear to infringe on gender equality. … agreements, such as the Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, also contain references to transnational … from La Amistad National Park in Panama, a World Heritage Site. Flooding from the dam project will reach 1.8 …
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Protecting coastal and marine environments from mining waste

… modification of the coastal line, loss of natural and cultural heritage, sedimentation of bays and ports – and may … human activities and the conservation of our natural and cultural heritage; OBSERVING that most nations have moved …
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Avoiding extinction in limestone karst areas

… caves are critical sites for understanding prehistoric cultural heritage and previous climate change phenomena, and … processes, to develop an inventory of their natural and cultural heritage, and to assess the potential impacts …
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Improving standards in ecotourism

… the conservation and sustainable use of nature and natural heritage; FURTHER OBSERVING that nature-based tourism is a … or geotourism (based on geodiversity and geological heritage); AWARE that the UN General Assembly adopted a … on communities, biodiversity and geodiversity, geological heritage, places of geological interest, wildlife and the …
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Establishing an IUCN and World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA) Task Force on Protected Area Friendly System

… is important as a natural factor determining biological, cultural and scenic diversity and as a parameter to be taken … and management of protected areas, and that geological heritage is a constituent of, and inseparable from, natural heritage, and possesses cultural, aesthetic, landscape, economic and intrinsic values …
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