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Compilation of Internationally agreed environmental Goals and Objectives

… their communities, and the opportunity to participate in decision-making processes. States shall facilitate and … adverse impact on the environment and are subject to a decision of a competent national authority.” Environmental … of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, decision VI/26, annex NB 2. Biodiversity Compilation of …
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Volta River Basin Ghana & Burkina Faso - Transboundary water management through multi-level participatory governance and community projects

… gathered through surveys and studies to provide data for decision-making. m Water management planning and mapping … between these institutions through the creation of a decision-support information base. This was created to inform … of the waters. As Figure 2 shows, the framework of the decision-making process is multi-scale and participatory, …
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Review of the Legal and Policy Framework for Transboundary Natural Resource Management in Southern Africa

… For it to be meaningful and effective administrative decision-making processes must be transparent and citizens … of this is that people at this level are excluded from decision-making and planning. CBNRM has only had limited … to be hierarchically organised and prioritise “technical decision-making and knowledge” over the knowledge, concerns, …
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Review and Analysis of specific Transboundary Natural Resources Management (TBNRM) Initiatives in the Southern African Region

… For it to be meaningful and effective administrative decision-making processes must be transparent and citizens … of this is that people at this level are excluded from decision-making and planning. CBNRM has only had limited … to be hierarchically organised and prioritise “technical decision-making and knowledge” over the knowledge, concerns, …
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Issues o compliance: Considerations for the international Regime on access and benefit sharing

… to those agreements as they themselves are involved in decision-making with regard to the development and … granted certain status of participation in the process or decision-making. 32 Under certain international instruments … lengthy negotiations, Parties took the remarkable decision to adopt a two-way approach to solving compliance …
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Rights-based approaches - Exploring issues and opportunities for conservation

… include: procedural rights,• such as to participate in decision making, acquire information and access justice; and … now recognise rights to participation in environmental decision making, the importance of the environment for … legitimacy, and voice (genuine involvement in decision making); fairness; coherence; performance; …
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A guide to the complementarities between the Convention on Migratory Species and the Convention on Biological Diversity

… supplement the CBD COP’s further consideration of CBD COP Decision III/21. This decision requested the CBD Executive Secretary, in … on a regional, continental and global scale” (CBD COP, Decision III/21). The Convention on Migratory Species (CMS) …
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Albania and marine protected areas: Legal and insituttional framework assessment for conservation of coastal and marine biodiversity and establishment of MPAs

… including for preparation, review, public comment, decision-making authority, and appeal. Other 27 If … in the strategies, plans, programmes and all levels of decision-making. As the scope of the law on biodiversity … natural or artificial lagoon openings). This man- agement decision covers about 1% of the territorial waters. …
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Addressing the problems of access : Protecting sources, while giving users certainty

… issues. It is thus not only a tool for national decision- makers but also for implementers. While it is not … we recognize that our primary audience includes national decision-makers, NGOs and others, as well as lawyers and … progress toward achieving the goals of the CBD. With this decision, The ABS Project underwent its first evolution. It …
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Voluntary Guidelines on National Forest Monitoring

… Rome. direct link to policy as it informs management and decision-makers about the sustainable use of forest resources … and a general framework. It also incorporates a set of decision-support tools for planning and implementing a … and uses. The information obtained supports forest-related decision-making at international, national and sub-national …
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