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Guidelines for Applying Protected Area Management Categories. Best Practice Guidance on Recognising Protected Areas and Assigning Management Categories and Governance Types

… also possibly geological/ geomorphological features, where human visitation, use and impacts are controlled and limited … character and influence, without permanent or significant human habitation, protected and managed to preserve their … in or near the areas being protected, in terms of lost rights, land or access to resources. There is increasing and …
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International environmental governance: An international regime for protected areas

… on the view one takes, because of, states’ sovereign rights over their biological resources; and n states are … setting trends aim at: n targeting/limiting regulation of human activities in protected areas to the purpose for which … tuning pro hibitions to ecological needs, while allowing human activities which do not run against these needs; n …
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Sources of international water law

… 3.1.3 Declarations of the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment - Stockholm, 16 June 1972 … among States without in any way prejudicing their rights of sovereignty or authority, Having accepted the … special regard being given to the requirements of vital human needs. Part III. Planned measures Article 11 …
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UNEP Policy and Strategy for Gender Equality and the Environment 2014-2017, February 2015

… Task Team HLCP High Level Committee on Programme HRTU Human Resources and Training Unit ILO International Labour … 11 ii. Gender mainstreaming 12 iii. Mandate 13 Fundamental Rights and Freedoms 14 Sustainable Development 14 Gender … 25 iv. Oversight 25 v. Financial Resources 26 vi. Human Resources 27 vii. Capacity Development 28 viii. …
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Framework for Assessing and Improving Law for Sustainability - A Legal Component of a Natural Resource Governance Framework

… bodies . . 49 Stronger administrative structures and more human and financial resources . . . . . . . . . 50 Conclusion … These challenges translate into direct impacts on human wellbeing. Poverty, hunger, water scarcity, lack of … citizens and by non-state organisations also create legal rights and responsibilities to the natural world, or to other …
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Transboundary Water Governance - Adaptation to Climate Change

… water cycle . . . . . . . . 3 1.2.2 Ecosystem services and human well-being . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . … 1.3.2 Impacts of climate change on ecosystem services and human well-being . . . 13 1.4 Adaptation to Climate Change . … this picture. Sectoral allocation policies, water rights systems, and infrastructure decision-making and …
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Governance of Shared Waters - Legal and Institutional Issues

… naturally provide, and guaranteeing the right to water for human well-being. States should be aware, in addition to … which citizens express their interests, exercise their rights, meet their obligations and resolve their differences. … the overall welfare of ecosystems and the quality of human life. 4 5 Key Questions Key Questions Chapter 1 Space …
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A critique of transboundary natural resource management in Southern Africa

… 23 Privatization and Market Failures 24 Poor Devolution of Rights 25 The Complexity of Multiple Resources 25 TBNRM and … Yet these resources are under increasing pressure from human population growth, poverty resulting from inequitable … and services; • Industry, trade, investment and finance; • Human resources development, science and technology; • …
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A Global Register of Competences for Protected Area Practitioners

… also possibly geological/ geomorphological features, where human visitation, use and impacts are controlled and limited … character and influence, without permanent or significant human habitation, protected and managed to preserve their … laws and regulations Ensuring that laws, regulations, and rights affecting protected areas and biodiversity are upheld. …
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Flow : The essentials of environmental flows

… levels will be necessary to implement a successful regime. Rights over access to and use of water will need to be accom- … held and managed on behalf of the public to sustain basic human and ecological requirements. In the mountains of … it is accepted that removal of water from the river for human uses, such as public supply, irrigation and industrial …
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