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Framework for Assessing and Improving Law for Sustainability - A Legal Component of a Natural Resource Governance Framework
… www.iucn.org/law Fram ew ork for A ssessing and Im proving Law for S ustainability IU C N Framework for … . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Access to information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . … natural resources are allocated or used; • access to and benefit-sharing related to biodiversity and other natural …
Change : Adaptation of water resources management to climate change
… management to climate change Climate change is here and will be with us for the long-term. The challenge facing … that water planners, managers and users would like to have access to. The difficulty in applying global models at a … of ecosytems. It stems also from the fact that people benefit directly from the goods and services these ecosystems …
International ocean governance: Using international law and organisations to manage marine resources sustainably (revised)
… International Ocean Governance Using International Law and Organizations to Manage Marine Resources Sustainably Lee … 57 Access to Marine Genetic Resources … gas emissions may encourage ‘sinks’ enhancements that benefit the coastal/marine environment and contribute to …
Wetlands, water and the law. Using law to advance wetland conservation and wise use
… IUCN Environmental Law Centre Wetlands, Water and the Law Using law to advance wetland conservation and … many different groups of users and stakeholders may seek access to and use of wetland biological resources. Pressure … or destroy opportunities for future generations to benefit from wetland services. It may therefore be necessary …
A Global Register of Competences for Protected Area Practitioners
… Protected Area Practitioners A comprehensive directory of and user guide to the skills, knowledge and personal … reflect local priorities and needs 28 3.11 Widening access to capacity development and protected area work 31 … ● Issues and legislation related to biopiracy, access and benefit sharing. BIO 3.9 Direct ex situ animal conservation …
Freshwater Law and Governance: Global and Regional Perspectives for Sustainability
… Freshwater Law and Governance: Global and Regional Perspectives for … 3.4.2. Procedural human rights: Rights to access to information, free speech, free assembly, … account “Social, cultural, Indigenous and other public benefit issues”; the Basin Plan must include “(b) the uses to …
Global Land Outlook
… Desertification (UNCCD) is to combat desertification and land degradation, and to mitigate the effects of drought … large tracts of arable land, usually with water rights and access to transport infrastructure, as a hedge against future … competition between the demand for goods and services that benefit people, like food, water, and energy, and the need to …
Guidelines for Protected Areas Legislation
… for Protected Areas Legislation IUCN Environmental Policy and Law Paper No. 81 G uidelines for P rotected A reas … 40 4.1 Good governance 40 4.2 Aarhus Convention 43 4.3 Access to information 44 4.4 Public participation 45 4.5 … areas legislation guidelines. It is worth noting for the benefit of the legal drafter that at its first meeting in …
Land and water - the rights interface
… FAO LEGISLATIVE STUDY 84 FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS Rome, 2004 … played in this process by water rights that define who has access to water - and who does not. It is against this … or right of usufruct). At the same the land parcel may benefit from a similar right over an adjacent parcel.40 …
Biodiversity offsets: Views, experience, and the business case
… Biodiversity offsets: Views, experience, and the business case Kerry ten Kate, Josh Bishop and Ricardo … reputational risk, and regulatory goodwill 38 5.1.2 Access to capital 40 5.1.3 Lower costs of compliance 42 5.1.4 … 82 8.2.4 Depends on stakeholders 83 8.2.5 Offsets benefit from clear priorities 83 8.2.6 Further work is needed …