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Framework for Assessing and Improving Law for Sustainability - A Legal Component of a Natural Resource Governance Framework
… into direct impacts on human wellbeing. Poverty, hunger, water scarcity, lack of sanitation and violent conflict can … • the quality of natural resources such as the atmosphere, water, soil, climate; • how all types of natural resources … Evaluation is a discipline and profession in its own right. There is an extensive literature, and many practice …
GEO yearbook 2003
… likely if diseases spread through flooding, contaminated water and lack of sanitation in the aftermath. A UNEP Asian … YEAR BOOK 2004/5iv issues in the CSD thematic cluster of water, sanitation and human settlements for 2004/5. Science … to plant genetic resources for food and agriculture; the right to participate equitably in sharing benefits from the …
Nature-based solutions to address global societal challenges
… Cover photos: (From top to bottom, left to right): Viticultural landscape, France; Seed sower, Jordan; … 2.1 Nature-based Solutions for water security … Study 10 Guatemala and Mexico: Implementing transboundary water governance through community ecosystem-based action in …
The Futures of Privately Protected Areas
… a quick response is needed to rapid changes in land or water use, or where further state-run protected areas are … ‘By 2020, at least 17 per cent of terrestrial and inland water areas and 10 per cent of coastal and marine areas, … and wills, loan contracts, or agreements granting the right to use the property 4. Included in a local or national …
Albania and marine protected areas: Legal and insituttional framework assessment for conservation of coastal and marine biodiversity and establishment of MPAs
… thanks go first to the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Water Administration of Albania and in particular to Prof. Dr … special thanks: — The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Water Administra- tion (MoEFWA) — The United Nations … provide for (public consultation, access to information, right to review proposals for establishing protected areas)? …
Values of protected landscapes and seascapes: protected landscapes and agrobiodiversity values
… secure access to critical agricultural inputs including water and seeds, facilitation of organic farming and animal … Farming: a strategy for improved agricultural and water productivity amongst small-holder farmers in drought … of indigenous Quechua communities, and recognises their right to control the use of their knowledge based on their …
Economic measures for biodiversity planning: An annotated bibliography of methods, experiences and cases
… Coverage: Global Ecosystem or sector focus: Wetlands, Water Topics: Financial mechanisms, Economic instruments, … crops could have roughly comparable effects on soil and water resources. Indigenous forests had economic benefits … #15. Barbier, E., & Conroy, C. (1989). 'Setting the right economic environment for sub-Saharan Africa', …
Depend on nature: Ecosystem services supporting human livelihoods
… 33 8. Ensure at least minimum environmental flows in all water management schemes 33 9.Incorporate representative … ecosystem services1 to provide the basics of life - food, water, shelter, clothing and clean air – and to regulate our … not only be granted access and use rights but also the right to trade in the natural resource commodity that they …
Wildlife law and the empowerment of the poor
… of its range. "Range" means all the areas of land or water that a migratory species inhabits, stays in … are defined as "areas of marsh, fen, peatland or water, whether natural or artificial, permanent or temporary, … legal empowerment of the poor. The UN Declaration on the Right to Development, for instance, calls upon national …
Responsible governance of tenure and the law - A guide for lawyers and other legal service providers
… promotes and supports the progressive realization of the right to adequate food, which is one of the objectives of the … tenure of land, fisheries and forests, and access to water”), the Principles for Responsible Investment in … or the right to drive cattle across an area to obtain water from a river. In certain circumstances and at …