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Assessing the international forest regime
… 116 6. Common Themes in Regional Environmental Treaties Relating to … the methodology adopted will yield the desired outcome. But it is clear that some decision about a new legal … 1. a regional position towards a common responsibility but differentiated between developed and developing countries …
Legal frameworks for REDD: design and implementation at the national level
… the atmosphere and the world’s oil reserves together.2 But while forests remove carbon emitted by burning fossil … The challenge to identify and secure rights in land is a common feature of many developing countries. Growing … Pros: phased or joint private/public approaches possible; differentiated compensation mechanisms possible; flexibility …
Transboundary Water Governance - Adaptation to Climate Change
… earth in its different forms (vapour, liquid, and ice), but also about links between water and the broader … will drain into a watercourse through surface flow to a common point. Other related terms include watershed, river … of the watercourse States, as well as the potential for differentiated impacts and benefits of various basin-wide …
Protected landscapes and cultural and spiritual values
… itself in different ways in different cultures, there is a common thread: such landscapes in- spire affection and … volume, the focus was not on any particular designation, but rather on whether the landscape qualities and management … protection, management and plan- ning entail rights and responsibilities for everyone” The 2001 UNESCO Universal …
Legislative and regulatory options for animal welfare
… scales of production raise different concerns (FAO, 2009), but the basic animal welfare principles are common to all. This text aims to provide practical … indicate different slaughter purposes. When the terms are differentiated, ritual slaughter generally refers to …
A Gateway to Payments for Ecosystem Services. Using Payments for Ecosystem Services for Livelihoods and Landscapes
… are all beneficiaries of these services, and all have a common stake in ensuring their maintenance. Despite the … of biodiversity? In the search for a lasting balance, the common language between ‘exploitationists’ and … builds on previous approaches to valuing the environment but takes a more systematic approach to the assessment of …
Judges and Environmenal Law: a Handbook for the Sri Lankan Judiciary
… unabated. In this situation citizens have no choice but to seek redress from court. The Environmental Foundation … of the environmental rights of future generations, share a common goal and responsibility to be accountable and … on developed nations under the principle of ‘common but differentiated responsibilities’. The major feature of the …
Mapping the linkages between oceans and other Sustainable Development Goals: A preliminary exploration
… competing criteria associated to it – environmental ones, but also economic and social. Different disciplines will tend … without presum- ing of the “sustainable” character of it, but with the understanding that to be truly sustainable, … conservation and livelihoods strategies to find common solutions (Rice and Garcia, 2011). Thus the …
European models of good practice in protected areas
… illustrate four particular themes of management practice but there are certainly others that would be equally valid. … to show their rel- evance to the wider European context. But of course, every protected area has to define its own … real panora- mas for the displays. ❚ A new signing system common across the Alps. Data from each sign will be entered …
Modern water rights : Theory and practice
… 10 2.2.1.1. The common law tradition … to establish legal rules over its use and allocation. But its fluidity and constant renewal as part of the … narrow and formalistic interpretations of the rights and responsibilities of the parties. In some jurisdictions, such …