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Compendium of Good Practices on Human Rights and the Environment

… constitute endorsement. February 2016 Cover Photo: Rice Farming, Bhutan Photo Credit: Yannick Beaudoin, GRID-Arendal … to include factors relating to the economy, tourism, farming and other activities. It has held that the right … Government representatives on the drafting of a carbon farming initiative (CFI) law (an initiative that allows …
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Introduction to Human Rights and the Environment - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… is damaged by development projects that destroy land for farming and growing food, people go hungry or become ill and … Trade (art. 15), the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (art. 10), and the United Nations … including the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants, the Convention on Biological Diversity, …
01 Mar 2017 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

Economic measures for biodiversity planning: An annotated bibliography of methods, experiences and cases

… having returns comparable to some annual crops and dairy farming. Combined consideration of economic and ecological … approaches to agricultural production in sub- Saharan farming systems. The following three papers are presented … since the 1940s, cotton, cattle, shrimp and melon farming. Each new agricultural boom has increased the …
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Introduction to the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

… to more intensified production. In contrast to traditional farming systems where agricultural inputs were mainly …
19 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Biological Diversity

Identification and gap analysis of key biodiversity areas : Targets for comprehensive protected area systems

… Annual crops – Shifting agriculture – Small-holder farming – Agro-industry farming Perennial non-timber crops – Small-holder plantations … plantations – Agro-industry plantations Livestock farming and ranching – Nomadic grazing – Small-holder …
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Embedding the Environment in Sustainable Development Goals

… destruction of habitat), and the build-up of persistent organic pollutants in soils and water (pesticide application … (NPP) - the net amount of solar energy converted to plant organic matter through photosynthesis. The NPP has been …
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Bio-Cultural Community Protocols: A community approach to Ensuring the Integrity of Environmental Law and Policy

… of man; his qualities and abilities are no longer an organic part of his personality, they are things which he can … TK is embedded. TK is no longer seen as a product of an organic process but rather appears as an abstract object in … 9. Supra note 4. 10. Supra note 2. Conservation farming: Through Gunis’ knowledge, some of our community …
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Sustainable tourism management in the transboundary areas of the Dinaric Arc region: Manual for planning, development and monitoring of tourism in the protected areas of the Dinaric Arc

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Defenders of the Earth

… companies – over indigenous, traditional and small-scale farming communities, which have organised a growing … Court decisions appear to refer to the right of peasant farming communities to participate in decision-making on …
19 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Introduction to the CMS Family - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

19 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Biological Diversity