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Land Degradation Neutrality: implications and opportunities for conservation - Nature based solutions to desertification, land degradation and drought
… their livelihoods. As a consequence it undermines food, water and livelihood security, human health, and energy … value as well as productive value, providing food and water, fuel and fibre, employment, waste purification, and … capacity, increased environmental risks, and food, water and energy insecurity. It can also lead to human …
Biodiversity Risks and Opportunities in the Apparel Sector
… consumption, indirect drivers (i.e. food, shelter, water and energy needs), and direct pressures on … and degradation is largely accounted for by unsustainable water use and drainage for conversion to other land uses, … atermandate.org/water-assessment-tools-methods/choosing-the-right-tool/ http://www.globalforestwatch.org/ …
The Tacaná Watersheds - Developing untapped potential: Strengthening resilience through cross-sectoral collaboration
… Collaboration Stefano Barchiesi - IUCN Global Water Programme Rocío Córdoba - IUCN Regional Office for … Union for Conservation of Nature) IUCN Global Water Programme Rue Mauverney 28 1196 Gland Switzerland Tel … of 4,093 m, cover a transboundary area of 3,170 km² right in the middle of the border area of the Department of …
Initiating effective transboundary conservation - A practitioner’s guideline based on the experience from the Dinaric Arc
… should be done about a particular transboundary land or water issue and how people who care about such issues should … a transboundary conservation issue usually want to get right to work. But it is well worth taking a little time up … used to be characterized by unsustainable agricultural, water and land-use practices, excessive fishing and forestry. …
Legal frameworks for REDD: design and implementation at the national level
… opportunity for the world to simultaneously ‘get things right’ for both climate and forests. In recent years, policy … in meeting their basic needs for energy, food, and clean water. * Legal Officer, IUCN Environmental Law Centre, Bonn, … different from PES for other ecosystem services, such as water purification or aesthetic landscape enrichment. …
Environmental Rule of Law: Critical to sustainable development
… pressures from climate change, biodiversity loss, water scarcity, air and water pollution, soil degradation, among others, have far … for the full enjoyment of human rights, such as the right to life, health, food and safe drinking water. At the …
On dangerous ground _ Global Witness
… Agribusiness (20 killings), hydroelectric dams and water rights (15) and logging (15) were also major drivers of … and Tribal Peoples13 and recognise and implement the right of affected communities to reject investment and … REPSA have rejected accusations that they caused the water pollution in the Río de la Pasión and have also …
Bio-Cultural Community Protocols: A community approach to Ensuring the Integrity of Environmental Law and Policy
… to environmental and social benefits when ILCs have the right of free, prior and informed consent (FPIC) over any … as embedded within a network of relationships with land, water, plants, and animals, expressed through culture and … because of the importance of the forest for fruits, honey, water and wildlife, its use for grazing and wood must be …
A Global Register of Competences for Protected Area Practitioners
… EU European Union FAQ Frequently asked question FLD Field/water craft and site maintenance (competence category) FPC … and theoretical background to the task. ● Having the right attitude helps ensure than an individual completes the … and public use AWA. Awareness and education FLD. Field/water craft and site maintenance TEC. Technology FPC. …
Manual of Compliance with and Enforcement of Multilateral Environmental Agreements
… of Multilateral Environmental Agreements for Efficient Water Management (2005), by the Foundation for International … can provide guidance in designing and applying national water policies and promoting integrated water resource … the States Parties intended to allow for withdrawal or a right of withdrawal may be implied from the nature of the …