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Speaking a common language: The uses and performance of the IUCN system of management categories for protected areas
… drinking water supplies, and secure homes for vulnerable human communities including many indigenous peoples. They … 2.12: Using the categories to support the needs and rights of Traditional and Indigenous Peoples in protected … the definitions used in the 1978 system implied that human occupation or resource use were unwelcome or …
A moving target : Genetic resources and options for tracking and monitoring their international flows
… 97 4.1.2.7 Certificate systems that create valuable rights 99 4.2 Applying the lessons from other certificate and … GR genetic resource IDHGD International Declaration on Human Genetic Data INBio National Biodiversity Institute … from the evolution of defensive strategies and not from human institutions. One can illustrate this point by a …
IUCN Information Papers on Marine Genetic Resources
… Greiber) Information Paper 6 – Intellectual Property Rights Issues 41 (Claudio Chiarolla) Information Paper 7 – … i.e. development of new variations within non-human species through genetic modification techniques (e.g. … i.e. creating new varieties, breeds, or strains of non-human species with particular characteristics through sexual …
Women as change-makers in the governance of shared waters
… organisations with the knowledge and tools that enable human progress, economic development and nature conservation … of succeeding. For example, gender equality in tenure rights will allow women and men to have equal rights in … settings.7 This is problematic not only from a human rights perspective, but also because governance …
Issues in water law reform
… delimitation of its frontiers M-54 ISBN 92-5-104252-7 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be … water and water-use has to do with the very future of the human race on this earth, its growth in terms of the … uses. This threatens severely four vital aspects of human survival: • Food production. • Human health. • …
Community - based incentives for nature conservation
… supply and protection against climatic extremes all enable human consumption, production and settlement to take place. … very natural systems they depend on. Almost all forms of human production and consumption have the potential to … AND NEED: Direct incentives Indirect incentives Property rights Livelihood incentives Market measures Fiscal measures …
MEA Negotiator’s Handbook
… in June 1972 for the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment (UNCHE ), the Stockholm Conference. … future. To be successful, we must be guided by our shared human values. On this point, it gives me some satisfaction to … law, maritime law, intellectual property law and human rights are some examples.6 At 5 See for example, the CBD …
UNEP Global Judges Programme
… of the environment based on the affirmation of the human values set out in the United Nations Millennium … alleviating poverty, while also ensuring that the inherent rights and interests of succeeding generations are not … the threat of living on a planet irredeemably spoilt by human activities, and whose resources would no longer be …
Sustainably Investing in Rangelands - Jordan
… approach in Jordanian rangelands through the « Securing Rights and Restoring Lands for Improved Liveli- hood» project … for the Conservation of Nature, Jordan Hashemite Fund for Human Development, Royal Botanic Garden, Hashemite Fund for … Investments can be seen in terms of efforts in time and by human resources, in terms of change in institutional …
GEO yearbook 2003
… and slowing the rate of biodiversity loss? How are human impacts on the environment contributing to the … are bearing fruit. As the links between environmental and human well being become clearer, many people and governments … ● Farmers and their communities, through the Farmers’ Rights provisions. These rights include: intellectual …