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Customary laws: Governing natural resource management in the northern areas

… wild grass Gandhak – sulphur Gon – turn at receiving water Haitien – village warden Hanafi fiqha – Hanafi school … fevers in parts of the Settled Areas Khusman – poor Kool – water channel, irrigation channel Kora – strap, whip; a … Mukhtabrin – village notables Nigran chowkidar – water steward in Gorikot Nizam – administration; also the …
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Global Land Outlook

… of Change 106 7 Food Security and Agriculture 124 8 Water Resources 160 9 Biodiversity and Soil 190 10 Energy and … reflection of a historical phenomenon, including chronic territorial wars, colonization, socialist collectivization, … the issue of land grabbing is complex and requires a territorial vision that 1) recognizes the rights of local …
21 May 2026 Literature

Transboundary Air Pollution - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… rain occurs when SO and NO react in the atmosphere with water, oxygen, and other chemicals, forming various acidic … blows these particles and gases onto buildings, plants and water. Large quantities of acid rain have detrimental … Rain containing SO and NO acidifies the soil and water, killing plants and animals. Surface water
21 May 2026 Course lesson in Climate and Atmosphere

Cost and benefits of ecosystem based adaptation: The case of the Philippines

… control, and new irrigation facilities and reservoirs for water shortages. These options are likely to be costly and … island groups: Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao. Its marine territorial waters cover approximately 2.2 million km2 (12% … side of Calapan City in the Philippines. The barangay's territorial marine waters are 2,872.58 ha, which is 17 times …
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Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders_2016 Report

… human rights relating to the environment, including water, air, land, flora and fauna. Land and environmental … (42 killings), agribusiness (20), hydroelectric dams and water rights (15) and logging (15) were major drivers of the … while 37 communications referred to land rights, such as territorial disputes and the right to ancestral lands; 27 …
21 May 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

UNEP - Our Planet Magazine - Making Our Future Chemical Safe - Edition from Sept 2015

… instance, in The Action Plan for Prevention and Control of Water Pollution, an ambitious nationwide programme … are now 161 such standards, including for 124 types of water pollutants and 120 types of air pollutants. Cleaner … plants or insects to whether it causes smog or depletes water resources.” This kind of analysis, however, is complex. …
21 May 2026 Document

Indigenous and local communities and protected areas: Towards equity and enhanced conservation. Guidance on policy and practice for co-managed protected areas and community conserved areas

… an indigenous organisa- tion’s efforts to consolidate its territorial claims through the creation of a protected area. … repre sen ta tives of pasto ral ists has so far focused on water points for pastoral use, with no agree ments to date. … city a commu nity? is the sum of all people inhab iting a water shed a commu nity?), it can be further spec i fied that …
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Manual of Compliance with and Enforcement of Multilateral Environmental Agreements

… of Multilateral Environmental Agreements for Efficient Water Management (2005), by the Foundation for International … of Law Enforcement, Monitoring of Compliance, Local and Territorial Support, and Citizen Education. For more … development and establish detailed rules for adoption of territorial-spatial development plans, amendments, and …
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Judges and the rule of law. Creating the links: Environment, human rights and poverty

… advises FAO member countries – including forestry, land, water, fisheries, wildlife, food, biodiversity and genetic … May there be peace on earth. May there be peace in the water. May there be peace in the plants. May there be peace … meaning worship. These five basic natural elements are water, earth, food-grains, sun, air and sky. Since the Vedic …
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Food and Agriculture Organization (2017), Analyzing the benefits of implementing the IPPC

… that have had severe effects on the environment are the water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) (Hill et al., 2011), … food webs, provide stability to landforms in and near the water line, filter sediments and provide nu- trients to the … the environment or infra- structure such as dams and water stations. They have been considered to be IAS (under …
21 May 2026 Document in Biological Diversity