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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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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. …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …