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Improving access to forest resources - Experiences in informal tenure reform from IUCN’s Livelihoods and Landscapes Strategy

… Improving access to forest resources Experiences in informal tenure … ensure local confidence about continued access to land and encourage investment of labour and resources; from the Andaman coast of Thailand, where negotiated land use has benefitted communities and acted as a ‘policy …
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Introduction to the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits

… seabed. The sovereignty of a state extends, beyond its land territory and its internal waters, to a belt of sea … coastal state comprises the submerged prolongation of the land territory of the coastal state - the seabed and subsoil … contribution to marine pollution load (by mass) are: land-based (82%), vessel-based (9%), dumping of waste at sea …
25 May 2026 Course lesson in Biological Diversity

Policy Brief - Bioscience at a Crossroads: Implementing the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit Sharing in a Time of Scientific Technological and Industry Chang

… and Rachel Wynberg Implementing the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefi t Sharing in a Time of Scientifi c, … force of the CBD. It became clear that industry demand for access and the odds of developing a commercial product were … change, population growth, shrinking areas of arable land and the rapid erosion of agrobiodiversity. Greater …
25 May 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

On dangerous ground _ Global Witness

… DEADLY ENVIRONMENT: THE KILLING AND CRIMINALIZATION OF LAND AND ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENDERS WORLDWIDE ON DANGEROUS … environmental campaigner and activist on indigenous land rights. Last year she was awarded the Goldman … them to operate freely, participate in decision-making and access information on land and natural resource governance ▶ …
25 May 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Defenders of the Earth

… Colombia Global Witness documented the murder of 200 land and environmental defenders in 2016. This report is … lives, and to all those around the world who stand up for land rights and the protection of the environment. You are … before national parks are created, and face restricted access to their lands and resources, upon which their lives …
25 May 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Customs and Constitutions: State recognition of customary law around the world

… only 20% specifically recognize customary law that governs land and natural resources. Some countries that do not … as instruments for achieving it. Particularly in land and water allocation, and the settling of disputes … Press. 7 Nkonya, L. K. (2006). ‘Customary Laws for Access to and Management of Drinking Water in Tanzania’. Law, …
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Rights-based approaches - Exploring issues and opportunities for conservation

… contexts - protected areas, natural resource management, access and bene� t-sharing regimes, and proposed reduced … DIHR Danish Institute for Human Rights DLA Department of Land Affairs (South Africa) DNPWC Department of National … interest in social processes that shape patterns of land use. Before joining WCS he was the Monitoring and …
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Responsible governance of tenure and the law - A guide for lawyers and other legal service providers

… Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food … Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food … the Guidelines. . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 5.2.1 Improving access to courts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 5.2.2 …
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Bio-Cultural Community Protocols: A community approach to Ensuring the Integrity of Environmental Law and Policy

… in the Negotiations of the International Regime on Access and Benefit Sharing CHAPTER 4 Bio-cultural Community … to access TK or any other intended activity on their land, such as the establishment of a REDD project or a … rather an understanding of the self as integrated with the land and embedded within an ethical relationship. TK then is …
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Compendiums on Human Rights and the Environment - Selected International legal materials and cases (Advanced Version)

… Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable … Aarhus Convention on Access to information, Public Participation in … Honduras Land Administration Project (iDA Credit No. 3858-HO) … unsustainable extraction of natural resources, denial of land title, among other Human rights and the environment …
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