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Biodiversity offsets: Views, experience, and the business case

… offsets? The regulatory case 21 4.1 Policy context 21 4.2 Law requiring offsets 22 4.2.1 Wetland Banking in the US … & National System of Conservation Units 29 4.2.5 Federal Law for the Protection of Nature and Landscape in Switzerland … offsets into the project approval process –as is now customary in Uganda– will indeed lead to genuine conservation …
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International water governance: Conservation of freshwater ecosystems Vol. 1: International agreements compilation and analysis

… The World Conservation Union IU C N IUCN Environmental Law Programme International Water Governance: Conservation of … of the boundary waters as may substantially impair the customary use of the waters by the neighbouring State. … of which they are part. The Parties recognise the customary law obligation not to cause significant harm beyond …
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Evaluating effectiveness : A framework for assessing management effectiveness of protected areas

… 800 languages, immense cultural diversity and a system of customary tenure, resulting in the RAPPAM exercise being … exception because of the diverse cultural situation and customary tenure regime. Simply getting all of the protected … and answers Issue Criteria Score Comments Next steps Law enforcement Can staff enforce protected area rules well …
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Document - The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands: its History and Development

… in other international arrangements and in national law. Over the years following its adoption, there have been … at Morges and now at Gland. It also has an Environmental Law Centre in Bonn, Germany, and it has launched a World … D.A. Scott, was able to move on to this new task with his customary energy and efficiency. At an IWRB meeting in …
17 Jun 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

E-waste Inspection and Enforcement Manual - Developed in the framework of the SBC E-waste Africa project

… for the Implementation and Enforcement of Environmental Law (IMPEL) together with the Basel Convention Coordinating … for the Implementation and Enforcement of Environmental Law (IMPEL). Information contained in this document has been … tribunals. Facilities should also take into consideration customary or indigenous law and treaties, conven- tions and …
17 Jun 2026 Document

Integrating Economics into Resource and Environmental Management Some Recent Experiences in the Pacific

… outputs into the farm. Land in Samoa is natively owned by customary land-owning groups and cannot be sold. Questions … of appropriate economic, ecosystem-based, regulatory or customary approaches for coastal management under different … from the United Nations Division of Ocean Affairs and the Law of Sea, and offered at the University of the South …
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From the MDGs to Sustainable Development for All - Lessons from 15 years of practice

… can enhance poor communities’ access to a just rule of law. this, in turn, can diffuse local tensions over natural … issuing of land title deeds for farms and certificates of Customary Rights of Occupancy to small farms, the formation … rights, especially where migrants lack protections of the law. Agenda 2030 links migration and displacement to targets …
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Designing national pesticide legislation

… Vapnek Isabella Pagotto Margaret Kwoka for the Development Law Service FAO Legal Office TABLE OF CONTENTS Preface I. … obligations III. THE DESIGN OF A NATIONAL PESTICIDE LAW 3.1. Introductory provisions 3.1.1. Objectives 3.1.2. … at http: / /faolex.fao.org/fishery 58. Readings in African customary water law, 1996 (E/F) 59. Cadre juridique de la …
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A Global Register of Competences for Protected Area Practitioners

… and implementation of programmes for crime prevention, law enforcement and compliance. Plan, manage and monitor activities for protected area crime prevention, law enforcement and compliance. Conduct supervised … making. ● Legal aspects of contracts and agreements. ● Customary decision making and agreement processes. 110 A …
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Plant genetic resources and food security: stakeholder perspectives on the international treaty on plant genetic resources for food and agriculture

… of Louvain (UCL and KUL, Belgium) on international law and governance of plant genetic resources for food and … be taken of the net sales, meaning that (i) discounts, customary in trade, (ii) amounts repaid or credited by reason … farmers and farmer groups will continue to exercise their customary practices with or without legal recognition. For …
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