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Women as change-makers in the governance of shared waters
… and men to have equal rights in access to and ownership of land. In order to reach gender equality, in most settings … already existing gender-unequal governance systems around land, natural resources and economic planning; l Land and resource tenure and inheritance laws that restrict …
The UNCCD: Laying the groundwork for future security (2014-2015)
… we face are complex. But by better implementing good land management practices, we can simultaneously help … and secure sustainable agricultural and energy production. Land truly is the glue that holds our societies together. … bodies to demonstrate the multiple benefits of land restoration by profiling successful interventions that offer …
A Gateway to Payments for Ecosystem Services. Using Payments for Ecosystem Services for Livelihoods and Landscapes
… will inevitably involve trade-offs among the different land-use types, each of which provides a different mix of … managed landscapes, where agriculture is often a major land use. Ecosystem services, however, can often highlight … There could be a whole lot of different competing land uses that would compromise a sustainable supply of …
Implementing conservation and sustainable management of marine biodiversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction
… protection of nursery grounds and periods, proper coastal land use and watershed planning and the integration of marine … to the goal of implementing effective protection, restoration and sustainable use of biological diversity and … the identification, protection and where necessary, restoration of areas of importance for marine biodiversity …
Water as a human right?
… natural resources of the earth including the air, water, land, flora and fauna and especially representative samples … by leasing the environmentally sensitive riparian forest land to a company. In a landmark decision concerning the … logging company to harvest timber on the community’s land without the latter’s consent. Right to respect for one’s …
Best practice for industrial-scale development projects
… declines; and RECALLING previous Resolutions on land use-planning, infrastructure and protected areas, … 5.037 The importance of nature conservation criteria in land-use planning policies (Jeju, 2012), as well as … the project; and g. respect for the legal and customary land and resource rights of local communities, and their free …
Regional Seas Agreements
… joint action to mitigate the impacts of pollution from land- based activities or from other sources. … Protection of the Mediterranean Sea against Pollution from Land- Based Sources was adopted on 17 May 1980 and entered into force on 17 July 1983. Land- based pollution presents 80% of harm done to the …
Issues in water law reform
… distributed surface water collecting or falling on private land; • groundwater percolating through land. Arid conditions, comparable to South Africa, and the … preservation and protection of the environment and restoration of nature.77 The Government exercises its powers, …
Modern water rights : Theory and practice
… 4 2.2. Traditional land-based approaches to water rights … 20 3.1. Ill-adaption of traditional land based approaches to specific climatic conditions … American West: Institutional Evolution and Environmental Restoration in the 21st Century, 62 University of Colorado …
Solutions in focus: Transboundary protected area solutions
… of ecosystem integrity through extensive habitat restoration and enhancements, and 4. Enhanced tourism … the area’s natural and cultural history, legislation, land use, and management plans; part B, the 10-year vision, … other five Italian protected areas, creating a continuous land stretch comprising all the ecological successions from …