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Drafting legislation for sustainable soils: A guide

… 21 1. General principles 21 2. Specific principles to be reflected in soil legislation 24 III. National legal … and use rights; Common property rights regimes include: access, communal property, private property, State prop- … biological diversity, including species diversity, genetic diversity within species, and ecosystem diversity, …
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Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security

… global instrument on tenure and its administration to be prepared through intergovernmental negotiations. The … by promoting secure tenure rights and equitable access to land, fisheries and forests. The eradication of … of the environment; promote the fair and equitable use of genetic resources associated with land, fisheries and forests …
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Law, Policy and Dryland Ecosystems in the People's Republic of China

… of their use. By making any designation of or reference to a particular territory or geographic area, or by using the … sharing of the benefits arising out of the utilization of genetic resources”.9 The United Nations Convention to Combat … land tenure; land-use rights; gender rights and market access; compensation measures for grassland closure; and 21 …
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Poverty, equity and rights in conservation : Technical papers and case studies

… November 2004) provided the opportunity and the venue to develop and test the approaches of the project, as part of … of local populations; prohibited or restricted access to livelihood; break-up of communal lands; collapse of … of essential ecological processes, preservation of genetic diversity, sustainable use of species and ecosystems …
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Judges and the rule of law. Creating the links: Environment, human rights and poverty

… vii Preface ix 1 Helping make rights a reality: support to the judiciary in implementing Mozambique’s new natural … (PIL). Nevertheless, insufficient rules on public access to and sharing of environmental information, as well … land, water, fisheries, wildlife, food, biodiversity and genetic resources – literally hundreds of new laws have been …
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United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea

… part of a course in the InforMEA e-learning platform, go to https://elearning.informea.org to take the complete course … to harvest the entire TAC, it must give other states access to the surplus of the TAC. The coastal state is … to structure discussions under a “package deal”: 1. Marine genetic resources, including questions on the sharing of …
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Introduction to International Environmental Governance (IEG) - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… Introduction to Environmental Governance About the course Disclaimer The … contributed significantly to guidelines on pesticides and genetic resources for food and agriculture. The UN Education … on areas such as environmental impact assessment, access to environmental information, participation in …
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Transboundary Conservation. A systematic and integrated approach

… collaboration among specialist practitioners dedicated to supporting better implementation in the field, they distil … equitable sharing of the benefits derived from the use of genetic resources. With 193 Parties, the Convention has near … is designed to give those from different sectors easy access to the guidance, recommendations and best practice …
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Evaluating effectiveness : A framework for assessing management effectiveness of protected areas

… spread across some 150 countries. As a Union, IUCN seeks to influence, encourage and assist societies throughout the … managing and monitoring impacts arising from rainforest access and visitation; conservation principles and … or socially important species etc) Local population level Genetic level Landscape and geological Evidence of formation …
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Culture and wetlands: A Ramsar guidance document

… activities 38 4. Technical guidance on objectives related to the practical activities 43 4.1 Habitation 43 4.2 Primary … way to the extinction crisis of the planet’s species and genetic variety, the world’s cultural diversity, principally … sites; and  balancing educational and recreational access to wetlands with the need to pro- tect their …
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