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UNEP. The first 40 years
… campaign. On 1 January 1970, President Nixon signed into law the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), creating … civil servants and school children to their feet with his customary Swahili challenge of “HARAMBEE!” meaning “let’s … make it much harder to argue that it is not a principle of customary international law. And it is noteworthy that the …
The economic value of wild resources in Senegal : A preliminary evaluation of non-timber forest products, game and freshwater fisheries
… may be biased due to the prevalence of poaching. While the customary hunting rights of rural communities are recognised under Senegalese law, there is widespread evidence of incursions into strictly …
Identification and gap analysis of key biodiversity areas : Targets for comprehensive protected area systems
… jurisdiction in accordance with applicable international law, and transboundary inland water ecosystems. Z KBAs are … are very small. This situation often arises in regions of customary land tenure, such as in Melanesia, where a number … to have many small KBAs that corre- spond to individual customary land units, as these would often fail to meet the …
Development of an analytical tool to assess national biosecurity legislation
… by Daniele Manzella Jessica Vapnek for the Development Law Service FAO Legal Office The designations employed and … for Biosecurity. Stefano Burchi Chief, Development Law Service, Legal Office Ezzeddine Boutrif Director, … at http: / /faolex.fao.org/fishery 58. Readings in African customary water law, 1996 (E/F) 59. Cadre juridique de la …
Water Management and Stewardship
… a member of the IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law. Water Management and Stewardship Taking stock of … and member of the IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law; and James Dalton, Coordinator, Global Initiatives, in … aggregate basis and tended to rely more on their original/customary rights rather than participation in the market …
Managing MIDAs - Harmonising the Management of Multi-Internationally Designated Areas: Ramsar Sites, World Heritage Sites, Biosphere Reserves and UNESCO Global Geoparks
… to motivate the rangers and improve enforcement of the law as well as environmental rules and regulations. The use … which in the case of Costa Rica are ratified by law, gives this site a special legal status which obliges the … international designation. In certain sites, they may be customary managers, traditional custodians, or private-sector …
Safe Havens: Protected Areas for Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation
… recognized, and it was re-categorized by the Guatemalan Law of Protected Areas in 1989 as a Multiple Use Natural … (by a system locally known as Kuruki, an informal customary law that is followed by the society) who are absent at the …
Marine plastic debris and microplastics – Global lessons and research to inspire action and guide policy change
… Wehrli (Institute of European and International Economic Law, Switzerland), IliIssaria Mangalili (Division of … Takei, Lorna Joseph-Pal (United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea), Heidi Savelli, Kaisa Uusimaa, Petter Malvik, … to the issue under consideration (e.g. art. 192), reflect customary international law which, as such, is binding also …
Governing natural resources and the processes and institutions that affect them : North-West Frontier Province. Legislation.
… Volume 2 Legislation E n v i r o n m e n t a l Law in Pa k i s t a n Governing Natural Resources and the … so long any water course is not maintained in such proper customary repair as to prevent the wasteful escape of water … by him from the persons liable to such rate in the manner customary in the recovery of the other charges on such rents …
Le cadre juridique international du bassin de la Volta
… ++49 228 2692 250 elcsecretariat@iucn.org www.iucn.org/law Amidou Garané Le cadre juridique international du bassin … de cours d’eau internationaux, voir Mac Caffrey (S), The Law of international Watercourses : Non navigational Uses, … (E), Changing Interfaces in Volta Basin Water Management: Customary, National and Transboundary, ZEF, Working Paper …