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Evaluation of Mexican Environmental Law Enforcement and Compliance after NAFTA
… was amended for first time. This reform introduced the right of access to information, legal standing for … Constitution was amended to recognize the so called right to a healthy environment. Since this provision was … to court where an authority’s decision affects this right. The amparo suit is a legal action founded on the …
Governance of Shared Waters - Legal and Institutional Issues
… that ecosystems naturally provide, and guaranteeing the right to water for human well-being. States should be aware, … providing that such effects come from the lawful use of property and do not affect interests up to and beyond a … and States under international law do not have absolute property rights on the waters that they can use or from which …
GEO yearbook 2003
… Rights provisions. These rights include: intellectual property protection of traditional knowledge relevant to plant genetic resources for food and agriculture; the right to participate equitably in sharing benefits from the … technology, protection of biodiversity and intellectual property. The original treaty produced little tangible result …
Biodiversity: My hotel in action - A guide to sustainable use of biological resources in the Caribbean
… Council (FSC). Cover photos (each row from left to right, top to bottom) © Cat HOLLOWAY / WWF-Canon © Claudio … Director, Accor Juergen E. Seidel, Group Director of Property Maintenance, Engineering & Innovation, Six Senses … private park of 1 million m2, of which 8,000 m2 are built property, representing less than one percent of its total …
Security considerations in the planning and management of transboundary conservation areas
… of the TBCA process; Animals threaten lives and damage property; Sections of the community are marginalised by and … and the principles of international law, the sovereign right to utilise their resources to meet their environmental … under the 1954 Convention on the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict; (b) transboundary …
Putting nature on the map: a report and recommendations on the use of the IUCN system of protected area categorisation in the UK
… of 1810, he spoke of the area as ‘a sort of national property, in which every man has a right and interest who has an eye to perceive and a heart to … UK has also been noted. This is a cause for concern. It is right that each country should design the protected areas …
Voluntary Guidelines on National Forest Monitoring
… contexts. This is not a question of which terminology is “right or wrong” or “correct or incorrect”, but rather a … agreements between partners with respect to intellectual property when specific activities are addressed that may … subject to copyright, patents or other intellectual property jurisdiction, such as publications. c. Promote …
Initiating effective transboundary conservation - A practitioner’s guideline based on the experience from the Dinaric Arc
… a transboundary conservation issue usually want to get right to work. But it is well worth taking a little time up … on civic and political will. Many local issues, from property rights to land use decisions to political guidance, … criteria to protect the natural, cultural and historical property in the territory. Potential for transboundary …
Review of laws, policies and economic instruments related to payment for ecosystem services in Vietnam
… are the provisions in existing laws which relate to the right to own, manage and benefit from land and the … use this term. The term used in this report is “land use right”. In Vietnamese, this term is understood to mean that, … land use right certificate for land that is used as common property of the community (Land Law 2003, Article 48). A …
Towards a Representative Network of Marine Protected Areas in Libya
… in reservoirs appears twice in this image, in the upper right and at the bottom. In both cases, the water appears … in the Mediterranean: July 2009 (left) and January 2010 (right). Source: Mediterranean Ocean Forecasting System … for agricultural development, which is a step in the right direction: however, many of these sites are in urgent …