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Energy subsidies: Lessons learned in assessing their impact and designing policy reforms

… Subsidies have Improved household comfort standards and safety, and have enhanced incomes. Removing oil subsidies … for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU), Doug Koplow from Earth Track, Inc., Kristi … still considers energy to be a basic social good, like food and housing, the pricing of which should not be left …
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Addressing the problems of access : Protecting sources, while giving users certainty

… International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture MAT mutually agreed terms PIC prior … to recognize the particularities of genetic resources for food and agriculture. This is expected, given that the … American Protocol on Biosafety and the Model Law on Safety in Biotechnology for Central American Countries. He …
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Enforcement of Environmental Law: Good Practices from Africa,Central Asia, ASEAN Countries and China

… regulatory authorities (for example forestry, health and safety, mining agencies, and so forth), thereby leveraging on … question of ‘whether modern biotechnology is an answer to food security in Swaziland’. Expert witnesses were …
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Green Infrastructure Guide for Water Management: Ecosystem-based management approaches for water-related infrastructure projects

… to serve growing demands for water, energy and food. This work is challenged by the negative impacts of … material or energy outputs from ecosystems. They include food, water and other resources. Regulating Services: … and floodwalls. While these solutions are essential to safety in many locations, they can be expensive and can shift …
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An introduction to the African Convention on the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources

… to the Parties, including energy, mineral resources, food, agricultural and animal resources, forestry, water … Conservation Union (IUCN), in collaboration with the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and UNESCO, in … taking into account the desirable level of environmental safety and health. Emission standards on the other hand set …
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Legal frameworks for REDD: design and implementation at the national level

… difficulties in meeting their basic needs for energy, food, and clean water. * Legal Officer, IUCN Environmental … • A 1985 economic recession spurred a demand for food crops in the country, with increased deforestation as a … lands would appear prima facie best placed to assure the safety of investment, as specific powers to veto mining …
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From the MDGs to Sustainable Development for All - Lessons from 15 years of practice

… development on every continent. By 2030, the demand for food is expected to increase by at least 50 percent [13]. … 2000-2015 mDG 1 – povertY mDG 1 – emploYment mDG 1 – FooD & nutrition mDG 2 – eDucation mDG 3 – GenDer equalitY … GDP and employs 85 percent of its people. The Produc- tive Safety Net Programmes (PSNP) that engaged 8 million people in …
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Land and water - the rights interface

… FAO LEGISLATIVE STUDY 84 FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS Rome, … expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations … and increased productivity nor as an inalienable safety net for the poor.222 The relationship between formal …
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Indigenous and local communities and protected areas: Towards equity and enhanced conservation. Guidance on policy and practice for co-managed protected areas and community conserved areas

… converted to Islam. The Karrayu are caught in a perma nent food crisis. The debate between the park’s manage ment and … “the needs of conser va tion, manage ment, owner ship, safety and secu rity may well require some limits on public … in ques tion for subsis tence and survival (e.g. for food, water, medi cine, housing); n histor ical and cultural …
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Responsible governance of tenure and the law - A guide for lawyers and other legal service providers

… of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security. The FAO Governance of Tenure Technical Guides … - Treaty Effectiveness Initiative Margret Vidar - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) … production was also reviewed. Legislation regulating food safety needed assessment, relative to its impact on …
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