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Review of Statutory and Customary Law in the Xe Champhone Ramsar Site, LAO PDR - Implications for a rights-based approach to conservation
… 23 3.3.7 Environmental Protection Law (1999) … initiative and can serve to work towards ensuring that the protection of rights and biodiversity conservation become and … species of fauna and flora and categorizes animal and plant species according to the degree to which they are …
Rights-based approaches - Exploring issues and opportunities for conservation
… to respect human rights and to contribute to their protection and further fulfilment. Conservation organisations … Region, the setting of the case study below, has the most plant species of any of the world’s six floral kingdoms and … vision of stopping the degradation and loss of indigenous plant and animal communities, managing their land in a …
Legal frameworks for REDD: design and implementation at the national level
… has a negative impact on biodiversity, watershed and soil protection, and local climate regulation.5 The loss of the … restrict or ban the import or marketing of certain plant species or plant product derivatives in order to prevent the spread of …
Integrating biodiversity conservation and sustainable use: Lessons learned from ecological networks
… from Category i, ‘Strict Nature Reserve’ that focus on protection, to Category vi, ‘Managed Resource Protected Area’ … rich. In the Dja region of Cameroon four major types of plant formations have been identified, including … endangered species such as the tiger and the medicinal plant ginseng are coming under even greater pressure. 25 The …
Directives pour l’élaboration d’une stratégie nationale de gestion des eaux de ballast (version française)
… est lié aux EEE (exemples, liste non exhaustive) Gestion/protection de l’environnement : Protection des écosystèmes et biotes d’origine ; conservation … comprendre des dispositions liées aux EEE Faune et flore : Protection des écosystèmes et espèces indigènes ; …
Principles and concepts of international environmental law (Part 2) - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… shall apply a precautionary approach to environmental protection ... when there is reason to believe that wastes or … Examples ITLOS, in its Order of 3 December 2001 in the MOX Plant Case, considered (para. 82) the duty to cooperate in … downstream community can build an adequate water treatment plant at its own cost; (3) the polluter may receive public …
Culture and wetlands: A Ramsar guidance document
… 12 The Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural … and biological diversity. Also, the Con- vention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural … and agricultural practices, including the development of plant species and animal breeds. Traditional know- ledge is …
Compendium of Good Practices on Human Rights and the Environment
… of practical and innovative examples of environmental protection viewed through a human rights lens. These examples … the reserves of water, biodiversity, in particular native plant and animal species, as well as cultural assets shall … drinking water, and the control of ragweed, an allergenic plant. Further Information: The website for the Commissioner …
The precautionary principle in biodiversity conservation and natural resource management. An issues paper for policy-makers, researchers and practitioners
… as a broad principle weighing in favour of environmental protection in the case of uncertainty. The core of the … prudence”, meaning that “the introduction of animal and plant species and of modern technologies into the forest and … (see Decisions IV/7, V/4, VI/9), the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation (Decision VI/9), or the deliberations of …
Forest fires and the law: a guide for national drafters based on the fire management voluntary guidelines
… other ecosystems; and all stakeholders concerned with the protection of lives, property and resources from the effect … of fire at wrong frequency or intensity leads to loss of plant species, change or reduction in vegetation structure … sequestration of atmospheric carbon for regrowth of plant biomass. Thus, natural and anthropogenic fires in fire- …