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The human right to water and sanitation
… WCC-2012-Res-098-EN The human right to water and sanitation AWARE that humans depend on … halving by 2015 the proportion of people who do not have access to basic sanitation (World Summit on Sustainable … of the procedural human right to water (right to information, just administrative action, public …
Guidelines - Biodiversity in Impact Assessment
… BIODIVERSITY IN IMPACT ASSESSMENT Background Document to Decision VIII/28 of the Convention on Biological … 12 95 E-mail: mer@eia.nl Website: www.eia.nl For further information please contact: Secretariat of the Convention on … due consideration to those who have traditionally had access to, and/or knowledge of those resources. • The likely …
The impact of disasters and crises on agriculture and food security
… and food security2017 Photo credits: (from left to right, top to bottom) Front cover: South Sudan ©FAO/Marco … employed and the presentation of material in this information product do not imply the expression of any … result of reduced yields and late planting due to limited access to arable land. drought remains by far the most …
Water Management and Stewardship
… progress, economic development and nature conservation to take place together. Created in 1948, IUCN is now the … in key informant interviews as well as supplying information and documentation. The authors particularly … resources where water is already heavily abstracted and access to water is keenly contested. In these situations …
The economic value of wild resources in Senegal : A preliminary evaluation of non-timber forest products, game and freshwater fisheries
… the supply chain (for a composite NTFP) Axes: rural areas to provincial towns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . … but not routinely measured. Reliable and up-to-date information on the economic importance of wild resources is … lifestyle. This in turn implies very different access to both wild resources and market outlets, compared to …
Governance of the Mediterranean Sea : Outlook for the legal regime
… - Global Marine Programme 35 Acknowledgements Much of the information contained in this document comes from the book … System”, edited by Tullio Scovazzi (1999). We would like to extend our thanks to Alain Bonzon for his important … and Slovenia, two newly independ- ent States, have limited access to the Adriatic Sea, with the geographical features of …
Value : Counting ecosystems as water infrastructure
… policy and decision-making. It explains, step by step, how to generate persuasive arguments for more sustainable and … . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 4.2 Generating information on the impacts of water decisions on ecosystem … of the eight Millennium Development Goals aims to improve access to safe water supplies. The Johannesburg Plan of …
Protected Areas in East Asia: Evaluating and strengthening implementation of the CBD Programme of Work on Protected Areas and the East Asian Regional Action Plan
… of Nature, helps the world find pragmatic solutions to our most pressing environment and development challenges. … are available on the CBD website (http://www.cbd.int/information/) 10 3.1: Global coverage versus East Asian … Taoists, Confucianists, Koreans and Japanese alike. Access to sacred mountains ranges from totally off-limits …
Engaging people in sustainability
… all, spread across 140 countries. As a Union, IUCN seeks to influence, encourage and assist societies throughout the … capacity building and training; research and innovation; information and communication technologies; monitoring and … sustainability and fair distribution of wealth and access to resources. There is a strong premise that both …
Environmental Rule of Law: Critical to sustainable development
… and private, including the State itself, are accountable to laws that are publicly promulgated, equally enforced and … and practical means to increase transparency, strengthen access to information and enhance public participation in environmental … Environmental Rule of Law: Critical to sustainable development …