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Document - The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands: its History and Development

… - lakes, ponds, rivers and coastal fringes - and any land which is regularly or intermittently covered or … and it is governments who, in various ways, control land use within their borders. It is therefore surprising how … environment. If there are any difficulties in obtaining access to such information, the Ramsar Bureau, and the …
26 May 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

Factsheet on Human Rights and the Environment

… information, public participation in decision- making and access to justice. The implementation of the post-2015 … people are forcibly removed from their ancestral land, discussing the implications of such displacement on … or the environment. Such measures, including planning or land use laws and environmental impact assessment or risk …
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Nexus Governance: Harnessing contending forces at work

… between water, energy and food (or the management of land for food, fodder, and fuel production) – the nexus – has … of Sussex, UK. • Tira Foran, Research Scientist, CSIRO Land and Water, Canberra, Australia. • Stephen Biggs, … repeatedly excluded from the decision-making process and access to information was denied, especially in the final …
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State of Biodiversity in Latin America and the Caribbean

… (namely, in Colombia, Brazil, Mexico and Peru). 14. Access and benefit-sharing and traditional knowledge, … trend in all the five main pressures on biodiversity (land degradation, climate change, pollution from nutrients, … the greatest risks to biodiversity stem from the change of land use, with the consequent reduction, fragmentation and …
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Helping nature help us - Transforming disaster risk reduction through ecosystem management

… vulnerability of people and property, wise management of land and the environment, and improved preparedness for … is defined as a “strategy for the integrated management of land, water and living resources that promotes conservation … impact mainly on sectors such as energy, agriculture, access to drinking water and sanitation. For example, the …
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A Gateway to Payments for Ecosystem Services. Using Payments for Ecosystem Services for Livelihoods and Landscapes

… will inevitably involve trade-offs among the different land-use types, each of which provides a different mix of … hotspots using five key socioeconomic poverty indicators (access to water, undernourishment, potential population … managed landscapes, where agriculture is often a major land use. Ecosystem services, however, can often highlight …
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Farmer's Rights in the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

… types of legal regimes resulting in restrictions to access in, and using available genetic resources – thus … Goals 1 (no poverty), 2 (zero hunger) and 15 (life on land). 1.2.3 The farming context argument Farmers, … challenges. Farming is intrinsically linked to access to land, water and other input factors, such as labour, …
26 May 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

Wildlife protection and trafficking assessment in Kenya - Drivers and trends of transnational wildlife crime in Kenya and its role as a transit point for trafficked species in East Africa

… who, through corrupt means, provides or facilitates access to financing, weapons and intelligence on ranger … South Sudan, Uganda and Ethiopia, fuelling conflict over land, water and livestock. This deep-rooted conflict is as … of incentives for landowners to keep wildlife on their land and procedures for compensation claims following …
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AEWA Conservation Guidelines No. 10 - Guidelines on Avoidance of Introductions of Non-native Waterbird Species (TS No. 12)

… and control/eradication of non-native species is access to private land. For example, a questionnaire survey in the UK showed … only about 50% of landowners would allow access to their land for the control of Ruddy Ducks. Special land access
26 May 2026 Document

Biodiversity Planning Law. International and National

… and ex situ, including through ecosystem management and land use policies, as well as for the fair and equitable … agreement also contains specific provisions in relation to land-use planning. While the emphasis is on natural … administrative or policy measures in relation to providing access to and transfer of technology, on fair and most …
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