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Mitigating the impacts of oil palm expansion and operations on biodiversity
… social impacts it causes, the latter sometimes involving human rights violations; ALSO CONCERNED that oil palm is planted … systems; and e. respect internationally recognised human rights, and implement applicable environmental and …
Technology Transfer and Cooperation under the Convention on Biological Diversity
… as a way to recognise the contribution of biodiversity to human development and well-being. Sustaining biodiversity in the face of considerable threats from human activities constitutes a great challenge for the modern … shall illustrate this: The role of intellectual property rights. While technologies that make use of genetic resources …
Safeguarding the contribution of wild living resources and ecosystems to food security
… of social equity and support to the realization of human rights, including the right to food; NOTING that the IUCN … minorities in decision-making processes which affect their rights, lifestyles, capacity, and access to traditional lands …
Montenegro and marine protected areas: Legal and insituttional framework assessment for conservation of coastal and marine biodiversity and establishment of MPAs
… C. Institutional capacities (human resources) .....................33 PART II … II. STRENGTHENING TECHNICAL AND HUMAN CAPACITIES OF MANAGERS ...............51 III. MECHANISM … the act on designation, especially with a view to property rights and existing economic activities, as well as possible …
Transboundary Conservation. A systematic and integrated approach
… also possibly geological/ geomorphological features, where human visitation, use and impacts are controlled and limited … character and influence, without permanent or significant human habitation, protected and managed to preserve their … linked to their lifestyle, culture and customary rights. The communities are under pressure from land claims …
The Tacaná Watersheds - Developing untapped potential: Strengthening resilience through cross-sectoral collaboration
… organisations with the knowledge and tools that enable human progress, economic development and nature conservation … 54% of surface water is used for irrigation, 26% for human consumption and 10% for agribusiness. Coffee production … very high population growth, and a complex land tenure rights situation. Unlike other places in Guatemala, the land …
Legal and institutional aspects of urban and peri-urban foresty and greening
… Box 3: Chapter IV.C of the UN-Habitat Agenda: Sustainable human settlements development in an urbanizing world ...... 8 Box 4: Istanbul Declaration on Human Settlements: General Assembly Resolutions 51/177 of 16 … Parties to the Biodiversity Treaty "affirm sovereign rights over the biological resources found within their …
Towards a strategy for high seas marine protected areas: Proceedings of the IUCN, WCPA and WWF Experts Workshop on High Seas Marine Protected Areas
… fish populations, as well as the cumulative impact of human activities on the high seas environment, IUCN, WCPA and … high seas and deep oceans are under increasing threat from human activities. The combined effects of overfishing, … the modern framework for ocean governance, specifying rights of access but also duties to conserve living resources …
Maritime Traffic Effects on Biodiversity in the Mediterranean Sea. Volume 2 - Legal Mechanisms to Address Maritime Impacts on Mediterranean Biodiversity
… shipping in international trade, the navigational rights of international shipping have traditionally been and … as harm to living resources and marine life, hazards to human health, hindrance to marine activities, including … Biogeographic importance Social or economic dependency Human dependency Cultural heritage Research Baseline for …
Capacity Development for Protected and Other Conserved Areas in the Pacific Islands Region: Strategy and Action Framework 2015-2020
… customary ownership of land and fishing rights, and the protection of ecologically and … Most management organisations have limited human and financial resources … unwillingness, intellectual property rights, or lack of suitable mechanisms for … and knowledge, access rights, tenure, and …