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Putting nature on the map: a report and recommendations on the use of the IUCN system of protected area categorisation in the UK

… organsations (individuals or corporate) Governance by indigenous peoples and local communities: Indigenous peoples’ conserved areas and territories; …
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IUCN Knowledge Products. The basis for a partnership to support the functions and work programme of IBPES

… mechanisms, national governments, civil society, local and indigenous communities, and the private sector. It will also … High Conservation Value network; (4) local communities and indigenous peoples organisa- tions; (5) Climate changes processes such …
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Legal and institutional frameworks for sustainable soils: A preliminary report

… and the customary law of traditional societies and indigenous peoples, through to the laws of States and the international … • Outline any land and land tenure issues including indigenous and local community rights relevant to sustainable …
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Development of an analytical tool to assess national biosecurity legislation

… acquiring new germplasm from other countries, documenting indigenous community knowledge and establishing field gene … It may be stated that currently, there is no clear indigenous understanding of the concept of Biosecurity. The … it bars the introduction of animals whether alien or indigenous into lakes or wetlands (sect. 42(c)) or the …
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Guidance for identifying and designating peatlands, wet grasslands, mangroves and coral reefs as Wetlands of International Importance

… water, natural resource provision to local communities and indigenous people, landscape stabilization, flood mitigation, …
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Improving access to forest resources - Experiences in informal tenure reform from IUCN’s Livelihoods and Landscapes Strategy

… to recognize existing rights of the poor (including indigenous peoples) or grant new rights through legislative change. …
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Climate Change and the Human Rights to Water and Sanitation Position Paper

… faced difficulties in exercising this right include indigenous peoples, refugees, asylum seekers, internally displaced … persons with disabilities, elderly persons, migrants, indigenous peoples, internally displaced persons and migrant …
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Intellectual property rights in plant varieties: International legal regimes and policy options for national governments

… utilization of genetic resources and the preservation of indigenous knowledge. (art. 1) The CBD also recognizes that … Such conservation occurs, for example, where farmers and indigenous communities safeguard traditional plant varieties … breeders. According to this view, in situ conservation by indigenous farmers diminished as they began to rely on …
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Towards Networks of Marine Protected Areas: The MPA Plan of Action for IUCN’s World Commission on Protected Areas

… – declared and run by local communities and traditional peoples Indigenous bio-cultural areas and territories – de- clared and run by indig- enous peoples Top: Fisherman capturing an octopus. Bottom: …
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A guide to the complementarities between the Convention on Migratory Species and the Convention on Biological Diversity

… and monitor biodiversity (art. 7) x x x x x x x x 5.3 Indigenous and local communities 5.3.1 Respect, preserve and … innovations and practices (art. 8(j)) 5.3.2 Exchange indigenous and local knowledge (art. 17(2)) 5.3.3 Protect and …
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