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Governance of Ecosystem Services. Lessons Learned from Cameroon, China, Costa Rica and Ecuador

… 22 2�3 Land use planning for forests … 51 3�2�3 Land rights and tenure … 55 3�3 Land use planning … 81 4�3 Land use planning … 103 5�3 Land use planning … economic autonomy and control over natural resources and land. Legal Framework Institutional Framework Instruments … of ecosystem services; and legislation regarding land tenure, the ownership and use rights over land and its …
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Sustainably Investing in Rangelands - Jordan

… and biodiversity). This strategy involves halt range- land›s degradation by minimizing its underlying causes … 2.3 LAND USE IN THE JORDAN … Soil Reference and Information Centre SLM Sustainable Land Management IUCN International Union for the Conservation … Cooperative Association S&WC Soil & Water Conservation LDN Land Degradation Neutrality UNCCD UN Convention to Combat …
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Governing natural resources and the processes and institutions that affect them : North-West Frontier Province. Legislation.

… 15 4.3.2.2 NWFP Amendment of laws Ordinance 2001 130 5.1.1 Land Tenure 135 5.1.1.1 NWFP Gomal Zam Project (Control and Prevention of Speculation in Land) Ordinance 2001 135 5.1.1.2 Land Reforms (North–West Frontier Province Amendment) Act …
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Legal aspects of Connectivity Conservation Volume 1 - A Concept Paper

… and top-down strategies 47 3.2.4 The role of NGOs 49 3.2.5 Land tenure factors 50 3.2.6 Choosing instruments 51 Key … protection of environmental flows 103 Key messages 104 3.2 Land Use Planning Legislation 105 Introduction 105 3.2.1 Planning for land use and conservation 105 3.2.2 Content of plans 109 The …
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Pay : Establishing payments for watershed services

… 2. Valuing and Managing Watershed Services 21 2.1 Linking land and water use to downstream benefits 21 2.2 Valuation of … units for water management A watershed is the area of land that feeds water into a river, through the process of … downstream water users. Providing incen- tives by paying land and water managers to maintain watershed services is an …
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Desertification: the invisible frontline

… afghanistan were in before local conflicts over water or land turned into civil wars, sexual violence or genocide. nor … a billion inhabitants are rural, a majority lives off the land and desertification is a constant threat to their … than 1.5 billion people in the world depend on degrading land, and 74% of them, like Maria, are poor. Under the United …
02 Aug 2026 Document in Climate and Atmosphere

Legal aspects in the implementation of CDM Forestry Principles

… and institutional system to approve CDM AR projects 47 4. Land rights issues, title to carbon and the nature of CERs 49 … particular legal issues. These issues mainly centre around land tenure, land use rights and the subsequent ownership of cer- …
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Developing a Global Soil Regime

… loss of biodiversity, desertification, drought, and land degradation have become more prominent. While … climate change have garnered close attention, issues of land degradation and sustainability of soils has attracted … Development Goals on the achievement of zero net land degradation, the revision of the World Soil Charter as …
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Payments for Ecosystem Services - Legal and Institutional Frameworks

… when numerous upstream landholders dedicate their land to intensive agricultural or cattle-ranching activities, or when forest owners convert their forest land to agricultural land. In these cases, down- stream water pollution (or …
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Defenders of the Earth

… Colombia Global Witness documented the murder of 200 land and environmental defenders in 2016. This report is … lives, and to all those around the world who stand up for land rights and the protection of the environment. You are … help end: the increasing suppression of environmental and land rights activism which, in many countries, means the …
02 Aug 2026 Document in Environmental Governance