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Legal frameworks for REDD: design and implementation at the national level

… 3 1 Ownership of Land, Forest and Carbon … 15 1.2 Land and forest ownership and use rights … Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) of the Kyoto Protocol, Access and Benefit Sharing under the Convention on Biological … und Entwicklung). xii xiii List of Acronyms ABS Access and Benefit Sharing A/R Afforestation and …
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Community Protocols for Environmental Sustainability: A Guide for Policymakers

… beyond 6 Protection of traditional knowledge 7 Regulating access to the traditional territories, natural and other … which a well-defined environmental service (ES) or form of land use likely to secure that service is bought by at least … 2). The IUCN adopts a broader definition: “an area of land and/or sea especially dedicated to the protection and …
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Pastoralism and the Green Economy - a natural nexus?

… recognition of sustainable pastoralism as a viable land management option for the world’s rangelands. vi vii … natural capital across a quarter of the world’s land area, although in many developing countries this … linking government with customary institutions, improving access to equitable markets, strengthening access to …
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Compendium of Good Practices on Human Rights and the Environment

… Obligation to Provide Access to Legal Remedies … school focuses on key thematic areas such as land use and food sovereignty, forests and large plantations, … increase access to information regarding environmental and land use projects in different areas and cities by enabling …
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Drafting legislation for sustainable soils: A guide

… 2. Protection and security for occupiers and owners 84 3. Land management 86 4. Land and soil agreements 88 5. Markets and farmer … and use rights; Common property rights regimes include: access, communal property, private property, State prop- …
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Addressing pollution: Governance frameworks, challenges and oppotunities in the context of the 2030 Agenda

… looking at specific transboundary water basins, while land and soil pollution is indirectly addressed by the United … Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land-based Activities (GPA). However, global and regional … Fuel sulfur content Public transport Non-solid fuels access Cook/heating stoves No. of Countries0 193 Countries …
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Promoting responsible investment in agriculture and food systems - Guide to assess national regulatory frameworks affecting larger-scale private investments

… ntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and  … t of foreign direct investment (FDI) involving transfers of land. Yet domestic investors,  … 5. Respect tenure of land, fisheries and forests, and access to water.  6. Conserve and  …
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The economic lives of smallholder farmers - An analysis based on household data from nine countries

… 8 3 Labour, land and other capital … in about 475 million small farm households, working on land plots smaller than 2 hectares.1 Many are poor and food insecure and have limited access to markets and services. Their choices are … in terms of production, technologies, capital assets, access to markets, contribution to rural income, well-being, …
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Conservation with justice - A rights-based approach

… the right to live in a healthy environment and to have access to basic public services. 2. The States parties shall … as resulting not only from drought but from land degradation linked to loss of natural vegetation … riches. According to the views of many indigenous peoples, land should not be torn open and exploited, which they …
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Review of the Legal and Policy Framework for Transboundary Natural Resource Management in Southern Africa

… legal systems recognise this right. However, effective access to a remedy requires more than just statutory … conflicts between traditional law and general law, land tenure, land use and planning may place significant constraints on …
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