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Review of Statutory and Customary Law in the Xe Champhone Ramsar Site, LAO PDR - Implications for a rights-based approach to conservation
… sustainability. Rights-based approaches can be seen as the integration of rights considerations within any policy, … To further strengthen the rule of law and promote the integration of customary law into the formal legal framework, … ‘Wise use’ of wetlands (Article 3.1), is the fundamental principle of the Ramsar Convention. It is defined as: ... the …
Farmer's Rights in the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
… CPVR and derogation to small-scale farmers for payment. In principle, 50 percent of the amounts charged for the licensed … and quite unique element of the selection process was the integration of tasting sessions in connection with Farmers´ … management, cropping systems, diversification and farm integration. (iv) Documentation and Dissemination of Farmer …
UNEP - Our Planet Magazine - Making Our Future Chemical Safe - Edition from Sept 2015
… Policy direction at the national level should be driven by integration and innovation. Here, the goals should be to … and risk control of chemicals is mostly achieved through integration with the country’s other pol- lution control … learn from the mistakes of the past. Yet the precautionary principle does not apply to manufacturers, old or new, …
From the MDGs to Sustainable Development for All - Lessons from 15 years of practice
… the mDGs A defining achievement of the mDgs is their integration in the national development plans of countries … processes drove mDG progress UNDP worked to facilitate mDg integration in budgeting by supporting a number of … groups and communities. the SDgs begin with the principle of “leaving no one behind” and thus commit leaders …
Handbook of The Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer
… Conference on the Human Environment, and in particular principle 21, which provides that “States have, in accordance … Parties to this Convention. 6. “Regional economic integration organization” means an organization constituted … or at any time thereafter, a State or regional economic integration organization may declare in writing to the …
Best practice guidelines for the re-introduction of great apes
… 5 Section IV, The Precautionary Principle … Re-introduction should be guided by the Precautionary Principle: re-introduction should not endan- ger resident … Specialist Group’s Action Plans for Africa and Asia. A principle source for this document has been the World Atlas …