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Water Law and the Environment
… https://www.informea.org/en/terms/area-beyond-national-jurisdiction 2. International water law: … and to ensure that international watercourses are protected from harm, including degradation. … origin of which is situated wholly or in part within an area under the jurisdiction of a Party, within an area under …
CBD: Measures for Conservation and Sustainable Use - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… others, the following: The establishment of a system of protected areas; The development of guidelines for the selection, establishment and management of protected areas; The regulation or management of biological … the conservation of biological diversity within or outside protected areas, with a view to ensuring their conservation …
Strategic Report: Environment, Peace and Security - a Convergence of Threats
… the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of … Paws II (biodiversity crimes in Asia) 11 o Pesc-Am (marine protected species and high risk fishing vessels operating in … (e.g. fishing during unauthorized periods, fishing in protected areas or of protected species); o Unreported …
Biodiversity for (Bio)technology under the Convention on Biological Diversity: bioprospecting partnership in practice
… and of use of the biodiversity in the government's protected areas. INBio develops biodiversity prospecting actively in the protected wild areas of the country under that agreement, … Chemical prospecting in a Costa Rican Conservation Area: This project began in 1993 and it finished in September …
Water as a human right?
… concerning the legal status of any country, territory, or area, or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation … being has the inherent right to life. This right shall be protected by law. No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his … to take all necessary and possible measures to ensure that protected persons shall, from the outset of their internment, …
FAO's work on Climate Change
… SENEGAL Farmers working in a green beans plot in the vast area of Koer Abundoy, where several vegetable gardens are … yearly emissions of the aviation industry if adopted in an area as large as Ecuador, according to a 2017 FAO research. … Africa is home to the second-largest tropical rainforest area in the world, at more than 240 million hectares. Despite …
Procedures for monitoring the right to food
… or development status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of … least minimum essential levels of food to ensure they are protected against hunger.* OBLiGATiONS OF THE STATE … be disaggregated by gender, ethnic group and geographical area; - be easily understood by the general public; - be able …
Climate Change and the Human Rights to Water and Sanitation Position Paper
… 44-45). 11. Ensure the rights to water and sanitation are protected in all adaptation plans and programmes at global, … the potential to inform and strengthen policymaking in the area of climate change, promoting inclusive processes and …
Community - based incentives for nature conservation
… Examples include the monopoly control of government over protected areas and exclusion of local residents, poor land … indigenous tree species, minerals, wildlife resources or protected areas, thereby rendering community utilisation … through the allocation of a proportion of protected area fees to development activities in adjacent communities. …