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An Explanatory Guide to the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing
… random bioprospection; no further information available/acquisition of sample of completely unidentified resources … rights regarding access to biological resources on private land or to create specific rights over the genetic resources … knowledge or any other intended activity on their land occurs according to their customary laws. Overall, BCPs …
Green Infrastructure Guide for Water Management: Ecosystem-based management approaches for water-related infrastructure projects
… pollution is diffuse runoff from cultivated or industrial land. Some of the most frequently used infrastructure … sense of security and, when coupled with inappropriate land-use patterns - such as dense housing within deep … and conservation of riparian buffer strips include land acquisition and any associated foregone economic opportunity, …
Ecological Restoration for Protected Areas - Principles, Guidelines and Best Practices
… includes the development of a global platform for the acquisition, analysis, exchange and communication of data and … protected areas in southern Australia 88 6.9 Restoring the land and honouring the history of Lyell Island in Gwaii … degraded. Humanity directly affects 83 per cent of the land surface (Sanderson et al., 2002) and 100 per cent of the …
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 … connection, two main options may be configured: 1. The acquisition of carbon stocks may be open to anybody; 2. Only … 93 term REDD project can be begun. Moreover, compulsory acquisition of customary land by the state for activities …
Case studies on bioenergy policy and law: options for sustainability
… include: the restoration of degraded lands; reduced land abandonment; increased income-base for farmers and … a concern for food security. Competition over the use of land and water resources for bioenergy production and for … Enterprises (PyMES) is tasked with promoting the acquisition of capital goods by small and medium- sized …
UNEP’s Compendium of Innovative Laws: promoting Green Economy & Sustainable Development
… against during agriculture will increase yield and prevent land soil erosion, water scarcity and overall land degradation hence sustainability of agriculture. Left: … exemption from custom duties and suspension of VAT for the acquisition of equipment and supplies necessary for …
Evaluating effectiveness : A framework for assessing management effectiveness of protected areas
… Protected areas now cover over 10 per cent of the world’s land surface and are increasing rapidly in marine areas as … managed. Unfortunately, the commitment to setting aside land and water has yet to be always matched with similar … park system. Where a system has clearly stated targets for acquisition in terms of area (for example 5 or 10 per cent of …
Rule: Reforming water governance
… of natural ecosystems. Effective management links land and water uses across the whole of a catchment area or … the coordinated development and management of water, land and related resources to maximize economic and social … in watershed protection programmes, such as land acquisition and land easement purchases as conservation …
The right to food within the international framework of human rights and country constitutions
… either for feeding oneself directly from productive land or other natural resources, or for well functioning … food. This implies that the costs associated with the acquisition of food for an adequate diet should be at a level … food; • the right to property, in particular access to land and other productive resources needed to produce food; • …