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Statutory recognition of customary land rights in Africa - An investigation into best practices for lawmaking and implementation
… to, inter alia, administration of tenure, land reform, management of state land, resolving land disputes, attracting … to encourage sustainable resource use while minimizing the risk/magnitude of negative impacts and mitigating them. … product and local living conditions. However, there is a risk that such land concessions are dispossessing or hemming …
Farmer's Rights in the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
… including customary institutions for agro-ecological management, festivities and associated knowledge systems. In … in particular, laws and regulations governing the management of crop production, as well as seed regulations … responsible for a range of different tasks, including the management of seeds and planting materials. The important …
Strengthening the implementation of Farmers' Right in Guatemala
… malnourished. Around 60% of families in Guatemala are at risk from malnutrition and hunger. 5 The case study took … strengthening local competitiveness and local economies; management of natural resources; participation and gender … working on matters related to farmer communities; on-farm management and agro-biodiversity conservation. JUANITA CHAVES …
Addressing the problems of access : Protecting sources, while giving users certainty
… to third parties. These restrictions pursue to avoid the risk that the third party will acquire the samples without … between the Department of Conservation and Land Management of WA and AMRAD, an Australian pharmaceutical … to the broad scope of the definition and created a risk of confusion. The development of the definition of …
Acting Now!
… Mercury Releases from the Cement Industry Mercury Waste Management Mercury Air Transport and Fate Research Global … to Act, UNEP 2013 Guidance for Identifying Populations at Risk from Mercury Exposure, UNEP 2008 Study on Mercury … Mercury release from the cement industry Mercury waste management Mercury Control from Coal Combustion Mercury …
Energy, Ecosystems and livelihoods: Understanding linkages in the face of climate change impacts
… preservation can be encouraged through coconut grove management. Biogas: Reducing impacts on ecosystems and … The first opportunity lies in applying environmental management and policy tools to reduce and manage the impacts … a balanced approach between energy security and ecosystem management, particularly in face of climate change. 12 Box 4: …
Case Study - Inland Wetlands in India
… Wetlands 35 CASE STUDIES conservation and sustainable management of inland wetlands 46 for sustainable management of water resources 50 Ousteri wetland, Puducherry … ecosystem management and invest in conservation for its risk management value and economic Building upon the …
Transboundary Air Pollution - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… The same reduction as for (1) within a Tropospheric Ozone Management Area (“TOMA”) specified in Annex I to the 1991 … substances that have been singled out according to agreed risk criteria. The list includes eleven pesticides, two … as mercury in batteries, and proposes the introduction of management measures for other mercury containing products …
The Basel Convention mechanism for promoting the implementation and compliance - Celebrating a decade of assistance to Parties
… requires that the standard of “environmentally sound management” (ESM) of hazardous wastes or other wastes is met. … Into Africa and the Control of Transboundary Movement and Management of Hazardous The Basel Convention on the Control … make informed decisions on the transboundary movements and management of hazardous wastes. To make this system work, the …