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Governance of Ecosystem Services. Lessons Learned from Cameroon, China, Costa Rica and Ecuador

… 22 2�3 Land use planning for forests … 51 3�2�3 Land rights and tenure … plant species to hunt and gather for food and medicines, access to fresh drinking water, the availability of firewood … land and its natural resources, which can influence the access to ecosystem services. Laws on public participation …
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A critique of transboundary natural resource management in Southern Africa

… Peace and Security 9 Opportunities for Redistribution of Land and Resource Benefits 11 Donor Imperatives and the … towards in- tegration will be pursued: • Food security, land and agriculture; • Infrastructure and services; • … argue that a global commons insti- tution can regulate access to global resources in such a manner as to reduce or …
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Wildlife law and the empowerment of the poor

… the Sustainable Use of Biodiversity 1.4 The Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in … 5.4 Protecting wildlife from harmful processes and land uses 5.5 Wildlife health 5.6 Human-wildlife conflicts 55 … (ownership and use rights and obligations, links with land and forest tenure), public participation in wildlife …
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Nature-based solutions to address global societal challenges

… List of Acronyms AFOLU Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use CAS Climate Adaptation Services CBD Convention on … as well as more conventional solutions such as improving access to food and making trade policy more supportive of … restoration approaches (Kumar et al.,2015), and addressing land tenure issues. Food security is addressed by the …
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Compilation of Internationally agreed environmental Goals and Objectives

… 9. Soil, land use, land degradation and desertification … the national level, each individual shall have appropriate access to information concerning the environment that is held … by making information widely available. Effective access to judicial and administrative proceedings, including …
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The Futures of Privately Protected Areas

… between 2000 and 2010, including ownership type 22 4. Land ownership of the NABU-Stiftung Nationales Naturerbe, … from partial data in 2012) 82 18. Options and tools for Land Stewardship: a roadmap towards a full property transfer … rights in a single area of land or water, such as for access, to use resources or for settlement. The extent to …
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Ecological Restoration for Protected Areas - Principles, Guidelines and Best Practices

… 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 … as appropriate and temporarily limit public access when a natural disturbance makes the ecosystem more …
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Mr. John Knox, Policy Brief_Universal Human Rights Group

… is worsening in large part because ‘competition for access to natural resources is intensifying against a … had been killed as a result of protecting their rights to land and the environment. global Witness emphasised that this … that clearly connected the murder to an environment or land use issue.7 as a result, global Witness concluded that …
25 May 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Conservation and sustainable development in mountain areas

… of Lombok, Indonesia 14 Mountains: 24% of the Earth’s Land Surface WCF Theme 3: Biodiversity Loss and Species … areas – global priorities Mountains cover 24% of the land surface of our planet (see page 14). These very diverse … mountain people in developing countries have little or no access to educational opportunities that could improve their …
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Mr. Michael Frost, Analysis on the situation of Environmental Human Rights Defenders

… future with dignity and respect, and to their traditional land and livelihood. They spoke truth to power, and were … groups who strive to defend and promote environmental and land rights. My observations and recommendations aim to … and institutional framework fight against impunity and access to justice establishment of a strong national human …
25 May 2026 Document in Environmental Governance