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Forest fires and the law: a guide for national drafters based on the fire management voluntary guidelines
… climate change regime, and the UN Convention to Combat Desertification. National legislation on forest fires … or fire-intolerant ecosystems, site degradation, desertification and soil erosion and depletion of terrestrial … use of forest biodiversity. The UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) requires parties to draw up national …
RAMSAR Handbook 3: Laws and institutions
… on Biological Diversity (1992) or the Convention to Combat Desertification (1994). Other countries may recently have … Ramsar and the 1994 United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa (CCD). Applicable to …
Case studies on bioenergy policy and law: options for sustainability
… 10). Parties to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (1992) are obligated to develop national … plans and strategies to combat land degradation and desertification, including agricultural and forestry- related … (2001); and the United Nations Convention on the Combat of Desertification, approved by Law 24.701 (1996). 2.2 …
Principles and concepts of international environmental law (Part 1) - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… Watercourses and International Lakes, the 1994 Desertification Convention and the 2001 Stockholm Convention … create a public right of access to information. The 1994 Desertification Convention recognizes, in article 3(a)(c), …
Second report on the protection of the atmosphere
… In its prologue, the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa, adopted in 1994, … “problems of global dimension” in the context of combating desertification and drought.80 It should be noted that in …
Human rights and the Environment: Rio + 20 - Joint Report OHCHR and UNEP
… 1993), Art. 2(1)(a); International Convention to Combat Desertification in those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or 4 5 Desertification, particularly in Africa (Paris, June 17, … 1993), art. 2(1)(a); International Convention to Combat Desertification in Those Countries Experiencing Serious …
International water governance: Conservation of freshwater ecosystems Vol. 1: International agreements compilation and analysis
… of dykes; n prevention and control of drought and desertification; n prevention of soil erosion and … (Río de Janeiro, 5 June 1992) l Convention to Combat Desertification in countries experiencing serious drought and/or desertification, particularly in Africa (Paris, 17 June 1994) …
Indigenous and traditional peoples and climate change
… threatened by sea level rise, areas liable to drought and desertification, areas prone to natural disasters or with … droughts may also lead to an increase in forest fires and desertification and as a consequence contribute to a lack of … and affecting the livelihoods of millions of people. Desertification thus ranks among the greatest environmental …
Mediterranean strategy for sustainable development 2016-2015: Investing in environmental sustainability to achieve social and economic development
… terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification and halt and reverse land degradation and … rural areas ➢ Loss of agricultural land, erosion and desertification ➢ Socio-economic inequalities affecting rural … of forests and overgrazing26;3 in addition, desertification processes are exacerbated by climate change, …
Energy, Ecosystems and livelihoods: Understanding linkages in the face of climate change impacts
… the fabrication of solar cells can contaminate soils. Desertification in the Sahel and elsewhere in sub-Saharan … the Drylands under the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification - Background Information for Special …