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Bio-Cultural Community Protocols: A community approach to Ensuring the Integrity of Environmental Law and Policy
… REDD Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation TK Traditional Knowledge, which is a term for … to access TK or any other intended activity on their land, such as the establishment of a REDD project or a … rather an understanding of the self as integrated with the land and embedded within an ethical relationship. TK then is …
Spring: Managing groundwater sustainability
… in major aquifers, reducing stream flows and causing the degradation of ripar- ian and wetland ecosystems. The … unwanted impacts on others. Zoning is used to ensure that land uses are compatible with protection of vulnerable … to extract groundwater, mechanisms to control pollution, land-use zoning and the means of enforcing rules through the …
Introduction to Human Rights and the Environment - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… is damaged by development projects that destroy land for farming and growing food, people go hungry or become … environmental disasters and more long-term environmental degradation, which produce life-threatening diseases. … that the connection between the Endorois people and the land they once lived on were directly related to their human …
RAMSAR Handbook 3: Laws and institutions
… Convention and addressing the problem of wetland loss and degradation. The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands aims to … between: • wetlands, people and human institutions; • land and water use within and beyond national boundaries; • … areas, environmental impact assessment and audits, land-use planning, coastal management, water resource …
Biodiversity Risks and Opportunities in the Apparel Sector
… major threats to global biodiversity: 1. Habitat loss and degradation: this is the largest single source of pressure on … water use and drainage for conversion to other land uses, such as agriculture and settlements. In coastal … combined land and ocean surface temperature data as calculated by a …
Large Marine Ecosystems: Status and Trends (Summary for Policy Makers)
… lakes and reservoirs, and river basins), their continued degradation, the fragmented approach to their management, and … human use of natural resources in LMEs, and activities on land and in the sea put LME health and productivity at risk, … continues at about 1 per cent per year, mainly driven by land clearing for development. By 2030, more than half of …
Markets and Incentives in Livelihoods and Landscapes Strategy. Using Economic and Financial Tools to Sustain Forest Livelihoods and Landscapes
… forest livelihoods and landscapes 2 How forest landscape degradation can undermine livelihoods and economies 3 … much of the impetus to convert, clear and exploit forest land and resources comes from the search for greater income, … ownership, food security, cash availability and access to land (17). Logging truck in Harapan, Indonesia. 4 IUCN Forest …
Guidebook for policy and legislative development on conservation and sustainable use of freshwater resources
… that recognizes the interlinkages—for example, between land and water, agriculture and water, technology and water, … voluntary measures, market and information-based tools, land-use management and cost recovery of water services, … coastal and marine waters is necessary because their degradation threatens not only the health of important …
Guidance for identifying and designating peatlands, wet grasslands, mangroves and coral reefs as Wetlands of International Importance
… are most vulnerable and threatened by habitat loss and degradation, and thus in need of urgent priority action to … and include: a) direct threats, including drainage and land conversion, excavation, burning, over- grazing, … can occur as a human-made wetland type, under 3 (irrigated land, including irrigation channels and rice fields), and 4 …
Human rights and the Environment: Rio + 20 - Joint Report OHCHR and UNEP
… economy is a system in which the costs arising from the degradation of ecosystems are internalized and clean … that the connection between the Endorois people and the land they once lived on were directly related to their human … the extent and trend in different types of ecosystems and land use are scarce. Models used to project future …