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RAMSAR Handbook 3: Laws and institutions

… over wetlands and wetland resources (including migratory species). In several countries, jurisdiction is divided … sector and the general public, specifically including indigenous and local communities7. Team members should have … for establishing and strengthening local communities’ and indigenous people’s participation in the management of …
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Implementing Sustainable Bioenergy Production. A Compilation of Tools and Approaches

… tools 16 4.6 Protected Area tools 17 4.7 Threatened Species tools 20 4.8 Invasive Species tools 21 5. … forest reserves, wildlife corridors and access for local indigenous communities. Carefully chosen bioenergy feedstocks … such as ensuring equitable inclusion and participation of indigenous peoples in the planning process. In some cases, …
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ABS Elements. Elements to facilitate domestic implementation of Access and Benefit-Sharing for different subsectors of genetic resources for food and agriculture

… agricultural biodiversity depend on this human influence; indigenous knowledge and culture are integral parts of the … d. For crops and domestic animals, diversity within species is at least as important as diversity between species … providing or utilizing GRFA, including farmers and indigenous and local communities, gene banks and collections, …
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International biofouling

… of the IMO committed to minimise the transfer of non- indigenous species in adopting the International Convention for the … 1992, and that the transfer and introduction of non-indigenous species through biofouling from ships threatens …
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Improving governance of pastoral lands

… the emergence of the World Alliance of Mobile Indigenous Peoples (WAMIP) as a credible voice of … . . . . . . . . . . 52 Action area 3: Recognize local and indigenous knowledge to ensure cultural and ecological … seeds, tubers, barks, gums and leaves. They also use many species of tree for fodder, shade, fencing, construction and …
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International environmental governance: An international regime for protected areas

… biological diversity is considered. This includes species, genetic and ecosystem diversity. 5. Tracing the … building capacity of stakeholders, in particular local or indigenous com - munities, in providing, and benefiting from, … policy formation and decision- making, including that of indigenous peoples; access to justice; access to information; …
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Compendiums on Human Rights and the Environment - Selected International legal materials and cases (Advanced Version)

… Convention Concerning indigenous and Tribal Peoples in independent Countries … Declaration on the Rights of indigenous Peoples 2007 … Convention on international Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora … to make available information on Specially Protected Species and Protected Areas. Annex V on Area Protection …
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Adapting to Climate Change - Guidance for Protected Areas Managers and Planners

… large-scale ecological processes with characteristic species and ecosystems, which also have environmentally and … organizations (individuals or corporate) Governance by indigenous peoples and local communities: Indigenous peoples’ conserved areas and territories; …
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Forests and protected areas : Guidance on the use of the IUCN protected area management categories

… Areas. No. 3. Graeme Kelleher, 1999, xxiv + 107pp. Indigenous and Traditional Peoples and Protected Areas: … Middleton, 2003, ix + 79pp. Also available in Chinese. Indigenous and Local Communities and Protected Areas: Towards … project teams and action groups, focusing in particular on species and biodiversity conservation and the management of …
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International ocean governance: Using international law and organisations to manage marine resources sustainably (revised)

… — II.B.5. Pollution from Fishing Vessels — II.C. Non-Indigenous/Invasive Species Introductions — II.D.3. Vessel Routeing and Protected … 39 II.D.3. Non-Indigenous/Invasive Species Introductions …
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