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Rights-based approaches - Exploring issues and opportunities for conservation
… a non-profit social science research and education institution. Dilys Roe is a Senior Researcher in the … the United States Forest Service, GTZ and the Smithsonian Institution. Terry holds a Ph.D. from University College … they are something provided temporarily by an outside institution (an NGO or a government agency) that does not …
Handbook for the Preparation of Voluntary National Reviews (VNR)
… coordination of the VNR. This could be an existing body/institution or an ad hoc arrangement, e.g. lead department/ … Court of Accounts (TCU), the country's supreme audit institution (SAI), carried out a pilot audit to evaluate how … cycle of the country in question. This ensures that the institution’s work extends beyond the term of the present …
Case studies on bioenergy policy and law: options for sustainability
… Administration; as well as by any other public or private institution which may contribute to the fulfilment of the … by provincial authorities and a technical assessment institution (Annex clause 7). Projects that are approved by … training maximize resource efficiency by make use of the institution already established under the 2001 Law on …
Freshwater Law and Governance: Global and Regional Perspectives for Sustainability
… has an international aspect if an international finance institution or foreign State provides financial assistance … bilateral levels. Most of these agreements establish an institution to govern the respective agreement. … It was restructured and became a separate and permanent institution in 1994. The World Bank provides administrative …
Customary laws: Governing natural resource management in the northern areas
… particular jirga ceased to exist. 4. Zaitu (Warden) The institution of zaitu exists throughout the Northern Areas in one form or other as the village-level institution for the use and management of natural resources. … who carry out these tasks. Before the 1970s, this institution existed in both the tribal and Rajgiri governance …
Volta River Basin Ghana & Burkina Faso - Transboundary water management through multi-level participatory governance and community projects
… the Water Resources Commission (WRC), an umbrella institution responsible for the regulation and management of … with the VBA to support both strategic development of the institution and implementation. In 2010, WANI supported the …
Forest fires and the law: a guide for national drafters based on the fire management voluntary guidelines
… regent/mayor (art. 32) and must establish or appoint an institution authorized for controlling the wildfire (art. … of forests") rather than refer to the exact name of the institution that at the time of drafting is in charge of …