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IUCN Information Papers on Marine Genetic Resources

… 17 Economic Aspects (Kim Juniper) Information Paper 4 – Access-related Issues 25 (Evanson Chege Kamau) Information … consequences on all other MGR issues, including access and benefit-sharing (ABS). Apart from questions about … within its national jurisdiction, but has the sovereign right to make such access subject to the granting of prior …
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Guidebook for policy and legislative development on conservation and sustainable use of freshwater resources

… availability of water. Water quality reveals everything, right or wrong, that we do. Its abundance is an indicator of … without cost recovery objectives becoming a barrier to access to safe water by poor people, and adopt”. This call … availability of a “one-stop shop” where they could gain access to reference material that provides them with …
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UN Treaty Handbook

… the possibility of denunciation or withdrawal; or (ii) A right of denunciation or withdrawal may be implied by the … the character of international agreements in their own right and are registered as such. An example is a unilateral … the possibility of denunciation or withdrawal; or (ii) A right of denunciation or withdrawal may be implied by the …
25 May 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Sacred natural sites: Guidelines for protected area managers

… managing and monitoring impacts arising from rainforest access and visitation; conservation principles and … natural sites while providing appropriate management access and use . . . . . . . . 57 Guideline 5.1 Access and … one of our jobs here at Devils Tower is to protect that right.” Deborah Liggett, Superintendent (1994–1997) Devils …
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Drafting legislation for sustainable soils: A guide

… authorized without prior written permission from the copy- right holder provided the source is fully acknowledged. … and use rights; Common property rights regimes include: access, communal property, private property, State prop- … or a disagreement between parties, generally over access to, or a perceived right of access to land or the use …
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Freshwater Law and Governance: Global and Regional Perspectives for Sustainability

… 3.4.1. Human right to water … 3.4.2. Procedural human rights: Rights to access to information, free speech, free assembly, participation and access to justice .............55 3.4.3. Rights of Indigenous … ........................................106 5.7.5. Human right to water …
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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 Decision-making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters (Aarhus … legal empowerment of the poor. The UN Declaration on the Right to Development, for instance, calls upon national …
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Rule: Reforming water governance

… this principle, it is vital to recognize first the basic right of all human beings to have access to clean water and sanitation at an affordable price. … 2015, the proportion of the population without sustainable access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation. Source: …
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Women as change-makers in the governance of shared waters

… Cover photo: Top left: Haseeb Md Irfanullah/IUCN; top right: Adriana Faria/IUCN; bottom left: Wanda Villeda/IUCN; … rights will allow women and men to have equal rights in access to and ownership of land. In order to reach gender … knowledge about the resource, their constrained rights to access resources, which limits their economic opportunities …
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Accountability through Civic Participation in the Post-2015 Development Agenda

… or agencies responsible for fulfilling or respecting that right by acting or desisting from particular actions (duty … transparency ensures that all concerned actors have access to data relevant to their policy goals. procedural … these constituencies to “attend all official meetings”, “access…all official information and documents”, “intervene in …
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