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Implementing farmers’ rights under the FAO International Treaty on PGRFA: the need for a broad approach based on biocultural heritage
… The FAO Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (PGRFA) seeks to protect Farmers’ … farmers have made to the conservation and development of crop genetic resources. Yet the ability of farmers to continue this role is seriously … benefit-sharing, but by a lack of secure rights to land and genetic resources and policies that promote industrial agriculture and …
Publication, 01 March 2011
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Governance Assessment for Protected and Conserved Areas (GAPA). Methodology manual for GAPA facilitators
Publication, 01 October 2019
Drying beans
Community protocols can bring real benefits to communities and combat biodiversity loss
… set out a community’s rights and responsibilities relating to natural resources, to help communities defend these rights and negotiate with … sharing of benefits and for sustainable management of natural resources.   High up in the Peruvian Andes, such an agreement to … authorities. The agreement minimises the risk of conflicts over resources and of elites unfairly benefiting from revenues as the park’s …
Insight, 15 March 2012
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Achieving ‘no net loss’ for people and biodiversity in Uganda - U-PCLG Policy Brief
… that people, especially rural communities who depend on natural resources for subsistence, do not suffer as a result of NNL provisions. …
Publication, 01 March 2019
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Strengthening capacity to diversify farmer business models for climate resilience
Publication, 08 December 2020
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Ecosystem-based adaptation: the key to reducing climate risk in Uganda
Publication, 01 November 2017
Woman carrying a child
Bringing urban refugees into local planning
… authorities. A growing humanitarian caseload and diminishing global resources have led to increased emphasis among donor governments and … Municipalities faced overloaded public services without additional resources, generating tensions between refugees and their ‘hosts’. …   Secondly, displacement crises potentially attract humanitarian resources that could contribute to local development. Much needs to …
Insight, 20 July 2020
Yanacocha Mine, in Cajamarca, Peru. The country's Supreme Court last year ruled in favour of a farmer that a US gold miner claimed was illegally occupying land it wanted to develop (Golda Fuentes, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Getting community voices heard in investor-state arbitration
… being disputed can affect communities' access to land and natural resources, their human rights, or damage the environment on which these … Investment, focusing on investment law and policy, natural resources, and the intersection between human rights and sustainable development. Further resources International Investment Law and the Extractive Industries …
Insight, 05 March 2018
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Fitting aid to context: community experiences of aid delivery in northern Syria
… in Syrian cities, failing to support and build on existing local resources, capacities and strengths. A shift from mainstream programming …
Publication, 01 July 2017
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Water Market Actors in Dhaka: Strengthening Earthquake Resilience and Preparedness
… understanding of urban disaster risk reduction for domestic water resources and distribution. It indicates that stakeholders need to …
Publication, 01 December 2017