Competing interests in land for agriculture and commodity production in tropical human-dominated landscapes make forests and biodiversity conservation particularly challenging. Establishment of protected areas in this regard is not functioning as expected due to exclusive ecological focus and poor recognition of local people’s traditional forest use and dependence.
En un ese contexto de agresiones constantes por parte de agentes económicos decididos a tomar por asalto tierras comunales (traficantes de tierras, mineros y taladores informales),la Comunidad Campesina Santa Catalina de Chongoyape decidió establecer en el 86% de su territorio un Área de Conservación Privada que otorgará seguridad jurídica a su territorio y potenciará las actividades económica
The purpose of this report is to identify the results, and initial impact of the land degradation component of those linkage projects which encompass biodiversity, international waters, and climate change with land degradation.
This Decree sets forth principles and procedures of provision of planting materials, equipment and all mechanical and chemical means necessary for cultivation to the community, municipalities and civil society organizations on a complimentary basis.
Recent expansion of the scale of human activities poses severe threats to Earth’s life-support systems. Increasingly, protected areas (PAs) are expected to serve dual goals: protect biodiversity and secure ecosystem services.
This Decree sets forth provisions on land classification, cadastral information system, change in the category of agricultural land and pastures, change in the category of lands affected by radioactive and chemical contamination and degraded by natural hazards, expansion of lands in forests and protected areas, and the procedures and principles for the change in the category of land.
This Act makes amendments to the Forestry Act consequential to the entry into force of the Customary Land Act, 2016.
This Resolution sets forth principles and guidelines of application for building solar power stations in protected areas. This Regulation underlines that building solar power stations shall not be approved in Grade 1 natural site area, as well as in sensitive and special protected areas.
This Resolution sets forth principles and guidelines of application for wind power stations in protected areas. This Regulation underlines that the applications will be evaluated by the Regional Committees for preservation of natural heritage, in accordance with the scientific reports.
This Resolution has been drafted to add some specific information to the Regulation on procedures and principles of determination, registration and approval of protected areas.
