Conservation with Justice: A Rights Based Approach  23 October
2009 | News story  The term ‘rights-based approach’ (RBA) has
been used in various contexts and defined in different ways. The
newest IUCN publication “Conservation with Justice: A Rights-
based Approach” aims at informing all actors (governments, the
private sector, local communities, non-governmental
organizations) about the RBA and its potential contribution to
guiding activities that, if unrestrained, may have a detrimental
impact on nature conservation.  The publication introduces the
concept of RBA and examines how it is currently being applied
(or not) and how it may be applied to develop law and policy on
three specific topics where activities conducted by numerous
actors have had particularly negative impacts on conservation
and livelihoods, and where introducing a RBA might be
significantly positive for both. It is expected that
implementing a RBA in relation to the three topics - forests,
protected areas, and climate change – will serve