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The long and winding road: negotiating a treaty for the conservation and sustainable use of marine biodiversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction

… protect marine and coastal ecosystems to avoid significant adverse impacts, includ- ing by strengthening their … or other effective means, including custom, with the effect that its marine and/or coastal biodi- versity enjoys a … (VMEs) to fishing where there is a risk of significant adverse im- pacts from bottom fishing (see Annexes 4  &  5; …
18 Jun 2026 Literature

Bio-Cultural Community Protocols: A community approach to Ensuring the Integrity of Environmental Law and Policy

… not as a right to a bio-cultural way of life has had the adverse consequence of forcing ILCs to organize themselves … harvest to ensure that the medicines will have their full effect, and believe that only harvested leaves or bark that … diversity through in situ conservation and minimize the adverse effects on biological diversity of any project …
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Advancing conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction

… c. the regulation of activities to prevent significant adverse impacts on the marine environment; d. effective …
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The legal framework for the management of animal genetic resources

… and use of all living modified organisms that may have adverse effects on the conservation and sustainable use of … of scientific certainty regarding the extent of potential adverse effects of an LMO, shall not prevent an importing … directly, and those that are considered to have no direct effect (www.wto.org). The legal framework for the management …
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An Explanatory Guide to the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing

… arising from the access to and use of those resources. In effect, with the entry into force of the CBD, a change of … of activities which have or are likely to have significant adverse impacts on the conservation and sustainable use of … resulting from biotechnology which are likely to have adverse environmental impacts that could affect the …
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ABS Elements. Elements to facilitate domestic implementation of Access and Benefit-Sharing for different subsectors of genetic resources for food and agriculture

… utilization, as addressed in the Nagoya Protocol, has any effect on the use of and access to GRFA. Genetic resources …
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Explanatory guide to the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

… as well as activities which have or might have significant adverse impacts (Article 7); 38 Convention on International … living modified organisms from biotechnology with likely adverse environmental effects (Article 8); • adopt measures … of Farmers’ Rights and is largely neutral in its effect. While Contracting Parties should take measures to …
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Intellectual property rights in plant varieties: International legal regimes and policy options for national governments

… to be "self-executing" or capable of being given "direct effect" in domestic law such that courts and administrative … organizations, have expressed concern about the adverse effects of IPRs and have sought to harness … in section 1.3.1 above, countries generally give domestic effect to the UPOV Act to which they are a party in one of …
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Plant genetic resources and food security: stakeholder perspectives on the international treaty on plant genetic resources for food and agriculture

… programmes to breed crops that are able to withstand adverse conditions, including drought, high salinity and poor … P. K. and Fujisaka, S. (2008) ‘Climate change and its effect on conservation and use of plant genetic resources for … on Climate Change acknowledges that climate change and its adverse effects are ‘a common concern of humankind’. The …
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IUCN Information Papers on Marine Genetic Resources

… responses by fish and crustaceans. The latter effect has been little studied. The collection of scientific … requirements are adhered to whereas enforcement aims to effect compliance at times through coercive measures. …
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