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Plant genetic resources and food security: stakeholder perspectives on the international treaty on plant genetic resources for food and agriculture
… modified organisms (GMOs), intellectual property and climate change implications). Cinzia Scaffidi is currently Director … of these resources will play a very effective role in the mitigation of an adaptation to climate change. Also with …
The long and winding road: negotiating a treaty for the conservation and sustainable use of marine biodiversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction
… FOREWORD BY LAURENCE TUBIANA Former French Ambassador for Climate Change and Special Representative for COP21 On a particular … practices and adopt a precautionary approach in taking mitigation measures. Members of the InterRidge project40 have …
Bio-Cultural Community Protocols: A community approach to Ensuring the Integrity of Environmental Law and Policy
… Programme UNFCCC United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change WGABS Working Group on Access and Benefit Sharing 07 … from their use are shared. REDD aims to contribute to the mitigation of climate change by facilitating payments for …
An Explanatory Guide to the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing
… In effect, with the entry into force of the CBD, a change of paradigm was put in place as the conservation … process under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change), international multilateralism could still … public health, biodiversity conservation, and the mitigation of and adaptation to climate change, Recognizing …
The legal framework for the management of animal genetic resources
… food security and a reduced flexibility in responding to change. It has been estimated that loss of animal genetic … on an appropriate risk assessment. Due to differences in climate, existing pests or diseases, or food safety … to very intensive management systems where feed, climate, disease and other factors are controlled or managed …
Explanatory guide to the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
… and diversification are crucial in coping with rapid change. Regional initiatives such as NARI’s PARCIP should be … conditions, such as changes in pest populations or climate. It is the best way to uphold the knowledge of the … 16(2) of the CBD as well as the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, the Protocol on Substances that Deplete the …
IUCN Information Papers on Marine Genetic Resources
… and enzymes in industrial processes have the ability to change our current approach to biotechnological innovation. … global oceanography, but hitherto has focused on ocean and climate change and the implementation of the Global Ocean Observing …
Contracting for ABS: The legal and scientific implications of bioprospecting contracts
… PIC, MAT and other processes 121 3.2.5 Assignment, change of use, tracking and the conclusion of the ABS … provisions are legally enforceable or not. In the current climate of un- certainty and in some cases distrust between … of the guidelines’: (a) The identification and mitigation or removal of per- verse incentives, that may act …