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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
… decades. They are at risk from the impacts of shipping and fishing, which leave their imprint on ever deeper and more … International Union for the Conservation of Nature IUU Illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing IWC International … effectively regulate harvesting and end overfish- ing, illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing and destructive …
Covering ABS: Addressing the need for sectoral, geographical,legal and international integration in the ABS regime - papers and studies of the ABS Project
… Spain 171 10.4.5.4 Costa Rica 172 10.4.6 Penalties for the illegal importation of biological resources 172 10.4.6.1 … by Colombia 172 10.4.6.2 Other penalty measures: Illegal importation of wildlife and other property 173 10.5 … particularly unselective and structurally damaging fishing methods such as trawl- ing and dredging, have the …
Beyond access : Exploring implementation of the fair and equitable sharing commitment in the CBD
… Even as to these speci- mens, often it will not be illegal to possess them in the user country, once they have … international movement of specimens of some species may be illegal under the Convention on International Trade in … not apply to plants (other Lacey Act provisions make it illegal to take “fish, wildlife or plants,” suggesting that …
A moving target : Genetic resources and options for tracking and monitoring their international flows
… All these possibilities make controlling or prohibiting illegal access activities very 26 difficult. In addition, … costs. Infringers would not be able to get away with illegal practices if a (separate) requirement for disclosure … useful to distinguish between two types of fraudulent or illegal activities: cases where access and benefit-sharing …
Addressing the problems of access : Protecting sources, while giving users certainty
… the solution to immediate conservation needs. Cases of illegal access, misappropriation or "biopiracy" that have … activities that do not constitute “bio- prospecting:” fishing for commerce, harvesting of wild flowers, taking wild … to justice, in the cases of non-compliance of contracts or illegal access. Clear criteria should be established with …
Bio-Cultural Community Protocols: A community approach to Ensuring the Integrity of Environmental Law and Policy
… keeping the termite population in check; • Combating illegal logging and poaching in the forest; • Continuing our … of non-timber forest products, important hunting, fishing and grazing areas, etc. A description of the rules … that the community faces (agricultural expansion, legal/illegal logging, fire, etc). This could also include an …
Contracting for ABS: The legal and scientific implications of bioprospecting contracts
… to straightforward questions such as what actions are illegal and how they are documented, in 15 years of trying.15 … users (e.g., subsequent transferees or purchasers from an illegal source) are not bound. In some cases customs officers … with local fishermen in order to un- derstand their fishing practices, perceptions about con- servation of the …
An Explanatory Guide to the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing
… on issues such as the presence of invasive species or illegal fishing in remote areas of a marine reserve, easy for … Taking into account that relevant information on illegal access activities is more likely to be available in …
Explanatory guide to the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
… with International Conservation and Management Measures by Fishing Vessels on the High Seas (1993), the Agreement for … • Bhutan’s “Biodiversity Act” (2003) fights against illegal access to traditional resources, protects the rights …